Masha Drokova

Masha Drokova, also known as Masha Bucher, is an investor and entrepreneur. She was born in Tambov, Russia, to a middle-class family. At the age of 15fifteen, she joined a Pro-Putin youth movement called "Nashi". She became a well-known leader of the patriotic organization but left in 2010 due to disagreements with the tactics being used to show patriotism. Drokova earned a master of Public Administration from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2011.

After graduation, Drokova worked in public relations (PR) for companies that havewith ties to Sergei Beloussov, a technology entrepreneur. Such companies include Russian Quantum Center, Acronis, and Runa Capital. She later immigrated to the United States in 2014 and opened her own PR firm in New York City in 2014 and worked with companies such as HotelTonight and Houzz.

Drokova has received a variety of recognition and awards over the years including:

• NamesNamed as one of The 50 Best Public Relations People In The Tech Industry In 2014 by as one of The 50 Best Public Relations People In The Tech Industry In 2014 by Business Insider

Biography

Masha Drokova, also known as Masha Bucher, is an investor and entrepreneur. She was born in Tambov, Russia to a middle-class family. At the age of 15, she joined a Pro-Putin youth movement called "Nashi". She became a well-known leader of the patriotic organization but left in 2010 due to disagreements with the tactics being used to show patriotism. Drokova earned a master of Public Administration from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2011.

After graduation, Drokova worked in public relations (PR) for companies that have ties to Sergei Beloussov, a technology entrepreneur. Such companies include Russian Quantum Center, Acronis, and Runa Capital. She later immigrated to the United States in 2014 and opened her own PR firm in New York City in 2014 and worked with companies such as HotelTonight and Houzz.

Masha Bucher is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, has been included in ‘100 raising-star VCs’ by Business Insider, and was named by Business Insider as a top 50 PR Pro in tech.

Masha Bucher is the Founder and General Partner at Day One Ventures. The fund invests in companies with customer-focused culture and spearheads their communications. They have backed companies like Superhuman, Remote.com, Truebill, DoNotPay, Terran Orbital, Arcadia, and others.

Before launching Day One, Masha Bucher was an angel investor and founder of a PR studio that worked with companies like Houzz, HotelTonight and Gett. She also was VP of Communications at Acronis, a data protection company, where she managed PR activities across 18 countries and previously served as Head of Communications at VC firm Runa Capital.

Masha studied at Stanford’s VC Unlocked program and holds a master's degree in Business and Public Administration from MSU. She has obtained notable recognition over the years, including being the subject of a 2012 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary and clinching a win in the 2006 All-Russian Olympiads for social science. Masha has a deep love for art and collects contemporary art.

Drokova started acting as an angel investor in 2016 and has invested in companies such as Lithic, DigitalGenius, MEL Science, Chatfuel, Piper, Filecoin, Acquired.io, and Truebill. In 2018, Drokova founded San Francisco-based Day One Ventures, a venture capital firm that also helps its portfolio companies with their marketing and communications.

Drokova has received recognition and awards over the years including:

• Winning the All-Russian Olympiads of social science in 2006
• Being the subject of Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary "Putin's Kiss"
• Names as one of The 50 Best Public Relations People In The Tech Industry In 2014 by Business Insider
• Named as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 for venture capital in 2019
• Named as one of the rising stars in venture capital in 2020 by Business Insider

Maria Drokova was born on October 26, 1989 in Tambov.

She graduated from high school with a gold medal. She studied at the Faculty of Public Administration of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Political Analysis.

Since September 2005, she has been a member of Nashi. She rose to the status of "federal commissioner".

Since June 2006, she has been involved in Vyacheslav Surkov's youth ideological group. Since March 2007 - Head of the Moscow headquarters of the movement.

Drokova Maria Alexandrovna

While working at Nashi, she was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I degree.

In parallel, she worked as an assistant to a State Duma deputy from the LDPR and her fellow countryman, Sergei Abeltsev.

In 2008, she was engaged in the promotion of an Internet channel Russia.ru .

In 2009, Maria Drokova held a PR campaign to throw boots and boots at American politicians.

"Bush left, and the shoe of Iraqi journalist Muntazer Al-Zeidi flew after him. He didn't hit. Our shoes will fly at those Bush's henchmen who made their political capital on pouring mud on Russia, inciting anti-Russian sentiments and ridiculous provocations against our country. And we will get there," Maria Drokova, the commissioner of the Nashists, said at the time.

It should be noted that Drokova threw her shoes at photographs of George Bush, Mikhail Saakashvili, Viktor Yushchenko, as well as portraits of Estonian President Andrus Ansip and Boris Nemtsov.

Drokova Maria Alexandrovna

After leaving Nashi, Drokova stated that she went into business, joining the management of Acronis, and later engaged in international PR.

She worked as Vice President of Communications at Acronis and PR Director of the Runa Capital venture fund.

Drokova also consulted on projects such as Gettaxi, Lingualeo, Webinar, Bookmate and Pyrus.

Currently, Maria Drokova lives in San Francisco, USA.

Masha Bucher is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, has been included in ‘100 raising-star VCs’ by Business Insider, and was named by Business Insider as a top 50 PR Pro in tech.

Masha Bucher is the Founder and General Partner at Day One Ventures. The fund invests in companies with customer-focused culture and spearheads their communications. They have backed companies like Superhuman, Remote.com, Truebill, DoNotPay, Terran Orbital, Arcadia, and others.

Before launching Day One, Masha Bucher was an angel investor and founder of a PR studio that worked with companies like Houzz, HotelTonight and Gett. She also was VP of Communications at Acronis, a data protection company, where she managed PR activities across 18 countries and previously served as Head of Communications at VC firm Runa Capital.

Masha studied at Stanford’s VC Unlocked program and holds a master's degree in Business and Public Administration from MSU. She has obtained notable recognition over the years, including being the subject of a 2012 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary and clinching a win in the 2006 All-Russian Olympiads for social science. Masha has a deep love for art and collects contemporary art.

Biography

Maria Drokova was born on October 26, 1989 in Tambov.

She graduated from high school with a gold medal. She studied at the Faculty of Public Administration of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Political Analysis.

Since September 2005, she has been a member of Nashi. She rose to the status of "federal commissioner".

Since June 2006, she has been involved in Vyacheslav Surkov's youth ideological group. Since March 2007 - Head of the Moscow headquarters of the movement.

Drokova Maria Alexandrovna

While working at Nashi, she was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I degree.

In parallel, she worked as an assistant to a State Duma deputy from the LDPR and her fellow countryman, Sergei Abeltsev.

In 2008, she was engaged in the promotion of an Internet channel Russia.ru .

In 2009, Maria Drokova held a PR campaign to throw boots and boots at American politicians.

"Bush left, and the shoe of Iraqi journalist Muntazer Al-Zeidi flew after him. He didn't hit. Our shoes will fly at those Bush's henchmen who made their political capital on pouring mud on Russia, inciting anti-Russian sentiments and ridiculous provocations against our country. And we will get there," Maria Drokova, the commissioner of the Nashists, said at the time.

It should be noted that Drokova threw her shoes at photographs of George Bush, Mikhail Saakashvili, Viktor Yushchenko, as well as portraits of Estonian President Andrus Ansip and Boris Nemtsov.

Drokova Maria Alexandrovna

After leaving Nashi, Drokova stated that she went into business, joining the management of Acronis, and later engaged in international PR.

She worked as Vice President of Communications at Acronis and PR Director of the Runa Capital venture fund.

Drokova also consulted on projects such as Gettaxi, Lingualeo, Webinar, Bookmate and Pyrus.

Currently, Maria Drokova lives in San Francisco, USA.