Founding Partner

Manan Mehta

Manan is a founding partner of Unshackled Ventures and has successfully launched a business with a co-founder on a visa. Prior to Unshackled Ventures, Manan ran marketing for ed-tech startup Kno (acq. by Intel 2013) that raised over $90M of funding from top VCs including a16z, First Round Capital, and Floodgate. Before Kno, Manan was an investment banker with $3B in transactions, including the $1.9B acquisition of Skype. Manan was born in Silicon Valley and received a double major at UCLA.

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Shaherose Charania
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Eric Ries
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Alexis Zamira Maciel
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Fernanda Sesto
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Michael Serotte
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Rita Georges
Immigration Partner
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Nitin Pachisia
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