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Since launching our Early Stage and Growth Funds in San Francisco, we’ve established Early Stage funds in Asia, Europe, and South America. We created these funds to lead rounds at every stage, in every geography.

We are actively on the ground across continents, seeing local trends up close, searching for top founders, and bringing them our world of resources. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth – connecting entrepreneurs to each other, to customers, and to insights from distant markets – to help them become a global success.

Investing globally

has always been our instinct.

Meet the Headline team! We are actively on the ground across continents, seeing local trends up close, searching for top founders, and bringing them our world of resources. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to help them become a global success.

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“So diverse in terms of the characters—there’s a German word, paradiesvögel.”—Christian Gaiser, Numa, Germany

“If I was kidnapped...he’d fly out and try to save the situation. He’s like an investing superhero.” —Noah Kerner, Acorns, US

“It feels like we are in control, and that’s how it should feel.” —Holger Seim, Blinkist, Germany

“I actually feel motivated to share candidly with them.” —Ashot Iskandarian, Shopmonkey, US

“I was flying home…so they met me at the Starbucks outside of security.” —Bianca Padilla, Carewell, US

“Other funds get panicky...they have a mentality of 'ah we'll fix it'.”  —Hjalmar Ståhlberg Nordegren, Karma, Sweden

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Partner

Akihiko Okamoto is a Partner from the Japanese office of the global venture capital firm Headline. His focus is on FinTech, the passion economy, and sports.

Akihiko Okamoto | Headline

Akihiko Okamoto is a Partner from the Japanese office of Headline. His focus is on FinTech, the passion economy, and sports. He lives by Master Yoda's quote: "Do or do not. There is no try."

The most important trait in an investor is well-informed intuition.

Akio Tanaka is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the Asia office. His focus is Consumer Internet, Fintech, and SaaS.

Akio Tanaka | Headline

Akio Tanaka is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the Asia office. His focus is Consumer Internet, Fintech, and SaaS. He invests in geeks who are obsessed with making change.

The most important trait for entrepreneurs and investors is passion.

Founding Partner

Andreas Haug is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office. His focus sectors are Fintech, Ecommerce, Media, and Digital Innovation.

Andreas Haug | Headline

Andreas Haug is a Founding Partner from Headline's Europe office. His focus sectors are Fintech, Ecommerce, Media, and Digital Innovation. His investment philosophy? "Think big, start small".

The most important trait in an entrepreneur is founder’s paranoia – the sense that at any moment, someone might come out of the woods and try to beat you at your game. It’s never safe, especially not at the top.

Christian Leybold is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Europe. His focus sectors are Consumer Marketplaces and SaaS.

Christian Leybold | Headline

Christian Leybold is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Europe. His focus sectors are Consumer Marketplaces and SaaS. His investment philosophy is about teams and working with great people.

Christian Leybold

The most important trait for an investor is to be a ying to the yang.

Christian Miele is a General Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office. His investment focus is everything B2B. He leads multiple initiatives to turbo-charge entrepreneurship in Europe.

Christian Miele | Headline

Christian Miele from Headline

An entrepreneur needs to have grit and perseverance to get up from inevitable failures.

Conrad Chu is an Operating Partner and CTO from Headline's US office. He supports the investment team's efforts using technology and his past operating experience as a startup founder.

Conrad Chu | Headline

Conrad Chu is an Operating Partner and CTO from Headline's US office. He supports the investment team's efforts using technology and his past operating experience as a startup founder. He brings 20 years of product and technology acumen as a jack of all trades.

Conrad Chu from Headline

The most important trait in an entrepreneur is having conviction against all odds. And being a great story-teller.

Dominic Wilhelm is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office. His focus sectors are Fintech and SaaS companies.

Dominic Wilhelm | Headline

Dominic Wilhelm is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office. His focus sectors are Fintech and SaaS companies. The most important investor trait for him? "Having no ego and listening well. Also, endless curiosity and respect for other people."

