Space
Room to build in our Tallinn offices, hardware lab, and warehouse — everything needed to get the company off the ground.
About us
Engineers, designers
& operators.
We got tired of watching good problems wait for someone else to solve them. So we built the workshop we wanted to work in — and started filling it with companies.
Bold ideas.
Elite execution.
Built to scale from day one.
Unicorn Machine is a venture studio group that engineers startups for exponential growth. We take on problems the market hasn't solved, build the company that solves them, and stay until it can run without us.
Three studios, three spaces in Tallinn, and a standing invitation to anyone with a problem worth a decade of their life.
The team
The people
behind the machine.
Engineers, designers, and operators across our three studios.
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Kyle Ueckermann
Co-Founder & COOUnicorn Machine
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Marko Lehtimaki
Co-FounderUnicorn Machine
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Ashton Barger
Head of EcosystemUnicorn Machine
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Maija Kokkola
Executive AssistantUnicorn Machine
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Vinicius Winter
Studio LeadMythic Builder
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Artur Portes Kappel
Product DeveloperMythic Builder
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Oghenekaro Elem
Product DeveloperMythic Builder
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Nuikweh Lewis
Product Specialist & DesignerMythic Builder
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Daniel Leggat
Industrial Design LeadGlazeworks
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Ryan Ueckermann
Industrial Design LeadGlazeworks
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Paul Potgieter
Design LeadGlazeworks
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Mikko Kujala
Embedded Systems EngineerGlazeworks
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Felipe Cargnelutti
Electrical Systems FabricatorGlazeworks
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Gustavo Giovanoni
Product SpecialistTwelveX
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Otman Bouchari
Product SpecialistTwelveX
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Marcus Ribeiro
Product SpecialistTwelveX
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Shannon Kiprich
Experience ManagerTwelveX
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Joonas Holmi
Co-Founder & CTOExpeditionX
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Michael Nieminen
Co-Founder & CEOFinance Crew
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Joao Pedro Portes
Co-Founder & CTOFinance Crew
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Susanna Kyllönen
Co-Founder & CEOHired by Noon
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Gelly Mikko
Co-Founder & CHROHired by Noon
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Ryan Lucas
Co-FounderTrackspace
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Chandana Bandara
Co-FounderLabelStack
How we support founders
What every
founder gets.
Every company we build gets the same four things from day one — so founders can spend their time on the product.
Validation
In-depth market research and honest feedback from real users and industry experts, before and while we build.
Connections
Warm introductions to funders, advisors, customers, suppliers, and distributors from across our network.
Support
Marketing, hiring, legal, and finance handled alongside you — so the team can focus on building the best product.
Our approach
From concept
to scale.
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01
Concept
A bold problem worth solving, pressure-tested against real markets before a line of code is written.
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02
Build
Studio engineers, designers, and operators ship the product with the founding team.
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03
Scale
Hiring, capital, and playbooks to grow — and we stay until it runs without us.
Contact
Got a problem that
shouldn't still exist?
Founders, engineers, and investors — we read everything.