Vasily Alekseenko

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Founder of Rare Founders — one of the largest startup communities in the UK (24K+ members) and easily the loudest, sassiest one in London. Think of us as the people shaking up the room, asking, "Why aren't these insanely brilliant founders being noticed?!" It all started in Feb 2023, when I hosted an event in a pub (because obviously, pubs make everything better). No budget, no marketing — just vibes. Somehow, 500 people signed up and 250 actually showed up. Turns out, founders love a mic and a pint. Now we run 30+ events a year, and no two are ever the same. Because we don't do boring. In 2024, we launched London's Largest Demo Day: 100 founders pitching their guts out to a room packed with 200 investors and 800 attendees, all pretending they're not sweating. Oh, and we left another 200 poor souls on the waitlist (because FOMO is real). We're not just building events — we're building moments people won't shut up about. I believe the world is full of RARE founders with ideas so groundbreaking they make the rest of us look lazy. But most of them don't get the spotlight they deserve. That's where Rare Founders comes in — we shine a massive, unfiltered light on these visionaries and c

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