Unicorns Club
Create your unicorn profile, and investors will follow you
We just published one of the most honest and practical founder interviews we've ever featured in Unicorns Journal.
It’s the story of how Sergey Bakaev, co-founder of LovOn, raised $850K after hearing more than 100 rejections — with no network and no previous fundraising experience.
A brutally honest, step-by-step breakdown of what pre-seed fundraising actually looks like behind the scenes — the pressure, the tactics, the mistakes, and the breakthroughs.
Top takeaways:
Fundraising = communication density
1 warm intro > 1,000 cold emails
Part-time fundraising doesn’t exist — someone must own it full time
Start with angels before approaching funds
Survive 150 “no’s”, and your “yes” becomes inevitable
If you're fundraising (or preparing to fundraise soon), this interview is a must-read — packed with real scripts, tactics, systems, and lessons learned the hard way:
If you have a founder story worth sharing — fundraising battles, co-founder search, early traction wins, or lessons from near-failures — we’d love to hear from you.
Email us at editor@unicorns.club and we’ll be happy to create a deep, meaningful interview with you for Unicorns Journal.
We just dropped on Product Hunt a tiny FREE app — a mini Animstat alternative that adds TikTok vibes to your update posts
Try it out — and support us today
https://www.producthunt.com/products/unicorns-club
New Animation Builder is available for all registered users of Unicorns Club, completely FREE!
It’s built to help founders celebrate their 🏆 small (and big) wins
It’s like Animastats (the gold standard — let’s be honest),
but:
– free
– instant
– and made to require zero design effort.
You create the vibe. We’ll make it pop.
🦄 Unicorns Club is back on 😸 Product Hunt today!
We just shipped a big summer update:
🌟 Sparks — earn visibility through real growth
🏅 Startup nominations — weekly awards based on traction
📈 Growth-based rankings
https://www.producthunt.com/products/unicorns-club
But honestly, what we're most proud of isn't just the product — it's the people.
Unicorns Club is built on founder trust.
This platform exists because so many of you choose to share your honest data, update your metrics, and tell your stories in Unicorns Journal.
Thank you for helping build the most transparent, founder-first startup discovery platform.
You're #growinpublic and reshaping what fundraising can look like. 💜
🧡 Support us today and drop a comment — it means the world! 👇
https://www.producthunt.com/products/unicorns-club
💬 They say if you comment, the right investor will slide into your LinkedIn inbox 🤞
Tomorrow we launch the Summer Update of Unicorns Club on Product Hunt
We’re rolling out new features to help early-stage founders earn visibility and match with investors — based on growth, not just outreach.
Yesterday, some of our early users got a sneak peek — and today we’re celebrating the first founder to unlock our brand-new Sparks system!
Meet Eyad Gomaa, one of the youngest founders on our platform — just 17 years old! He’s building SILX AI, tackling real-time synthetic data for AI models.
Thanks to Sparks earned for sharing real traction, SILX AI is now featured in our pitch deck and video galleries — just in time for tomorrow’s big traffic wave from Product Hunt.
🙌 Let’s show some love to the next generation of founders!
Meanwhile, here’s a quick video preview of what’s coming 👇
🌟 At Unicorns Club, we highlight early-stage startups that show real momentum — not just ideas, but teams putting in the work, building, and growing.
This week’s spotlight goes to Buzzabout — an AI-powered insights tool helping marketing agencies decode audience sentiment and pain points through social media.
We’ve started rolling out new features to better showcase founders like these:
— A redesigned homepage with curated collections
— Live gallery of the latest pitch decks and videos
— And a dynamic top slot that now adopts the color of each week’s winning startup
If you’re building something great — we’ll help you get seen 🙌
See who’s on the homepage today and check out buzzabout’s full profile:
🏆 Unicorns’ Choice of the Week
Congrats to THYIM — our top-rated startup this week with a Unicorn Index of 79!
🎖 Selected out of 717 startups, Thyim earned the Unicorns’ Choice badge for:
✅ Strong traction
✅ Profile completeness
✅ Scalability potential
✅ Active updates
Next week, we’ll release just a small glimpse — a redesigned Explore page with new collections and startup spotlights.
But the real changes are coming later this summer. Big updates ahead. Stay tuned 👀
And don’t miss this week’s Unicorns’ Choice — a very deserving pick 👇
We’ve gamified how startups grow, pitch, and raise 🚀
Each startup on Unicorns Club now gets a live Unicorn Index — a score based on:
✅ Growth
✅ Team strength
✅ Profile completeness
✅ Scalability readiness
Founders can boost their score by completing and updating their profile — and get featured.
Startups with the highest scores receive our new Unicorns’ Choice badge 🏆
This week’s winner: Mockey AI (Unicorn Index: 61)
New winner coming up every Monday.
Explore who’s next 👉 https://app.unicorns.club/
We’ve published 15 incredible founder stories in Unicorns Journal over the last few months—and the next one could be yours. While Forbes and TechCrunch may not have noticed you yet, we’re here to give you the spotlight you deserve.
Latest Interviews You’ll Love:
From Hating HTML to Revolutionizing Website Building – The Story of Sitely
Meet the Youngest Founder on Unicorns Club: Eyad Gomaa, CEO & Co-Founder of SILX
From Bootstrapped Startup to Serving Fortune 1000 Companies: The Journey of AnyChart
Avatar Therapy for Auditory Hallucinations – The Vision of AVAtalk
Every founder has a story worth sharing. Apply now to inspire others and get the visibility your startup deserves.
Apply 👉 https://forms.gle/gMMMFzUwiQejU8PdA
The era of relying on investor connections and luck is over. Unicorns Club is redefining venture capital—where traction attracts capital.
🚀 Founders shine through their progress, metrics, and milestones. Our new gamified reward system makes Unicorns Club the go-to platform to showcase success first.
To bring this vision to life, we’re revamping our design—and you have the power to decide how Unicorns Club will look!
👉 Pick your favorite design now! https://forms.gle/ztoFUnpkrDrFmx2z8
👉 Pick your favorite design now! https://forms.gle/ztoFUnpkrDrFmx2z8
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Inviting the community into product decisions is a smart approach.
When founders actively incorporate customer feedback into the product roadmap, they not only build features people actually want but also strengthen user trust and engagement. Those feedback loops often become a long-term competitive advantage.
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