Masha Bucher

Masha Bucher (née Drokova) from New York, NY, 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 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, DuckDuckGo, Remote, Truebill, Yumi, DoNotPay, MSCHF, Terran Orbital, Arcadia and others. B...

Masha Bucher (née Drokova) from New York, NY, 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 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, DuckDuckGo, Remote, Truebill, Yumi, DoNotPay, MSCHF, Terran Orbital, Arcadia and others. Before launching Day One, Masha 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.