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Unimaginable human potential, unrealized for one reason. Their stories began elsewhere.

Be part of the next great era of the American Dream.

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We back immigrant founders at day 0—impressive people building revolutionary companies.

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Aavia

Aagya Mathur

MIT Sloan

Strategy consultant at Deloitte. Undergraduate from the University of Virginia with Distinction (Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering).

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Aagya Mathur

Aavia

Oxio

Nicolas Girard

Universität des Saarlandes

Entrepreneur and innovator in the mobile connectivity space. Previously started Attila (sold to Interdigital) and Aquto (sold to Mavenir). Recipient of the New Jersey Inventor Hall of Fame and US Inventor of the Year Award in 2010. Authored 50+ patents.

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Nicolas Girard

Oxio

Career Karma

Ruben Harris

Southern Adventist University

YC W19, Founder of Breaking into Startups, Hustle, AltSchool

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Ruben Harris

Career Karma

Parfait

Isoken Igbinedion

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

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Isoken Igbinedion

Parfait

Arise

Nadim El Manawy

Louvain School of Management

Previous co-founder of EarlyTab and FanZabi.

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Nadim El Manawy

Arise

Sote Logistics

Felix Orwa

Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology

Valedictorian at BSC Aviation Tech & CFII, MEI, 1500h Pilot & Flight instructor

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Felix Orwa

Sote Logistics

Inspirit Learning

Aditya Vishwanath

Knight-Hennessy scholar at Stanford University

Inaugural Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University and a Ph.D. student in Education working at the Stanford VR lab. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and has previously worked at Google Education.

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Aditya Vishwanath

Inspirit Learning

Gridraster

Rishi Ranjan

Georgia Institute of Technology

Author of 7 patents, including key 3G and 4G technology patents, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Beceem

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Rishi Ranjan

Gridraster

Lily AI

Purva Gupta

Indian School of Business

Yale fellowship, TEDx speaker, SXSW Champion, Saatchi & Saatchi, UNICEF, and Khosla Fund

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Purva Gupta

Lily AI

Plantible Foods

Maurits Van de Ven

ESADE Business School

Emendo Capital, Atlas Advisors, BSc, Technology Management @ ESADE Business School

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Maurits Van de Ven

Plantible Foods

Pod Foods

Larissa Russell

Dartmouth College

Founder of Green Pea Cookies, Stanford University, and Analytics at Visually

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Larissa Russell

Pod Foods

CatalyzeX

Gaurav Ragtah

Columbia University

TED speaker and entrepreneur in residence, co-invented a patented user search engine at Klout, has worked at Google (ML), Yelp (PM), and LinkedIn, Co-founded ThisYaThat

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Gaurav Ragtah

CatalyzeX

Pine Park Health

Yojik Khasin

UC Berkeley

YC S18, 2x intelligence corp - Israel, math Olympiad, and award winning pianist.

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Yojik Khasin

Pine Park Health

Immigrant founders create their own success. Our mission is to help them succeed faster.

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Plantible Foods 

— backed by Unshackled Ventures

We're founded by immigrants and know how you feel. We've been there—that's why we're here.

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Pod Foods

— backed by Unshackled Ventures

Immigrant entrepreneurs care about certain things. We offer you our thoughts on these things.

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Lynk

— backed by Unshackled Ventures

FAQ

Have questions? We've gathered a lot of answers while raising early stage venture funding for immigrant–founded startups.

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Lily AI

— backed by Unshackled Ventures