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🇺🇸 Company X (Upgrade to reveal the name): NFT social network for art. (Founded 2021, Total Funding Amount: seed)
How it works: Creators and collectors showcase their digital art. Aims to offer a social media platform that enables everyone to discover and share NFT art.
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Team: Based in San Fransico. Upgrade to see co-founders.
The backstory: “We’re turning the world of social media on its head by putting users beyond platforms,” co-founders
Why it’s worth checking out: NFTs are on the rise. Can this platform become the next Facebook or Twitter, but for NFT and Crypto?
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🇧🇬 Company Y (Upgrade to reveal the name): Humanize your product. You have a story to tell. And so does your product. Share the story with the world. (Founded 2021, Total Funding Amount: bootstrapped)
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How it works
When Twitter and LinkedIn have a baby. You create an account, publish your product, and engage with your audience.
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The Team
The startup is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Solo founder, and is currently bootstrapping his way to success. Upgrade to see.
Founder Background: Experienced full-stack developer and designer. I had a lot of fun chatting with him, and I’m confident in his abilities.
Why it’s worth checking out
(1) A unique product that launched 2 days ago (13th May 2021). He already landed his first customer, in just a couple of hours of launching the product.
(2) High-quality founder tinkering and working 24/7 to find the market fit for his startup.
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