Knowing when to trust the gut and when to trust the data is the most important trait for an investor!

Gabriel Alves is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Latin America. His focus is on Fintech, Ecommerce, SaaS, Health and Media.

Gabriel Alves | Headline

If you take the safe path, you’re probably not going to end up doing something special.

Jonathan Becker is a General Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline, based in the European office. His investment focus sectors are SaaS, Developer Tools, Mobile, and Digital Health.

Jonathan Becker | Headline

Jonathan Becker is a General Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office. His investment focus sectors are SaaS, Developer Tools, Mobile, and Digital Health. In his words: "I work for founders that are optimists and visionaries, not the other way around. Their hustle and drive humbles me daily."

Jonathan Becker from Headline

I like to say that founders can trust us as family. We're in this together.

Jonathan Userovici is a General Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the Paris office. His investment focus is on SaaS and Fintech products.

Jonathan Userovici | Headline

Jonathan Userovici is a General Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the Paris office. His investment focus is on SaaS and Fintech products. He looks for customer-centric founders capable of building incredible company cultures.

Jonathan Userovici from Headline

The most important trait in an investor is the ability to continually looking for new angles.

Joseph Huang is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the Asia office. He focuses on Consumer Internet, Fintech, and SaaS.

Joseph Huang | Headline

Joseph Huang is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the Asia office. He focuses on Consumer Internet, Fintech, and SaaS. He believes the most important trait in an investor is the ability to continually looking for new angles.

Joseph Huang

The most important trait for an investor is the ability to give constructive feedback in a way that is productive and not personal.

Lauren Lyon is an Operating Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. She is obsessed with being a voice and go-to resource for Limited Partners, Corporate Partners, and the Community.

Lauren Lyon | Headline

Lauren Lyon is an Operating Partner from Headline's US office. She is obsessed with being a voice and go-to resource for the Limited Partners, Corporate Partners, and Community.

For me, courage, curiosity, and core values are the most important traits in an investor.

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Mathias Schilling is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the US. His focus sectors are Ecommerce, Media, and Fintech.

Mathias Schilling | Headline

Mathias Schilling is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the US. His focus sectors are Ecommerce, Media, and Fintech. He describes his career leading up to Headline as "Clueless with baseless confidence, but open-minded and determined by intuition."

Mathias Schilling from Headline

I'm a strategic-driven global CFO who isn't afraid to roll up his sleeves, regardless of the time zone.

Pat Reilly is an Operating Partner and CFO at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. He describes his career as having "successfully accumulated 25 years worth of grey hair while keeping worldwide venture firms in the black."

Pat Reilly | Headline

Pat Reilly is an Operating Partner and CFO from Headline's US office. He describes his career leading up to Headline as having "successfully accumulated 25 years worth of grey hair while keeping worldwide venture firms in the black."

The most important traits in an entrepreneur are coachability and emotional intelligence.

Romero Rodrigues is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in LatAm. His focus sectors are Fintech, E-commerce, Software, Digital Health, and Media.

Romero Rodrigues | Headline

Romero Rodrigues is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in LatAm. His focus sectors are Fintech, E-commerce, Software, Digital Health, and Media. He considers coachability and emotional intelligence as the most important traits of an entrepreneur.

The most important trait in an entrepreneur is relatability mixed with the competitive edge of an athlete.

Taylor Brandt is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. Taylor specializes in vertical SaaS investments, looking for companies and products that reshape antiquated industries and processes.

Taylor Brandt | Headline

Taylor Brandt is a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. She specializes in vertical SaaS investments, looking for companies and products that reshape antiquated industries and processes.

The most important trait in a founder is agility.

Thomas Gieselmann is a Founding Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in the US office. He focuses on Software, Developer Tools, and Open Source. His curiosity led him to start his first paper publishing & distribution company as a fourteen-year-old. That same curiosity led him to the Internet, starting and running aol.de in Germany before co-founding Headline in 1997.

