About - Work Unseen

Not-Your-Average Tech Entrepreneur

As the founder and former CEO of Lex, I built a queer community app that revolutionized LGBTQ+ connections, growing to 1M+ downloads and 1M monthly messages. After securing $7.2M in funding and being named Apple’s App Store Top App for Pride, Lex was acquired in 2024.

Beyond tech, I’ve built a creative career that spans co-founding a textile studio, collaborating with '90s fashion icon Todd Oldham, and interviewing my hero, J.E.B. for Vogue. In 2014, my (now-defunct) Instagram account helped popularize the phrase The Future is Female, thrusting it into the cultural lexicon.
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Late bloomers and unconventional thinkers navigating the meandering middle of life or work.
Anyone ready to rebuild, reimagine, or experiment with what comes next

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Kel Rakowski

@rakowwwski

Founder. late bloomer. art school dropout. 20+ yrs in NYC + Hudson Valley. Xennial pride. Into winter sports and detaching self from net.