The Best Immigrant Founders
We are on a mission to find and support the best first and second generation immigrant founders
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OUR PROCESS
Startup Review
We review incoming investment opportunities on a weekly basis and reach out to founders with our feedback.
First Call
We get on an intro call with the founders to understand the team, the business and the market to help us get closer to an investment decision. We also try to understand how we can add value beyond capital to the founders.
Internal Analysis
After the meeting, we conduct a discussion on crucial aspects of the founders and the business. If the team sees potential value, we request dataroom access for a detailed review of company documents.
Investment Decision
If there are no significant red flags, we are able to deploy capital within a matter of days.
Daniel Saks
Shane was so enthusiastic about Landbase that he moderated webinars and brought dozens of potential clients before investing!
Zain Jaffer
Shane’s intros are golden — one leading to a multi-million-dollar deal. Punch Cap is the most value-add VC, even off our cap table…yet!
Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Punch Cap is our highest ROI-to-check investor. Shane introduced me to billionaires, top investors, and exited founders.
Gagan Biyani
Shane has been a staunch supporter since our seed round and played an integral role in closing a major deal.
Ali Moiz
Shane was an early believer before a16z led our seed round. He secured dozens of intros to potential customers and partners. He’s awesome, and so is Punch!
JC Glancy
A strong early supporter, Shane always puts me in front of board members, investors, and amazing founders.
Joao Moura
Punch impressed me with their global perspective and focus on talent. Shane is genuinely excited about Crew and excellent at connecting people.
Daniel Kivatinos
Shane is hyperactive, responsive, and a great sounding board. He offers valuable business connections—highly recommend Punch!
Imran Syed
Shane introduced me to my first client—a unicorn founder’s next company!
Kendrick Nguyen
Shane referred multiple opportunities and has been a strong advocate over the past five years!
Arpit Goel
Shane’s trustworthiness led to instant connections to unicorn CEOs and CFOs now in our pipeline.
Why our founders love us
Daniel Saks
Shane was so enthusiastic about Landbase that he moderated webinars and brought dozens of potential clients before investing!
Zain Jaffer
Shane’s intros are golden — one leading to a multi-million-dollar deal. Punch Cap is the most value-add VC, even off our cap table…yet!
Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Punch Cap is our highest ROI-to-check investor. Shane introduced me to billionaires, top investors, and exited founders.
Gagan Biyani
Shane has been a staunch supporter since our seed round and played an integral role in closing a major deal.
Ali Moiz
Shane was an early believer before a16z led our seed round. He secured dozens of intros to potential customers and partners. He’s awesome, and so is Punch!
JC Glancy
A strong early supporter, Shane always puts me in front of board members, investors, and amazing founders.
Joao Moura
Punch impressed me with their global perspective and focus on talent. Shane is genuinely excited about Crew and excellent at connecting people.
Daniel Kivatinos
Shane is hyperactive, responsive, and a great sounding board. He offers valuable business connections—highly recommend Punch!
Imran Syed
Shane introduced me to my first client—a unicorn founder’s next company!
Kendrick Nguyen
Shane referred multiple opportunities and has been a strong advocate over the past five years!
Arpit Goel
Shane’s trustworthiness led to instant connections to unicorn CEOs and CFOs now in our pipeline.
Why our friends love us
Iqram Magdon-Ismail
"Punch is highest ROI-to-check size investor, Shane’s probably my favorite investor. He intro’d me to a multibillionaire plus top voices in VC & AI."
ARJUN MAHADEVAN
"Shane's outreach and ability to create connections has helped doola initiate partnership conversations and land strong angel investors. He consistently responds to asks on intros which has been immensely helpful."
SAURABH MISRA
"We're super grateful to Punch as Shane's resourcefulness early in our journey led to our bringing on a skilled founding engineer!"
AKHIL REDDY
"I met Shane during our raise but am now happy to call him a close friend. He is always eager to help whenever called upon and has made intros to other portfolio companies that eventually became customers."
ABRAHAM LITWIN-LOGAN
"Shane's always ahead of the game when it comes to proactively seeing where he can provide value and responding quickly to investor updates. Happy to recommend Punch to all those looking to raise an early stage round."
Daniel Kivatinos
"Shane is hyperactive and super responsive. He's always willing to hear us out and offer business connections. Happy to recommend Punch to all looking to raise an early-stage round."
Ali Moiz
"Shane was a very early believer before a16z led our seed, and was hungry to help by securing dozens of intros to potential clients and partners. He's awesome and so is Punch!"
Kendrick Nguyen
"Shane is one of our favorite investors!"
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