MA Family is a team of media relations experts with a deep understanding of tech and venture capital
We brought our clients to the front pages of The New York Times and TechCrunch. Secured speaking slots at Web Summit, CES, and SXSW. Set up five large tech conferences ourselves. And launched Houzz, HotelTonight and WeWork in new markets.
Our clients form a distributed family of startups, investors, and entrepreneurs who support each and are always building something new.
We leverage media publications to help companies achieve their business goals.
We create custom events and online experiences, secure speakers and reporters, and ensure media coverage to create and sustain communities.
We dig into your data and public knowledge to develop fascinating papers about your industries.
We turn blogs and newsletters into acquisitions channels of organic customers for your business
Managing Partner & CEO
Anastasia has a unique background as a reporter, an investor and a communications specialist. She did fascinating work with Facebook, PayPal, and WeWork. Previously, she was a reporter at Forbes and a Partner at a VC firm.
Partner & COO
Yury combines a deep technical background with direct experience in PR. He worked with multiple tech unicorns such as WeWork, Houzz, HotelTonight and Gett. Earlier Yury was Investor at Day One Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in tech startups and leads their communications. Yury also has a degree in applied physics & math and worked in the space industry.
Lisbon
Web Summit is an annual technology conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, considered the largest tech event in the world. Founded in 2009, by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey, Web Summit was originally held in Dublin, Ireland, until 2016, when it moved permanently to Lisbon, Portugal.
Sidekick strips out many of the distractions that afflict modern web browsers, including ads, notifications and personal websites during work hours. It’s designed to keep people focused on their work, particularly those who suffer from ADHD.
The Flipper Zero — a dolphin-themed digital multitool — now has a mobile app store, which makes it much easier to browse and install third-party tools and plug-ins right from your phone. The marketplace is built into the latest version of Flipper’s official app, which is out today.
All-optical processors startup Akhetonics raised €2.3 million in early-stage funding led by deep tech investors Runa Capital. The company is aiming for a full-scale optical CPU, with a full prototype by 2024.
Artificial Intelligence will determine whether we blow through the tipping point or row back from the brink. AI is one of the significant tools left in the fight against climate change. AI has turned its hand to risk prediction, the prevention of damaging weather events, such as wildfires and carbon offsets. It has been described as vital to ensuring that companies meet their ESG targets.
When Dmitry Pushkarev left his job as an executive at Amazon, he started pondering one question: Why aren’t web browsers designed for work and productivity? Seeing an opportunity—and informed by a lifelong struggle with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD—Pushkarev set out to create a browser specifically designed to help increase productivity, particularly for people with ADHD.
With major tech events like WebSummit, Slush, Sifted Summit, and others just around the corner this fall, let's dive into strategies that will help you make the most of these opportunities and understand how to effectively leverage them to advance your PR goals!
The crypto space's rapidly evolving and complex nature requires PR specialists to navigate intricate technical concepts while also addressing a global and diverse community.
People often think that PR and communications alone can help them achieve their goals and end up surprised when it doesn’t move the needle as much as they wanted. In fact, it’s a bit more complicated. PR is only a part of the virtuous circle.