Founded in 2015 by Manan Mehta and Nitin Pachisia — both immigrants themselves — Unshackled Ventures is the only pre-seed VC fund that acts as an employer-of-record for immigrant founders, sponsoring their visas and handling immigration filings so they can leave corporate jobs to start companies. The firm has achieved a 100% visa success rate across 100+ filings, covering categories including H-1B, O-1, EB-1, OPT, L-1, and TN. A third partner, Maria Salamanca — a Latinx refugee — was promoted to partner more recently. The fund invests at the absolute earliest stage: pre-product, pre-revenue, and pre-visa, positioning itself as the "first text an immigrant sends" when ready to start a company...
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