2,000+
media publications secured
We help companies become unavoidable.
Contact Us We are MA Family.
We run communications for category-defining companies and founders.
We set up the story, build the public profile, and create the moments that make them difficult to ignore.
Our clients have been featured by The New York Times, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and MKBHD, appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, and spoken on Web Summit’s main stage.
150+
tech startups trusted us with their story
20+
countries where we've landed coverage
$2bn+
raised by our clients during our work together
See our campaigns. Each shows the thinking behind our work.
We helped Flipper Devices turn a niche hacking tool into one of the most talked-about consumer electronics products in the world, driving mainstream coverage and viral social media attention.
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Since July 2025, MA Family has shaped Dwelly's public positioning as a flagship company in the emerging AI services category and announced its Series A in Fortune and Series B in Bloomberg.
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Flipper Devices launched Busy Bar for people trying to protect deep work from calls, notifications, coworkers, roommates, and their own phones.
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We led communications for Arch Network as it prepared the market for mainnet launch, turning Bitcoin programmability into a leadership narrative and securing coverage across Fortune and other outlets.
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We positioned Brighty as the bridge between crypto and everyday spending, driving awareness across European markets and establishing the brand as a trusted name in digital finance.
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Sidekick needed to stand apart in the crowded browser market, so we positioned it as the go-to productivity browser for professionals and secured coverage to fuel growth. It was later acquired by Perplexity.
Read Sidekick's story ›We turn product roadmaps, funding, hires, and partnerships into newsworthy stories. Then we get them placed in top-tier media.
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MKBHD
I Said Yes to Every Email for a Month! (Again)
MKBHD featured Busy Bar, Flipper Devices' hardware focus timer and status display, during a monthlong experiment with products pitched by email.
Bloomberg
AI Startup Dwelly Raises $170 Million for Real Estate Rollup
British startup Dwelly has raised $170 million to buy more real estate businesses and inject artificial intelligence into their operations.
Wired
The Busy Bar Is a Gadget to Get People to Leave You Alone
Flipper Devices launched Busy Bar as a physical focus timer and status display for people trying to protect attention from calls, notifications, and interruptions.
The Verge
The Flipper Zero creators' Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month
The Verge covered Busy Bar's open-sale timing, $249 price, LED status display, Pomodoro timer, Matter support, open API, and app ecosystem.
TechCrunch
Malaysia's AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
Respond.io, one of Malaysia's startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per conversation, not per seat.
Sifted
Inside Dwelly's AI-powered rollup playbook
When Dwelly announced a £69m raise in February, the UK proptech startup had already become one of Europe’s most closely watched examples of a new startup model: buying traditional businesses and using AI to transform how they operate.
Meet the partners behind the work. We combine reporting, investing, technical, and communications experience.
Anastasia Loureiro
Managing Partner & CEO
Anastasia has a unique background as a reporter, investor, and communications specialist. She did fascinating work with Facebook, PayPal, Gett, and WeWork. Anastasia was a Partner at Gagarin Capital Partners and a member of Accumulator, a premier fintech platform for founders created by Dave Waiser, the founder of Gett.
Yury Molodtsov
Partner & COO
Yury combines a deep technical background with direct experience in comms. He led campaigns for venture capital firms with $500M in assets under management, publicly traded corporations, and tech companies ranging from early-stage startups to unicorns, including JetBrains, Miro, and Flipper Zero. Earlier Yury was Investor at Day One Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invested in tech startups and led their communications.
We run end-to-end communications across media, content, and events to secure business objectives
Startup PR & Communications
We help VC-backed tech companies earn press, build trust with the market, and turn what they are building into a sharper public story.
Funding Announcement PR
We turn seed, Series A, and growth rounds into stories about the company, the market, the timing, and why the round matters now.
Product Launch PR
We help launches, major updates, new categories, and technical products become public moments that reporters and customers understand.
Founder Visibility & Thought Leadership
We help founders show up in media, podcasts, newsletters, events, and owned channels with a sharp point of view.
AI Search Visibility
We audit what answer engines can read, then build the technical, media, and content plan that helps companies show up in AI search.
Branding, Positioning & Messaging
We assess the brand, sharpen the company story, and build the messaging system behind media, fundraising, sales, and founder visibility.
Hear from the people we work with
"MA Family understands how startups actually operate and what matters at each stage. They care about the narrative, the timing, the audience. That's not something you can fake. They get the reality of building a company, and that shows."
Dan Lifshits
Co-Founder and COO, Dwelly
"When MA Family engages with a company they are providing results, not just communications expertise. You feel that they are there for you as a part of your own team."
Mikhail Konoplev
Houzz, WeWork
"Working with MA Family was a total breeze — they stayed on top of things, handled every aspect of our PR campaign timely and professionally and even secured TechCrunch coverage when we didn't expect it."
Sam Bokher
InstaPay
"The team at MA Family provided expert counsel and strategic advice, connecting us with key stakeholders in the fundraising ecosystem that were later pivotal to a successful fundraise. We benefited from the awareness generated at marquee events at the World Economic Forum in Davos."
Arif Khan
SingularityNET & Alethea
"MA Family took an immense role in shaping our media relations, developed a comprehensive communications strategy, secured important media pieces, and pushed our story during the very critical moments for our company."
Ilya Ekushevskiy
Busfor
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The State of Media 2026
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The intelligence layer behind our work.
Horus is the live media operating system built for communications teams. It follows reporters and publications, turns daily coverage into client briefings, tracks visibility in AI answers, and gives people and agents one current view of the media landscape.
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