Unvale raises $1.8M to grow their AI-free social platform for creatives
Summary
Unvale is today announcing a $1.8M funding round to continue to grow their userbase and implement new content types and social features.Unvale founders Bri Clark and Casey Lawlor. Each interaction motivates them to keep improving and growing as a storyteller.The Unvale founders Casey Lawlor and Bri Clark believe the future minds behind the next Harry Potter, Star Wars, or Marvel Comic Universe will not be wasting their time publishing 280 character tweets or creating 15-second TikToks to promote their work. Then when these future superstars are ready to publish something biga webcomic, illustrated series, novel, or larger narrativetheir audience is already engaged and eagerly awaiting their release.Creatives on Unvale now have 320k total followers watching their stories unfold. It is now home to 2MM original creative works shared thus far with 95% of users stating goals of publishing a comic, novel, series, movie, or video game in the future.Like all successful user-generated content platforms, Unvales founders know that access is everything. They believe the demand for human-created work will only grow in this new reality.Authorship, authenticity, and a connection to the original creator have been key to the success of existing UGC platforms often at the expense of traditional media viewership.