🦄 Looking for Interview Participants
Last year in Unicorns Journal we published an interview with Sergey Bakaev, where we unpacked first-time fundraising strategy — expectations vs reality, common mistakes, and what founders often underestimate when raising capital for the first time. It turned into a very honest conversation. This year, I want to continue the series — but shift the focus to something even more sensitive....
SaaS for Hope: Why Most Startup Platforms Sell Visibility, Not Results
The old sequence looks like this: Profile → Paywall → Lost in a Catalog → Investor List → Cold Outreach It’s a storefront, not a strategy. Platforms like Fundable has no personalized matching, no curated dealflow, no learning loop, no shared context between investor and founder. It’s simply SaaS for hope. The uncomfortable truth After working directly with funds and angel investors inside...
“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...
📈 FREE Growth Forecast — know your startup’s real potential
Growth Forecast is now available for all registered users of Unicorns Club — completely FREE! It helps you see how your startup’s growth compares to real-world benchmarks — no guesswork needed. The chart shows your projected revenue over 4 years and benchmarks it against average startup growth rates. So if your forecast is too conservative (or a little too optimistic 🚀) — you’ll see it...