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Welcome to the world of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization, AKA DAO.

We talk with founders of our portfolio companies to explore stories behind what makes who they are today.

2021 was the year in which we witnessed some major changes in Japan’s IPO market.

A Look into the Evolving IPO Landscape in Japan

All of LAUNCHPAD Finalists Exits and Funding

Announcing the Winners of IVS 2021 LAUNCHPAD NASU

See SHE’s Winning Pitch Deck From IVS2021 NASU LAUNCHPAD

Check Out LAUNCHPAD 2020 Winner Kaminashi’s Brilliant Pitch Deck

We Look At ecbo’s Winning Pitch Deck for IVS LAUNCHPAD 2017

We’re exploring the multiple aspects of this ongoing trend, which has been coined in various terms such as FinTech Enablers, Embedded Finance, FinTech-as-a-Service, and Modular Finance.

Theodoric Chew, Co-Founder and CEO of Intellect tells us the rapid growth process of Intellect and the importance of mental health care.

“Headline Asia’s approach in understanding a market [segment], as well as the business mechanics of what makes a startup successful in it, was exceptional and advanced in many ways.” — Theodoric Chew, CEO, and Co-Founder of Intellect.

“…That’s why I started Intellect, in order to tackle a problem I personally faced and know the majority of people in the world [also experience] or can deeply relate to..” — Theodoric Chew, CEO and Co-Founder of Intellect.

“Following what I shared earlier, we believe that in Asia, a big part of our mission and work is to [change] the perception of how people perceive mental health & wellbeing; from one that is clinical to one that is relatable and happening every day. That is what drives us to constantly work towards making mental health stigma-free.” — Theodoric Chew, CEO and Co-Founder of Intellect.

Founder Spotlight of Intellect: Theodoric Chew

Intellect is Asia-Pacific’s fastest growing startup that provides comprehensive mental health services.

Founder Spotlight of Intellect: Theodoric Chew - Headline Asia

Newborn social media game-changers are coming.

The youth are leaving Facebook. Four new social networks you should look at.

Popular social media game-changers are going to take the industry-leading position.

The youth are leaving Facebook. Four new social networks you should look at - Headline Asia

Popular social media game-changers among the young generation — Dispo, Poparazzi, Lapse, and Locket.

As of May 10, Infinity Ventures in Asia and e.ventures in the US and Europe have rebranded together as Headline. Moving forward, Infinity Venture’s existing offices in Beijing, Taipei, and Tokyo will be known as Headline Asia. Headline will also have offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, and São Paulo.

"What we’ll gain from further collaboration is we will have access to more global data and trends. With our shared network of information, we’ll have more rapid and more efficient insight into internet tech trends happening around the globe and that is what’s going to make us better VCs,” Infinity Ventures founder and Headline co-founder Akio Tanaka says, “The world is becoming more connected, ideas from one part of the world to another travel much, much faster today. There is no such thing as purely regional deals anymore. Every regional deal in the future will have an international angle. For VCs to find winners early, and opportunities that scale, you need international intelligence. That’s what we have had so far working with e.ventures, and that’s what we’re betting on further with Headline.”

“I am so excited about this new chapter in our relationship. Our technology, our team, and our global vision combine to fuel our founders with resources at every stage of their companies’ life cycles,” says e.ventures partner and Headline co-founder Mathias Schilling.

We Have Big News - Headline Asia

Some Lending-as-a-Service providers can approve your loan in a matter of minutes.

Embedded Finance Part IV: Credit-as-a-Service

Embedded Finance Part IV: Credit-as-a-Service - Headline Asia

Just as there are e-commerce enablers such as Shopify, Shopee, PayPal, Wix.com, there are a growing number of banking enablers in the finance world. Banking enablers focus on providing the technological aspect of banking services, so their clients can concentrate on acquiring and serving customers.

Embedded Finance Part II: Banking Enablers and Banking-As-A-Service

Embedded Finance Part II: Banking Enablers and Banking-As-A-Service - Headline Asia

Banking enablers provide groundbreaking yet simple banking services to businesses.

Industries develop over time and when they mature, they tend to become more specialized. That’s what is currently happening with the FinTech industry and financial service in general. It’s entering a new phase of division and specialization.

Intro to FinTech Enablers & Embedded Finance

Intro to FinTech Enablers & Embedded Finance - Headline Asia

How Embedded Finance is taking over and making the conventional “Financial Institution” and “Finance Sector” defunct.

Landscape Map: Bookkeeping becomes understandable

An overview of the corporate cards, data extraction, expense management, and accounting landscape small and medium businesses.

Mapping SMEs SaaS #6: Bookkeeping becomes understandable

It was clear that Pismo’s product would be transformative on a global scale, far beyond the borders of Brazil. 

What really took my breath away was how modern Pismo’s technology stack was...setting them apart from the best Silicon Valley software companies...

The Power of Pismo: Transforming the Banking Stack from São Paulo

The Power of Pismo

Landscape Map: Shopify's growth creates new markets

Mapping SMEs SaaS #1: An overview of the e-commerce experience

A landscape map overview of the new e-commerce experience

Mapping SMEs SaaS #1: Shopify's growth creates new markets

Written by Christian Miele and Dominic Wilhelm

They didn’t build Sorare in a vacuum and then try to market it. They were never too proud to keep pushing in the wrong direction. When they made mistakes, they were always open to admit them. They’d take that back, and rebuild the product. What they built is a community. There is no space for sunken-cost fallacies in that.

Something we did wrong, in the beginning, was thinking we could just move from the early adopters to a mainstream audience. Nobody can. The product takeaway is constantly moving from a niche audience to a slightly larger niche over and over.

Europe’s largest B round: Why we invested in Sorare

The story of what set them apart and made us lead the Seed round.

Europe's largest Series B. The case of Sorare.

Tim has lots of what we call CEO fuel: The personality and skills to lead a company from idea to IPO.

Deposit Solutions + Raisin: Rivals Build Giant

We all love stories of rivalry. We are fascinated by the clashes. Edison v. Tesla. Ford v. Ferrari. Tupac vs. Notorious B.I.G. They are a way to impose a narrative on facts, to turn numbers into vivid characters and exciting stakes. And oftentimes, they don’t make that much sense.

Deposit Solutions + Raisin: Rivals Team Up

You can call it the “Amazon Prime Effect” and we believe more people will expect the same from the top-tier brands in their life.

As these platforms continue to mature, they will be able to develop more personal instant delivery experiences for customers, further driving up their usage.

Headline Asia