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Unsolicited Apps

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Unsolicited Apps

essentials

Product design and brand strategy studio for fintech, venture capital and real-world asset teams that need to launch fast.

5 Employees
Headcount
United Arab Emirates, GMT+04:00
Location & Timezone
$400 - $500/hr
Average Hourly Rate

Industries

Web3
PropTech
FinTech
CryptoTech
CleanTech

Tech Domains

Product Design
Blockchain & Crypto
Banking & Trading Platforms
AI & ML Solutions

Skills

Figma
React.js
JavaScript
React Native
Framer

About

Unsolicited Apps is a Dubai product design and brand strategy studio founded by Ilias Salvatore Sleutelaar. It helps founders in fintech, VC and real-world assets shape go-to-market and build products that scale. Recent work includes the Fasset Card x Tether launch and a real-estate investment engine for a leading European private credit fund.

Why us?

Unsolicited Apps is a founder-led studio, so every client works directly with Ilias Salvatore Sleutelaar from strategy through to launch. There are no account managers and no hand-offs. We focus on fintech, venture capital and real-world assets. We already understand stablecoins, tokenisation and regulated products, and we turn them into brands and products that both everyday users and institutional investors trust. Our work starts with go-to-market. Before designing anything, we define who the product is for, how it will launch and what success looks like, then build the brand and product to match. Recent work includes the Fasset Card x Tether launch, a gold-backed neobanking card available in 125 countries, and the product site for OWN Network, a Layer 2 blockchain for real-world assets. Ilias brings experience across product, growth and brand: digital strategy at YEEZY, growth and product at Flooz, and API product strategy for Salesforce e-commerce partners. For each project we bring in specialist designers and developers, so the team fits the work.

CEO Quote

“We work with founders who move fast and need their product and brand to keep up. My job is to turn complex financial products into something people understand in seconds and want to use. Every project starts with go-to-market, not pixels.“

Mission

Help founders in fintech, venture capital and real-world assets shape their go-to-market and launch products that scale.

Vision

Make complex financial products, from stablecoins to tokenised real estate, as clear and easy to use as consumer apps.

Values

Speed
Clarity
Craft
Founder Partnership
Ownership

How we walk the talk

Decision making based on Mission/Vision

What we build

Based on our clients from the last 12 months, here is a breakdown of our top specializations we build for.

Product Design
42%
Blockchain & Crypto
33%
Banking & Trading Platforms
17%
AI & ML Solutions
8%

Other Domains

Web Apps

Engagement Style & Cost

Project-based engagements led by the founder from first brief to launch, with specialist designers and developers added as the work needs them. Most projects run for a few months and sit between $100,000 and $500,000. Some clients, like Fasset, continue with ongoing campaign and product work. Every brief gets a reply within two working days.

Engagement Models

Project work
$250K - $500K
Average Budget
1
Average Team Size
$400 - $500/hr
Average Hourly Rate
Ongoing
Avg. Engagement Length
2 weeks
Hiring time
1:1
Woman to man ratio
100% 1st year
Employee retention
100%
Overall retention rate

Who we build for

Scale-ups across Europe and the US: consumer brands, e-commerce players, and fintechs from consumer-facing to B2B, plus anyone else in the digital financial space. Our clients already have traction and need product design and brand that keep pace with their growth.

Web3
PropTech
FinTech
CryptoTech
CleanTech

Markets

Globally
Middle East
Western Europe

Company Type

Seed to Series A Startup
SME

Organization

Founder-led studio registered as Unsolicited Apps LLC-FZE and based out of Dubai. Ilias Salvatore Sleutelaar leads every project directly, supported by a team of two in-house designers and a business developer.

Organization type
Horizontal/Flat Structure
Decision-making Approach
A fact-based decision making culture
Problem Management
The team is empowered to fix their own problems
Problem Management Channels
Through an open-door policy
A “Pandora's” box
Company-Wide Meetings

Culture

Our background includes 5+ years of building fintechs, $100M+ in fundraising and $5B+ in product flow, and we’re tied into a network most studios can’t touch. That puts us in the room for fundraising, product development and global go-to-market, often all three at once. Our clients engage us for end-to-end product work and GTM.

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