Katia Yakovleva

Platform and Community at FrontierTower.io | Building and scaling startups, advising and investing. Ex-Spotify leader (11 years). Raised $6M+, led €10M+ revenue orgs, angel investor, podcast host.

📍 Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2025
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Angel Investor
Oct 2025
Hey 👋, we’re Haz and Wyatt, the founders of Pally, and we’re building at the intersection of AI and Human Relationships. We believe that while AI will automate a lot of low-level tasks, that this will dramatically increase the value of human connection at the highest level. In a world full of ‘AI SDRs’, our warm connections become more important than ever. Yet today, keeping track of thousands of connections across countless social platforms is impossible. We forget to respond, we miss important moments, we lose touch. We’re building Pally to solve that. We bring together every connection, across every platform. Our AI researches everything they’ve ever posted online, and uses its deep understanding of each person to help you achieve your goals; whether hiring, fundraising, or sales.
Angel Investor
Sep 2023
Set up your friends – and let them set you up! On Blindmate, dating app meets social network: friends curate each others profile and swipe for each other. Heaps of fun for everybody and great matches for the not-for-long singles! We launched in March 2021 and have had a great run with heaps of fun so far!
Angel Investor
Mar 2022
The future sound of entertainment
early stageEntertainment
Angel Investor
Nov 2021
Find the right B2B creators, manage campaigns end-to-end, pay seamlessly and track what’s working - no spreadsheets, no guesswork, no chaos. Trusted by leading companies in AI, B2B SaaS, Fintech, HR, Product, Design and Marketing such as Replit, ElevenLabs, Figma, Framer, Granola, Graphite, Auth0 and more.
Angel Investor
Sep 2021
We want to unite the world by helping people build purposeful relationships and active communities through (the power of) voice technologies. Based in Berlin (Germany) and founded by Franziska Focken and Julian Krahnen in 2020. wayvs is an Audio Dating App for authentic and deeper connections. wayvs is available for iOS & Android in App Store & Google Play Store. Spread the love ~ Share the love with your friends or follow us here on LinkedIn or Instagram ~ For burning questions send us your voice message via WhatsApp at: +49(0)15222119268 or drop us a mail to: wehearyou@wayvs.app Let’s create some wayvs!
Angel Investor
Feb 2021
Freque introduces a first of its kind music review tool for filmmakers and content creators. They can audition multiple pieces of music with their video and collaborate with their team to make decisions in one browser-window; an industry first. Currently this process takes multiple platforms to manage. Now filmmakers can do all of it in one place.
Angel Investor
Nov 2020
Unlocking full transparency on where, who, and how a product was made. Renoon is an end-to-end transparency software for fashion and retail. A set of tool-kits empowers companies to map their supply chains, manage, interpret, and present key information about their level of sustainability in compliance with legislative requirements. Digital product passport integrations (QR codes) and widgets for e-commerce can be generated through the platform and link to immersive stories about products that engage consumers and buyers around the impact of the item. Verified information can be accessed directly within the brands website or through physical QR codes, in compliance with the new Digital Product Passport, Green Claims EU Directive, and other country-specific legislation (from AGEC to Etichettatura Ambientale). Based in Amsterdam, Milan and Naples, Renoon is backed by the Italian Governement (Invitalia), the San Francisco-based venture capital fund 500 Global, industry veterans (ex CIO Gucci, ex CTO Y-Nap, ex MD Spotify Southern Europe) and is part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation community. The team has been internationally recognized by Forbes Under 30, WWD, FashionUnited, Vogue Business, and DutchNews and accelerated by Startupbootcamp (partner Prada Group), and Female Founders in Vienna. Our team believes that enabling product transparency through technology is a practical and fundamental step toward sustainability transformation. Get in touch with us at info@renoon.com Join our industry newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/renoon/times Schedule a demo: https://bit.ly/3rs4zYa
Angel Investor
May 2019
Here to stop you cooking. Our mission is to bring mouthwatering, sustainable, personalised meals to every table, every day. Big taste, no fuss. We exist to be easier than cooking yourself. Easy, speedy, no mess— we give back time and headspace for other things. Enter your health and taste preferences and get personalised meals delivered daily for just €7.99/meal. We are backed by Atlantic Food Labs and entrepreneurs who have backed the likes of Zalando, Gorillas, INFARM, SumUp, Auto1, flaschenpost, home24 and McMakler.
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Angel Investor
Oct 2025
Hey 👋, we’re Haz and Wyatt, the founders of Pally, and we’re building at the intersection of AI and Human Relationships. We believe that while AI will automate a lot of low-level tasks, that this will dramatically increase the value of human connection at the highest level. In a world full of ‘AI SDRs’, our warm connections become more important than ever. Yet today, keeping track of thousands of connections across countless social platforms is impossible. We forget to respond, we miss important moments, we lose touch. We’re building Pally to solve that. We bring together every connection, across every platform. Our AI researches everything they’ve ever posted online, and uses its deep understanding of each person to help you achieve your goals; whether hiring, fundraising, or sales.
Partnerships, Community, and BizDev
Jun 2025
We are a 16-floor innovation hub in the heart of San Francisco, dedicated to advancing deep tech and frontier technologies — the first node of our inter-city network state
Founder
Mar 2025
Amplify your LinkedIn reach - reach more people, get more connections, and grow your network with top-notch creators and influencers. Our intuitive e-shop is here to guide you every step of the way. Everything we do centres around empowering you with the best in tech while inspiring trust and confidence in our brand. TechnoGadgets: Where technology meets your lifestyle.
2023
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