VC  Unshackled Ventures

http://www.unshackledvc.com/





     Office Locations:

435 Hamilton Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 408-386-4030

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Consumer Products & Services
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Founded in 2014, Unshackled Ventures is an investment firm that looks to help immigrant-founded startups succeed faster. The firm will invest $200k-400k per company and seeks to lead pre-seed rounds, targeting 6-10% equity ownership. Unshackled is supported by 80+ highly influential investors, including Brad Feld, First Round Capital, Jerry Yang and Laurene Powell Jobs. The fund has made more than a dozen investments in nearly 30 founders born in 6 different continents.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    E'mani Davis Analyst
    Manan Mehta Founding Partner
    Maria Salamanca Partner
    Nitin Pachisia Founding Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      01/25/2024


      TextQL


      CA


      $4,100,000


      Pre-seed and Seed


      01/23/2024


      Masa Network


      CA


      $5,400,000


      Seed


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Formally


      Lily.ai
        web link


      Masa Network
        web link


      Plantible Foods
        web link


      Plutoshift
        web link


      TextQL
        web link


     

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