Manan Mehta
InvestorGeneral Partner at Unshackled Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $200K – $500K checks · typically $500K
About
Manan Mehta is a founding general partner at Unshackled Ventures, a seed-stage fund. He previously led marketing at ed-tech company Kno, which raised more than $90M from investors including a16z, First Round Capital, and Floodgate before Intel acquired it in 2013, and earlier worked in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Canada, where he worked on Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz's $1.9B acquisition of Skype in 2009. He holds a B.S. in Material Science and Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from UCLA, studied entrepreneurship and marketing at the London School of Economics, and has spoken at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the invitation of the White House and U.S. State Department.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechCloud ComputingConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsDirect to ConsumerE-commerceEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechFoodTechFuture of WorkGamingGovTechHardwareHealthtechInsurTechIoTLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentMedical DevicesMobility & TransportationPropTechRoboticsSaaSSocialSpace TechTravel & Hospitality
Experience
- Unshackled VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Nasdaq Entrepreneurial CenterMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
- Kno, Inc. (Acquired by Intel)Head of Marketing2010 — 2013Santa Clara, CA
- RBC Capital MarketsInvestment Banking2007 — 2010San Francisco, CA
Skills & more
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Marketing CommunicationsStrategyE-commerceEntrepreneurshipMobile DevicesEmail MarketingSEOStart-upsGrowth StrategiesMarketing AnalyticsHack MarketingLanguages Gujarati · Spanish
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Investments
Investor
Career KarmaDigital BrainDispoLily AILynkOxioPine Park HealthPlutoshiftPod Foods
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Colleagues at Unshackled Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Manan Mehta?
- Manan Mehta is a founding general partner at Unshackled Ventures, a seed-stage fund. He previously led marketing at ed-tech company Kno, which raised more than $90M from investors including a16z, First Round Capital, and Floodgate before Intel acquired it in 2013, and earlier worked in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Canada, where he worked on Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz's $1.9B acquisition of Skype in 2009. He holds a B.S. in Material Science and Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from UCLA, studied entrepreneurship and marketing at the London School of Economics, and has spoken at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the invitation of the White House and U.S. State Department.
- Where does Manan Mehta work?
- Manan Mehta is General Partner at Unshackled Ventures.
- What does Manan Mehta invest in?
- Manan Mehta invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Future of Work, Gaming, GovTech, Hardware, Healthtech, InsurTech, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketplaces, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, Robotics, SaaS, Social, Space Tech, Travel & Hospitality.
- What check size does Manan Mehta write?
- Manan Mehta typically writes checks of $200K – $500K.
- What companies has Manan Mehta invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Career Karma, Digital Brain, Dispo, Lily AI, Lynk, Oxio, Pine Park Health, Plutoshift, Pod Foods.
- Where did Manan Mehta go to school?
- Manan Mehta studied at UCLA (Double Major | Bachelor of Science (BS) & Bachelor of Arts (BA), Engineering & Economics); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Entrepreneurship, Management & Entrepreneurship).
Same school
Also attended UCLA499
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Also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)980
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center3
Also worked at RBC Capital Markets121
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