Ali Derregia

Ali Derregia

Product guy solving fundraising
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6 years in the early stage/fundraising ecosystem now taking my learnings and building a fundraising copilot at Fundra! Building in public, fuelled by coffee and loud music, say hi!

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Unicorns Clubp/unicorns-clubJulia Yu

2mo ago

“I Got 100 Rejections and Raised $850K”: Sergey Bakaev’s Fundraising Playbook — Unicorns Journal

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:

How can you use Product Hunt to increase your credibility and popularity?

I ve mentioned several times that I see Product Hunt as a social platform, and I can say that over the past almost 3 years, it has helped me in several ways, for example:

Meeting founders and finding a community where I feel among ambitious people
Getting first access to innovative tech products
Gaining publicity being regularly present made me more visible

So how can all of this be converted into increased credibility?

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