Thomas Gieselmann | Headline

Thomas Gieselmann is a Founding Partner from Headline's US office. He focuses on Software, Developer Tools, and Open Source. His curiosity led him to start his first paper publishing & distribution company as a fourteen-year-old. That same curiosity led him to the Internet, starting and running aol.de in Germany before co-founding Headline in 1997.

Growth

Nancy Xiao is a Growth Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline.

Nancy Xiao | Headline

Shalini Rao is a Growth Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline.

Shalini Rao | Headline

Trevor Neff is a Growth Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline.

Trevor Neff | Headline

The most important trait for an investor is to know what to do and how to do it to make startups sustainably successful.

Chairman

Dr. Rainer Hillebrand is Headline's Chairman. His proudest allegiance is his responsibility in the Otto Group's digital transformation from the world's largest catalog mail-order company to one of the world's leading E-commerce players.

Dr. Rainer Hillebrand | Headline

The most important trait in an investor is adapting to the learning curve.

Venture Partner

Jonathan M. Hayashi is a Venture Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His favorite sectors are Fintech, Blockchain, and E-commerce.

Jonathan M. Hayashi | Headline

Jonathan M. Hayashi is a Venture Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His favorite sectors are Fintech, Blockchain, and E-commerce. He describes himself as a "multilingual capitalist who grew up and worked at Greater China, Japan, and the US."

Michael Kent is a Venture Partner from Headline's Europe office. His focus is on Fintech, having bought, built and invested in financial services for two decades.

Michael Kent | Headline

Michael Kent is a Venture Partner from Headline's Europe office. His focus in on Fintech, having bought, built and invested in financial services for two decades. The most important trait in an entrepreneur? "The rare ability to get reasonable people to do unreasonable things."

The most important trait in an entrepreneur is a combination of fearless and totally paranoid

Nicole Farb is a Venture Partner at the venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. Nikki focuses on FinTech, the creator economy, and E-commerce enablement.

Nicole Farb | Headline

Nicole Farb is a Venture Partner at the venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. She focuses on FinTech, the creator economy, and E-commerce enablement.

The most important trait in an entrepreneur is a  deep need to create, often driven by dissatisfaction with the world.

Thomas Jeng  is a Venture Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His favorite sectors Fintech, B2B software and services, EdTech

Thomas Jeng | Headline

There are tons of different types of excellent investors. You just have to find your personal tone of voice. The only two common qualities are unbounded curiosity and passion.

Investor

Astrid Moullé-Berteaux is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Europe. She focuses on B2B software, especially vertical SaaS and AI products.

Astrid Moullé-Berteaux | Headline

Astrid Moullé-Berteaux from Headline

The most important trait in an investor is belief in long-termism.

Principal

Brian Yen is a Principal at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His focus is on Enterprise Solutions, Fintech, and Semi-Conductors.

Brian Yen | Headline

Brian Yen is a Principal at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His focus is on Enterprise Solutions, Fintech, and Semi-Conductors. He considers the the bility to learn from mistakes and recalibrate immediately the most importan founder trait.

Cesar Bteish | Headline

Cesar Bteish is a Growth Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline.

Humility and curiosity is the most important trait for an investor

Daniela Carneiro is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Latin America. Her focus is on Healthtech, Agtech, Logtech, Foodtech and Comex industry.

Daniela Carneiro | Headline

The most important trait in an investor is a healthy balance of curiosity, intuition and rational thinking.

Dominic Long-Innes is an Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office. His focus sectors are Climate and SaaS companies.

Dominic Long-Innes | Headline

Georgina McMillan is an Investment Researcher at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office.

Georgina McMillan | Headline

Isabel Wrubel is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Europe. She focuses on high tech SaaS - be it data, open source, or vertical AI and ML.

Isabel Wrubel | Headline

The most important trait in an investor is building relationships.

