Yury Molodtsov

Partner & Chief Operating Officer @ MA Family

About

COO & Partner at MA Family where we lead communications for tech startups and VC firms. Led campaigns for venture capital firms with $500M under management, publicly-traded corporations and tech companies ranging from early-stage startups to unicorns. Previously I worked at Day One Ventures, an SF-based firm that supports its portfolio companies with PR, where I managed our back office, and helped dozens of projects define their messaging. We invested in Trueill (acq. for $1.25Bn), Arcus Fi (acq. by MasterCard), Squad (acq. by Twitter), Superhuman, DoNotPay, Atoms, and many others. "The art of storytelling is incredibly important. Learning to tell a story is critically important because that’s how the money works. The money flows as a function of the story”. Don Valentine

Country

Portugal

City

Lisbon

Industry

Public Relations & Communications

Skill

Marketing Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Corporate Communications, Venture Capital, Product Management, Product Marketing

Experience

Partner & Chief Operating Officer

MA Family

2020-4 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

We help tech founders and CEOs build momentum through the media. We have crafted and executed impactful PR campaigns for standout brands such as JetBrains, Flipper Zero, and Miro, as well as dozens of early-stage startups. Our team secured over 2000 pieces of coverage, including features, profiles, and interviews in top-tier media publications, such as Bloomberg, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Forbes, Business Insider, and many others.

Investor

Day One Ventures

2017-4 - 2020-3 · 3 yrs

San Francisco Bay Area

I was an Investor, managed our back office, and helped dozens of projects refine their public messaging. We invested in Superhuman(acq. by Grammarly), Truebill (acq. by Rocket Companies for $1.25Bn), Arcus Fi (acq. by MasterCard), Squad (acq. by Twitter), and many others.

Account Manager

PR Consultancy

2014-4 - 2018-10 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Led campaigns for companies like WeWork, Houzz, HotelTonight, and Gett, that included everything from developing key messaging and communication strategies to securing media publications in top-tier outlets such as TechCrunch, CNET and VentureBeat.