M25 leads $1M pre-seed for Omaha immigration startup Immigify

What's the deal? ImmigifyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an Omaha-based startup automating US immigration paperwork with AI, raised $1,015,000 in pre-seed funding. Chicago's M25Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → led the round, with Invest NebraskaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, NelnetDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, NMotionDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and angel investor Kevin Pope participating.

Who's behind it? Founder Emmanuel Olorunsheyi, a veteran of AmazonDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Microsoft, Dell, Ford, and Rackspace, started the company in 2024 with chief technology officer Ayodeji Niyi-Adesola. Diana Melendez, the paralegal who once handled Olorunsheyi's own visa cases, is now chief operating officer.

What does it do? The platform targets three groups: businesses managing visa sponsorships, universities handling international students, and individuals navigating the system alone. It uses AI agents to automate eligibility checks, document prep, form-filling, and compliance monitoring — tasks that typically consume paralegal hours and attorney fees.

Why the Midwest? M25's lead check anchors a regional syndicate of Nebraska-focused backers, including Nelnet, better known for education finance. Immigify relocated to Omaha in 2025 after passing through NMotion's gener8tor-powered accelerator and Techstars' Workforce Development Accelerator.

Traction so far: The company says it has processed more than 400 visa approvals, though it doesn't break these out by customer or visa type. One notable deal is a partnership with AfroHealth to place 250 Nigerian healthcare assistants through EB-3 visa pathways — a vertical play in a sector facing acute labor shortages.

What could go wrong? The round more than doubled Immigify's original $500,000 target, but it remains modest against peers. Rivals like Casium, Gale, and CaseBlink have raised more, and the immigration-tech niche is crowded and still experimental.

The signal: Immigify's raise reflects steady investor appetite for AI-driven immigration and legal tech, where startups from Visalaw.ai to Tukki have all drawn capital in recent months. At the smaller end of these deals, this is best read as another early bet on automating case intake and compliance — not proof that any one player has broken out.

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