Jaclyn Hartnett

Jaclyn is Cathay Capital’s Group PR Head, based in San Francisco. In her role, she drives global strategy and marketing and communications initiatives as well as provides strategic counsel and support to Cathay’s portfolio companies. Most recently, Jaclyn worked at Clarity PR as a founding member of its venture capital and financial services practice group where she developed and led programs for firms in the venture capital, corporate venture capital, private equity and wider finance space. Over the years, Jaclyn has worked at several Silicon Valley tech PR agencies including MSL Group (owned by Publicis Groupe), LEWIS Global Communications and Spark PR, executing on a range of activities from branding, content creation and thought leadership campaigns to media and analyst relations for businesses across the startup, corporate and venture capital landscape. Jaclyn holds a B.A. in English Literature from San Diego State University.