Founders x UX Designers
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2 fund applications (1 funded) · 2 seasons
Keep side project alive. Keep UX Designers spirits alive.
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About
I’m building a physical and community space where new UX designers, starting with Somali youth, can get real-world experience by teaming up with founders on side-projects. It’s a place to learn by doing, grow your skills, and build a design voice i
Impact
I want to keep side-projects alive and help new UX designers explore different niches. By connecting them with real projects and founders, we build skills, boost confidence, and create community-led opportunities that transform lives and careers.
Progress
In just the first three days of posting on LinkedIn, the idea reached over 2,000 people. We’ve had 26 UX designers sign up, 7 project owners express interest, and already made 3 successful matches. I’m now collecting feedback and testing how to grow.
Team
I’ve lived this journey. I’m a Somali UX designer who started without connections or big-name internships. I grew through side-projects, community, and trial and error. I know what it’s like to be starting out and unsure.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | $20 | $0 | $20 | $20 | $40 | $0 | $59 | $79 | 0.0x | 1.0x | 4.0x | $0 | — |
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Total | $20 | $0 | $20 | $20 | $40 | $0 | $69 | $89 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna | submitted | 2025-05-23 |
| Season 5 | Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | funded | 2025-05-23 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/founders-x-ux-designers
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $14,777 |
| 2. | RooTed A transformative boy child empowerment project dedicated for healing, nurturing dreams, t… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $8,986 |
| 3. | Regenerative Ecosystem A musical ecosystem fusing Azerbaijani Mugham and Melodic Techno to fund global reforesta… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $2,683 |
| 4. | International Artists Project Global Music Community uplifting artists born in every country of the world, preserving h… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $462 |
| 5. | Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters Collaborative transmedia experience (interactive movie) inviting Artizen community to rea… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $360 |
| 6. | Zazzau Books and Arts Festival The Zazzau Books and Arts Festival is designed to promote literacy, celebrate Nigerian cul | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $0 |
| 7. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $215,046 |
| 8. | subcult Modern music licensing, distribution and digital radio infrastructure | Third Place Fund for Community Hubs | $145,111 |
Other funds of top siblings
WildSeed Creators Fund Clear Mind: Music + Mental Health Fund FTC Fund for Public Goods Cyberdelic Fund for Expanding Consciousness Solarpunk Futures Fund Terminus Fund for Network States Bonfires Fund for Agentic Creativity Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing