Mattina Media Group is the go-to outsourced communications team for leading venture capital firms and startups.
A startup client came to us with only a website and zero social presence. We built the comms function from the ground up and optimized it for AI search. That's how a national partner found them and entered a $24M agreement. Did we mention we ran that partner media launch end-to-end, too?
Ten months of ghostwritten LinkedIn kept the founder in front of her market. One post reached a prospect who had gone quiet, and the workshop he booked was worth that much to her year.
Two in Fortune, three in Forbes, in just six months, for the founder and managing partner of a debut VC fund. This same communications rigor earned the client awards from Inc., the Los Angeles Times, and P.E.A.
Mattina Media Group clients come to us wanting more. More investors, more customers, more visibility, more influence. But without the resources or bandwidth to amplify your biggest wins, communications becomes the roadblock—especially in an industry that moves this fast.
You're a VC firm raising, and you need to attract new LPs while keeping the ones you have. Yet your thesis and your track record live and die in your pitch decks.
You're a startup trying to differentiate and win market share. But your team is lean, comms is somebody's side project on top of their real job, and none of it is landing.
Different starting points. Same problems.
The investors and customers who look you up find almost nothing.
Inconsistent messaging across platforms confuses the audience you are trying to win.
Big milestones go unnoticed and underreported.
Enter your go-to outsourced communications team to turn this picture around.
At Mattina Media Group, we believe a robust comms foundation is the pathway to increased deal flow, market differentiation, and stronger LP relationships.
No big-agency ego or unfocused strategies. Here’s how we build brands and tell meaningful stories that raise capital, speak the language of your sector, and elevate founders’ voices.
We meet you where you are. We offer built-for-you partnerships, whether on a project basis or retainer, to work together without sacrificing your budget or resources.
Our clients view us as an extension of their operations. With Sarah as your Fractional CCO and a team of comms experts behind her bringing more than 40 years of combined experience, we become a true part of your team. We want to be in your Slack channels, given a company email address, invited to your company offsites, and seated at the table for major decisions.
Unlike legacy firms that require lengthy onboarding cycles, we’re ready to jump right in and get scrappy. Invite us into your systems, and we’ll hit the ground running and move fast with your work.
Other comms firms hand you off: a freelancer for the website, a different agency for PR, someone else for design. We do all of it, from speaker applications to press to LinkedIn op-eds to graphic design.
“Sarah is absolutely relentless, and that’s exactly what we needed. We had ideas. We knew what had to be done. But between client work and a million competing priorities, our communications kept getting pushed to the back burner. Sarah has changed that completely. She’s given us the consistency and horsepower we were missing, and honestly, she’s become indispensable.”
Today’s venture market is, to put it kindly, crowded. To stand out, your stories have to be specific and meaningful — and that takes time. Mattina Media Group handles the full communications lifecycle, so you can focus on the work only you can do.
To make impressions in the world of venture capital and startup innovation, we focus on milestones over check-the-box comms, every time. We craft stories on earned and owned channels that elevate your growth, from announcing funding rounds to product launches to leadership appointments.
With 100+ relationships with tier-one publications, trusted PR experts, and sector-specific outlets, we position you for the right attention to build your reputation and your capital.
In venture, the people are the story. We build a public record for the founders and GPs whose credibility carries the raise — bylined thought leadership in national business press, the awards and stages that supply third-party proof, and a LinkedIn presence that actually sounds like them.
The part nobody advertises, and the part that makes the rest repeatable. We build and run the machinery behind your communications — the editorial calendar, the reporting, the newsletter and CRM infrastructure, the approval workflows — so the function keeps moving whether or not someone is chasing it.
I launched Mattina Media Group because I deeply understand the value of communications and how it can turn your stories into meaningful growth and impact.
I’ve been described by a client as a “very friendly bulldog.” I will never stop trying on behalf of my clients to get them the best possible outcome, whether that’s securing media placements for their funding round or getting their founder the right social media attention.
My story starts with nearly 10 years across Fortune 500 brands, venture firms, and global agencies — Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Ventures, the National Venture Capital Association, and Edelman Smithfield. I leverage that expertise to create magic at Mattina Media Group.
I live in San Francisco, which keeps me connected to the beating heart of the VC and startup world.
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Q&AOp-edTypical comms firms handle one aspect of the work and field you elsewhere for the rest — a creative agency for design, a PR firm for press, another shop for social. At Mattina Media Group, we take care of everything under the communications umbrella, so you can focus on doing what you do best without navigating multiple partner relationships.
(We also think we’re fun to work with. Case in point: Every Mattina Media client invited us to their 2026 offsites.)
How you position yourself to investors is everything in venture. It determines how you raise capital and build a lasting reputation in the industry. We don’t take this lightly.
When we partner with you, we sign on to be your communications experts for life, helping you tell stories that matter and grow your visibility—all with a sustainable price tag.
We offer project-based engagements for time-bound work, including media coverage for a fund close or partnership announcement. But we’ll be honest—most of our clients partner with us for long-term work, from overhauling communication systems and structures to executing them so you can see real results compounded over time.
Mattina Media typically partners with VC firms on Funds I-III and startups at Series A or Series B. While we have a particular interest in working with emerging managers to help springboard them onto the scene, we’re also dedicated to partnering with established managers and later-stage funds.
We do communications, not marketing. So: no paid ads, no SEO, no demand generation, no growth or lifecycle campaigns, no product marketing. If it's built to drive a funnel, it isn't us. If it's built to build a reputation, it is.
Our retainers typically start at $8K, and we build each package around what you actually need. Some clients come to us for a single project, most for ongoing work. For context: one senior communications hire averages around $260K a year between base salary and benefits.* That's one person, with one skill set. For less than that, you get a Fractional CCO, writers, media relations, and design.
* Based on Salary.com's average base salary for a Communications Director in the US ($180,849) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (Q1 2026), which puts benefits at 30.1% of total employer cost. Figures current as of August 2026.
We believe in being transparent for thoughtful, ethical AI use. That means we leverage AI tools for note-taking during calls to make sure no detail is missed. We also use it to generate early drafts of written content, where every word is then reviewed, refined, and fact-checked by our team to ensure accuracy, nuance, and alignment with your voice and your goals. We also understand how important it is to rank in AI search. We help clients focus and retool their content for AEO optimization as part of our strategies.
We’re ready to jump right into the programs that are already part of your tech stack. We regularly use Asana, Slack, WhatsApp, Canva, Adobe, Squarespace, Lovable, Google Suite, and Outlook to stay cross-coordinated.