On this episode of TechInColor, we interviewed Aagya Mathur, CEO and co-founder of Aavia, a hormone health brand, and Manan Mehta, a founding partner at Unshackled Ventures, an early stage VC fund for immigrant-founded startups, including Aavia. Aagya discusses the importance of developing strong founder-problem fit, switching from studying neuroscience as a pre-med in college to business, and how overcoming cultural stigmas around discussing feminine health empowered her to pursue her business even more deeply.
Manan shares his journey of attempting to start a company with an immigrant co-founder and how the barriers to being sponsored for a work visa made it impossible. He realized that though many immigrants are inherently risk-takers and entrepreneurial, they are often restricted from pursuing their own ventures due to visa issues. He explains how he built Unshackled from the ground up as a solution to this problem, while including incredible stories of startups in his portfolio.
Listen in to learn from them both and hear their founder-investor relationship in action!

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