Toshiaki Shimakawa is a Principal at the globla venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His focus sectors are Fintech, AI & Software, Mobile, SaaS, Biotech, and Entertainment.

Toshiaki Shimakawa | Headline

Toshiaki Shimakawa is a Principal at the globla venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. His focus sectors are Fintech, AI & Software, Mobile, SaaS, Biotech, and Entertainment. Prior to Headline, he was a biology researcher and organizer of one of the largest startup events in Japan.

Jackson Loo is a Principal from Headline's Asia office and focuses on early investments in Fintech.

Jackson Loo | Headline

Jackson Loo is an Principal from Headline's Asia office and focuses on early investments in Fintech.

The most important trait in an investor is to learn like crazy, have original insight, and be willing to take a risk.

Isamu Nishijima is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. He considers his focus areas to be: Internet, XR, blockchain, APIs, and SaaS.

Isamu Nishijima | Headline

Isamu Nishijima is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. He considers his focus areas to be: Internet, XR, blockchain, APIs, and SaaS. Given a blank check, he'd build a product to allows people to have higher quality sleep in less time.

The most important trait in an entrepreneur are those that embrace the absence of comfort. Great success is rarely found by fitting in.

Jacob Conger is an Investor from Headline's US office. He focuses on businesses that have begun establishing a level of product-market fit and are feeling tremendous market pull.

Jacob Conger | Headline

Jake Horwitz is a Growth Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline. He is a growth software enthusiast.

Jake Horwitz | Headline

Jake Horwitz is a Growth Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline.

Jennifer Lin is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. Her focus is on Enterprise Solutions, InsurTech, Real-estate Tech, and select consumer sectors.

Jennifer | Headline

Jennifer Lin | Headline

The most important trait in an entrepreneur is unwavering grit and commitment to first principles.

Jeremy is an Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia.

Jeremy Kai | Headline

Jeremy Kai

Jerry Fung is an Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US. He focuses on SaaS startups.

Jerry Fung | Headline

The most important trait in an investor is vision and faith.

Manager

Jingjing Gong is a Manager at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. She is passionate about data and finance.

Jingjing Gong | Headline

Jingjing Gong is a Manager at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. She is passionate about data and finance.  Bicycles are the product she is most obsessed with because they are "human powered, efficient, sustainable and give you an amazing feeling of freedom."

Jingjing Gong

My career leading up to Headline included a bed & breakfast, cooking classes, investment banking, and now early-stage investing.

Joe Davis is an Investor from Headline's US office.

Joe Davis | Headline

"An entrepreneur's most important trait is knowing how to sell. Whether it's a product, vision, or story."

Jonathan Grossman is an Investment Researcher at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office.

Jonathan Grossman | Headline

The most important trait in an investor is a constant thirst for knowledge.

Kate Liu is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based in Asia. Her focus is on cross-border Logistics, E-commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Solutions and Online Medical technologies.

Kate Liu | Headline

The most important trait in a founder is the ability to recognize when to conform and when to rebel.

Ketul Patel is an Investment Researcher from Headline's US office. He looks for an intellectually curious founder who can empathize with customers and build strong teams.

Ketul Patel | Headline

Kiran Modi is an investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the European office.

Kiran Modi | Headline

I seek out companies where consumer love resonates so deeply that users will attend a meet-up, join an online community, wear the brand on a t-shirt and in extreme cases, get a permanent tattoo!

Vice President

Matt Brown is an Investor at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. He focuses on consumer investments.

Matt Brown | Headline

The most important trait for an investor is unbiased learning and ability to build conviction no matter what others think.

Nicolas von Blottnitz is a Vice President at the global venture capital firm Headline based out of the US office. He is passionate about SaaS and always looking for businesses that build ever-lasting relationships with their customers.

Nicolas von Blottnitz | Headline

Nicolas von Blottnitz is a Vice President from Headline's US office. He is passionate about SaaS and always looking for businesses that build ever-lasting relationships with their customers.