Katia Yakovleva

Founder and CEO

San Francisco, California, United States · 1 connection

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About

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.

Experience

Founder and CEOFrontier Residency SF
Apr 2026

Partnerships, Community, and BizDevfrontiertower
Jun 2025

Angel InvestorPally (YC S25)
Oct 2025

Co-FounderContentRadar
Sep 2023 to Oct 2025

Limited PartnerCommon Magic
Dec 2023

Podcast HostFemale Business Angels Podcast
Dec 2021 to Jun 2023

🌱KB7 Kernel FellowGitcoin
Sep 2022 to Nov 2022

Co-Founder, CCOBeyond
Jan 2022 to Oct 2022

Advisory Board Memberyoona - Not Just Any Agent
Aug 2020 to Aug 2022

Angel InvestorPassionfroot
Nov 2021

Co-InitiatorSpotiAngels
Sep 2021

Head of DE Strategic AccountsSpotify
Apr 2017 to Sep 2021

Interim Sales Director GermanySpotify
Oct 2016 to Apr 2017

Head of Sales Nord, Spotify GermanySpotify
Jul 2015 to Oct 2016

Account Director GSA, Spotify GermanySpotify
Apr 2012 to Jul 2015

Key Account Manager, Spotify SpainSpotify
Nov 2009 to Apr 2012

Limited PartnerForeword Fund
Mar 2021

Angel InvestorFreque
Feb 2021

Angel InvestorRenoon
Nov 2020

Angel InvestorChefCoco
May 2019

Product Managementagencia de marketing online Stellwerk3
Mar 2009 to Jun 2009

Prácitcas en departamento de publicidadCoca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc.
Feb 2008 to Jul 2008

Coach de idiomas, assistant, intérpreteIroko Films
Jul 2007 to Oct 2007

Asistente de manager de licenciasEMI Music Publishing
Sep 2006 to Feb 2007

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Customer-Focused Innovation
2022 to 2022

Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Licenciada E4, Ciencias Empresariales Internacionales, Marketing, Económicas
2005 to 2007

Reutlingen University
Diplom BWL, marketing, estudios internacionales, consulting, contabilidad, económicas, derecho, proyectos
2007 to 2009