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Last Week in Immigration, Venture & Entrepreneurship — Week of July 6, 2026
The numbers keep compiling. Fifty-nine percent of America's billion-dollar companies were founded or co-founded by immigrants. Seventy percent of Bay Area unicorns. And yet the policy environment just got materially more complex — a new mul...
Last Week in Immigration, Venture & Entrepreneurship — Week of June 29, 2026
America's most consequential companies keep being built by people who weren't born here. Every Monday, we track the capital moving toward them and the rules shaping whether they can stay. This week: three immigrant-founded companies closed...
250 Years of America. 250 Builders Who Made It.
America turns 250 this July 4th, and we felt reflective about this moment here at Unshackled given the work we do.
For two and a half centuries, this country has done one thing better than anywhere else in the world: it has attracted the w...
Last Week in Immigration, Venture & Entrepreneurship — Week of June 22, 2026
America's most consequential companies keep getting built by people who didn't grow up here. Every Monday, we track the capital moving toward them and the policy environment shaping whether they can stay. This week: four immigrant-founded c...
Announcing The Circle
The Circle by Unshackled Ventures
AI is making products faster to build, faster to ship, and faster to copy. The gap between what you build and what your competitor builds is virtually nonexistent. So if the product is no longer your moat,...
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Investing at Unshackled Ventures • Unlocking Immigrant Ambition.
Founder of Unshackled Ventures. I believe in capitalism, distributed abundance, and the power of unearthing the untold story.
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