About
Built by founders, for founders.
Unicorn Embassy started with one meetup in Istanbul in 2023. Today it's a cross-city network connecting founders, investors, and builders with global ambitions.
Why we exist
Most startup communities are either too local to be useful or too big to be personal. We're building the one that's both — a real-life network across cities, with the same people showing up month after month. Not a platform. Not a database. A community you actually know.
The founder
Yan Nerovny
Founder, Unicorn Embassy
Product leader with 8 years in tech - Tinkoff, EPAM, CPO at a startup. Founded Unicorn Embassy and grew it to 180+ events across 7 countries, community-first, with zero paid acquisition. Still runs events in person.
The team
City leads, organizers, and core contributors who make the network work.
Sergey Ermakov
Batumi City Lead
Dmitry Larichev
Istanbul City Lead
Aleksandr Muzalevsky
City Lead, Valencia
Katerina Levanova
Barcelona City Lead
What we believe
Founders first
Everything we do starts with founders. Investors, mentors, sponsors are here because founders are.
Show up
We believe in rooms, not feeds. The best things happen when people are physically in the same place.
No fluff
No buzzwords, no fake urgency, no vanity metrics. We say the concrete thing or we say nothing.
Open by default
Free to join, free to attend. We grow by being useful, not by gatekeeping.
Want to be part of this?
Whether you're a founder, investor, mentor, or someone who wants to open a chapter — there's a place for you.
Apply to join