The Best Immigrant Founders
We are on a mission to find and support the best first and second generation immigrant founders
Pitch to usThe Punch Portfolio
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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.
F. Zain Jaffer
"Shane's introductions are golden, including one that led to a $100k+ POC on a multi-million dollar deal. Punch Cap is the most value-add VC ever, and they're not even on our cap table...yet! "
Iqram Magdon-Ismail
"Punch Cap is our highest ROI-to-check size investor. Shane has introduced me to influential billionaires, top investors and exited founders. I love Punch!"
J. Gagan Biyani
"Shane has been a staunch supporter of Maven's mission since investing in our seed round alongside Andreessen Horowitz. He has thoughtfully introduced us to instructors and recently played an integral role in closing a major deal!"
Ali Moiz
"Shane was a very early believer before Andreessen led our seed round. He was hungry to help by securing dozens of intros to potential customers and partners. He's awesome, and so is Punch!"
Daniel Saks
"Shane was so enthusiastic about Landbase that he moderated customer webinars and brought dozens of potential clients to us! "
JC Glancy
"I’m proud to call Shane a strong early supporter of our mission. He’s always eager to put me in front of board members, investors, and amazing founders."
Joao Moura
"What drew me to Punch was their focus on global talent—helping us hire and grow faster. Working with Shane has been a pleasure; he’s always available, genuinely excited about CrewAI, and has a knack for connecting people!"
Daniel Kivatinos
"Shane is hyperactive and super responsive. He's always there as a sounding board and offers valuable business connections. Happy to recommend Punch to all looking to raise an early-stage round."
Imran Syed
"Shane introduced me to my very first customer, a unicorn founder’s next company! Getting to know him through our shared circles has been a pleasure."
Kendrick Nguyen
"Shane has referred multiple investment opportunities, initiated valuable dialogue with partners, and been a sounding board and strong advocate over the past five years! "
Arpit Goel
"Shane's trustworthiness led to instantaneous connections to unicorn CEOs and CFOs who are now in our customer pipeline."
Why our founders love us
F. Zain Jaffer
"Shane's introductions are golden, including one that led to a $100k+ POC on a multi-million dollar deal. Punch Cap is the most value-add VC ever, and they're not even on our cap table...yet! "
Iqram Magdon-Ismail
"Punch Cap is our highest ROI-to-check size investor. Shane has introduced me to influential billionaires, top investors and exited founders. I love Punch!"
J. Gagan Biyani
"Shane has been a staunch supporter of Maven's mission since investing in our seed round alongside Andreessen Horowitz. He has thoughtfully introduced us to instructors and recently played an integral role in closing a major deal!"
Ali Moiz
"Shane was a very early believer before Andreessen led our seed round. He was hungry to help by securing dozens of intros to potential customers and partners. He's awesome, and so is Punch!"
Daniel Saks
"Shane was so enthusiastic about Landbase that he moderated customer webinars and brought dozens of potential clients to us! "
JC Glancy
"I’m proud to call Shane a strong early supporter of our mission. He’s always eager to put me in front of board members, investors, and amazing founders."
Joao Moura
"What drew me to Punch was their focus on global talent—helping us hire and grow faster. Working with Shane has been a pleasure; he’s always available, genuinely excited about CrewAI, and has a knack for connecting people!"
Daniel Kivatinos
"Shane is hyperactive and super responsive. He's always there as a sounding board and offers valuable business connections. Happy to recommend Punch to all looking to raise an early-stage round."
Imran Syed
"Shane introduced me to my very first customer, a unicorn founder’s next company! Getting to know him through our shared circles has been a pleasure."
Kendrick Nguyen
"Shane has referred multiple investment opportunities, initiated valuable dialogue with partners, and been a sounding board and strong advocate over the past five years! "
Arpit Goel
"Shane's trustworthiness led to instantaneous connections to unicorn CEOs and CFOs who are now in our customer 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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