Unshackled Ventures - Immigrants

Unshackled Ventures, the only pre-seed venture capital fund that enables immigrant founders to start companies in the U.S., is pleased to announce the successful close of its $35 million Fund III, backed by high-profile limited partners, 73% of which is institutional LPs. Unshackled Fund III LPs include Cambridge Associates, Cendana, Emerson Collective, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank), and Sorenson Impact Advisory, more than doubling its assets under management (AUM). Immigrant founders are some of the strongest job creators out there and many work with top tech giants that fuel our economy. In fact, privately held billion-dollar startups with immigrant founders have created an average of more than 1,200 jobs per company, the vast majority in the U.S. We back immigrant founders at day 0—impressive people building revolutionary companies. We lead friends & family / pre-seed rounds in immigrant-led businesses. We invest between $150K- $1M.