Plymouth

What Plymouth does

Plymouth Street is a U.S. immigration services firm that specializes in work visa and green card pathways for technologists, with particular focus on O-1A extraordinary ability visas. Founded in 2022 by Lisa Wehden after her own O-1 denial and subsequent approval, the company serves AI startups, venture-backed tech companies, and individual technologists needing expedited pathways into the U.S. labor market. The firm combines a technology-enabled case management platform with human legal expertise, including a VP of Legal with 15+ years of immigration law experience and a network of specialized attorneys, to deliver a 30-day structured immigration pathway that compresses typical 4-6 month processing timelines by 51%.

Plymouth's product portfolio spans ten visa and green card categories (O-1A, TN, H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, E-2, EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW), supported by service modules including case consultation, documentation support, petition building, and employer immigration services with status dashboards. The company reports a 98.5% USCIS approval rate and has served 500+ customers across 40+ nationalities, claiming to serve 25% of Forbes' Top 50 AI Startups in 2025. Named customers include Cohere, Ramp, Cognition, Windsurf, Replit, Midjourney, Pika, Cursor, Lindy, and LangChain.

The business model is professional services with quote-based pricing, multi-year contract cadence, and a sales-led GTM motion combining direct enterprise engagement with inside sales for individual consumers. Distribution occurs through the company website with lead generation driven by content marketing, customer testimonials, podcast appearances with notable founders, and referral relationships within the Y Combinator, a16z, South Park Commons, and Entrepreneur First ecosystems. The company appears bootstrapped or self-funded with no disclosed venture capital backing.

Name

Plymouth

Legal name

Plymouth Street

Website

https://plymouthstreet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Plymouth Street is a U.S. immigration services firm specializing in O-1A, H-1B, and EB-1 visa pathways for technologists, serving AI startups, venture-backed tech companies, and individual engineers and researchers seeking expedited U.S. work authorization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Legal Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigration Case Management Platforms & Document Workflow (THACAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigration Outsourcing & Managed Services (BPO/RPO for Immigration) (THACAKAM), Work Permit & Employment Authorization Services (THACAKAB), Immigration, Visa & Work Authorization Support (HSAKAJAF)

Keywords

• Immigration legal services
• Work visa petitions
• Green card processing
• O-1 visa services
• Tech talent immigration

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Immigration services: Professional services for visa and green card petition preparation and filing, including case consultation, document gathering, petition building, and submission support for O-1, EB-1, H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, TN, and E-2 visas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Plymouth provides end-to-end U.S. immigration petition services for technologists, offering work visas (O-1A, TN, H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, E-2) and employment-based green cards (EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW). Service delivery combines a proprietary case management platform with narrative, criteria, and network analysis tooling alongside human legal operations, executed through a structured ~4-week pathway from consultation to USCIS submission.

Product overview

Plymouth is an immigration services platform designed specifically for technology professionals seeking to live and work in the United States. The company offers a comprehensive suite of visa and green card services including work visas (O-1A, TN, H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, E-2) and green cards (EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW). The platform combines a technology-enabled process with human support, providing personalized case consultation, document gathering assistance, petition building, and submission services. Plymouth's 30-day immigration pathway streamlines the process through structured phases: consultation, onboarding (1 week), petition building (2 weeks), and final review (1 week), offering a faster alternative to traditional immigration providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• O-1A Visa Service
• TN Visa Service
• H-1B Visa Service
• L-1A Visa Service
• L-1B Visa Service
• E-2 Visa Service
• EB-1A Green Card Service
• EB-1B Green Card Service
• EB-1C Green Card Service
• EB-2 NIW Green Card Service
• Employer Immigration Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 98.5% USCIS approval rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Y CombinatorcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerY Combinator is listed as a collaborator in Plymouth's ecosystem, serving as a pipeline for startup founders and employees who need immigration support when relocating to the US for YC-backed companies.
• South Park CommonscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a collaborator, South Park Commons is a tech community that connects immigrant founders with Plymouth's immigration services for visa support.
• Entrepreneur FirstcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEntrepreneur First is listed as a collaborator, providing immigration pathway support for their cohort founders relocating to the US through Plymouth.
• a16Z (Andreessen Horowitz)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a collaborator, a16Z portfolio companies access Plymouth's immigration services for their exceptional talent relocation needs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LegalPad: LegalPad is a tech-focused immigration services firm that helps startups and tech companies sponsor O-1, H-1B, and green card cases. It is the most direct competitor to Plymouth—similar customer base, similar product mix, and overlapping talent (Plymouth's VP of Legal previously worked at LegalPad).
• Boundless: Boundless is an immigration platform offering family- and employment-based visa services with online case management. It overlaps with Plymouth on employment-based green cards (notably EB-1A/NIW) and competes for the same individual technologist and startup customer.

Broad incumbents

• Envoy Global: Envoy Global is an immigration services platform combining software, attorneys, and case management for employers and individuals. It is a broader incumbent that competes with Plymouth on tech-employer immigration cases and employs one of Plymouth's specialists (Caitlin Bohaboy) per the management team data.
• Fragomen: Fragomen is the largest global immigration law firm, serving multinational employers with full-service immigration, compliance, and mobility offerings. It represents the broad-incumbent alternative that Plymouth's enterprise customers could choose instead, particularly as their hiring scales.
• Berry Appleman & Leiden (BAL): BAL is a major global immigration and visa services firm with proprietary technology and a multinational footprint. It is a broad-incumbent competitor for the same large-employer, multi-jurisdiction immigration work that Plymouth eventually targets at the enterprise tier.

Emerging players

• SignPath: SignPath is an immigration services firm focused on extraordinary-ability and tech/startup visa cases. It is an emerging peer with meaningful overlap to Plymouth's O-1A/EB-1A core, though with a smaller customer footprint.
• Deel Immigration: Deel is a global HR and employer-of-record platform that has expanded into US immigration sponsorship and visa filing. It is an emerging player with growing overlap to Plymouth on employer-sponsored visa cases for distributed/remote-first companies.
• Greenlight visa: Greenlight Visa is an online immigration services platform focused on O-1 and EB-1 cases for technologists and founders. It is an emerging player with direct overlap to Plymouth's niche, though at a smaller scale and brand footprint.

Others

• VisaPro: VisaPro is a US-based immigration services firm offering employment-based and family-based visa preparation. It is a thematic/adjacent peer that competes loosely for individual visa petitioners but does not specialize in the AI/extraordinary-ability niche.
• Wildes & Weinberg: Wildes & Weinberg is a US immigration law firm with a long-standing tech and corporate client base. It is a thematic/adjacent peer through Plymouth's VP of Legal Lorraine Gordon's tenure there and represents the traditional law firm alternative for tech immigration clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/plymouthstreet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plymouth-street

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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