Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Russell Glass, the former CEO at Headspace, for a curated #founders & #investors dinner to discuss democratizing mental health in entrepreneurship. Not only did we hear first-hand from Russell about his journey and learnings, we also explored the next wave of innovative technologies that can make #mentalhealth support more accessible and affordable for everyone. A huge thank you to Founders Pledge and Emily Hoble for co-hosting an incredible evening with us at the Headline HQ in San Francisco. See you at the next event! Mathias Schilling Dorothee Poetter Molly Martell Michelle F. Emily Jablonski Jessie Higgs
Headline
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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We help founders win, bigger
About us
Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global. Our Early Stage Funds are based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil, and invest locally. Our San Francisco-based Growth Fund invests globally from Series B and beyond, working in collaboration with our Early Stage Teams. The sizes and locations of these funds make it possible for us to see local trends up close, identify winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage. Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble and Yeahka are among the stars in Headline’s world.
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https://headline.com/
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- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1998
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- Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Start-up, Growth, Internationalization, Technology, Digital Marketing, and Investing
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Employees at Headline
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Thomas Gieselmann
Investor at Headline
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Tilo Bonow 博蒂洛
Helping entrepreneurs get global exposure for their technologies, ideas and impacts is my passion. As an ambassador for innovation and value-adding…
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Mathias Schilling
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Romero Rodrigues
Romero Rodrigues is an Influencer Managing Partner at Headline, Co-Founder of Buscapé, Stanford GSB, Poli-USP
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How two unlikely co-founders are revolutionizing legal tech. 👇 Meet Nicole Clark and Alon Shwartz, the founder duo behind Trellis Law - an AI-powered platform making state court trial data truly accessible for the first time. Read Jett Fein's interview with the CEO and CTO to learn: • The unconventional way they became co-founders • Their unique approach to work-life balance • The worst VC question they've encountered (and the best answer) Oh, and find out why they have a "money tree" in their office. 💰🌳 Check out the full interview: https://lnkd.in/gtQmSnzv
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Had an awesome time last night talking about procurement technology and B2B marketplaces in NYC with some Headline portfolio companies and some old and new friends! Dhaivat Pandya Jessie Young Amy Pan Ilia Papas Pat O'Hara Katerina Petraki Sam Bernstein Ian Hinkley Chris Allison Hunter Robertson Jerry Fung
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Combining family legacy with the entrepreneurial spirit. ➡️➡️➡️ Steve Wen, Co-Founder and CEO of Dray Alliance, made a formative move from China to Los Angeles at age six. In the U.S., he found a sense of freedom that was missing from his younger years. "I didn't grow up to be the most obedient child in China, where the culture was very much: be a good kid, earn good grades, take the equivalent of SAT and go to a good college," Steve said. "Everyone was on the same path. Having that freedom of experimenting, of doing what I wanted to do was very important to me." After tinkering around with business ideas in college, Steve ultimately dropped out of UC Irvine to modernize his parents' business: port logistics. In founding Dray Alliance, learn how Steve's early experiences and family history shaped his mission to modernize the legacy industry. Read the full story. 🌟 https://lnkd.in/g3TvZixa
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From serial bootstrappers to venture-backed. Happy to be (literally) the first check in AI startup Zive. Having led their previous company to a nine-digit exit, Jan Marius Marquardt and Piers Wermbter are building Zive, an AI-powered platform to make company knowledge easily accessible and free from AI hallucinations. "Imagine the productivity gains if all your employees knew what your whole company knows,” says Jan. Fully compliant with EU regulations and something companies can immediately use, Zive acts as a middle layer between a company’s teams, documents, and tools (like Slack, Zendesk, HubSpot, etc.) and the latest AI models, like those created by OpenAI and Headline portfolio company Mistral AI. We are happy to lead this $3.2M pre-seed, and Callum Burroughs at Business Insider has the story in the comments:
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Our partners at Headline in Asia have backed respond.io since the team's Series A in 2022. Despite hardships in the beginning, respond.io has gained traction integrating messaging platforms to create a seamless way for companies to communicate with their clients. Read more about Gerardo Salandra's journey building the platform below! 👇
🌟 This week, we bring you our next 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 - featuring respond.io! Through the integration of multiple messaging platforms, respond.io has become the preferred platform for companies worldwide to communicate with clients. 🤔 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 respond.io? In March 2019, Gerardo Salandra and his team at respond.io faced collapse, but their relentless drive led to the creation of the first WhatsApp CRM—and it worked. They hit $1M ARR in just 12 months with no ads or sales team, just pure determination and a product that resonated with the market. Read more about it here from Gerardo: https://lnkd.in/gCj62HCx Our journey with respond.io began in September 2022 when we discovered them using our proprietary deal-sourcing software, SearchLight, and piqued Jerry's (Gerardo) interest with unique growth data. A call with Headline Asia's Brian Yen, Tzu Ning ( Kate ) Liu, and Ian Su introduced Deepdive, showing the respond.io team how a data-driven VC could accelerate their growth and ultimately, we led their $7 million Series A funding. Our founding partner Akio T. commented: "Servicing over 10,000 companies across 86 countries with 150+ employees on the payroll, what a journey from the cramped corner of the Lahore office to disrupting enterprise client communication internationally. We see the huge Go Global ambition behind the respond.io technology and are proud to support the team and its mission to connect brands with customers across industries." 🌟 The two ways respond.io differentiates from competitors: ➡️ Product-led growth: Customers find respond.io easily and organically because they offer solutions to specific problems making their product stand out. ➡️ Content leadership: respond.io ranks highly in search engines due to its quality content that addresses customer issues and solutions. 👉 Discover how respond.io is redefining customer communication on our website: https://lnkd.in/gQ7QApHz ---- c.c Akihiko Okamoto, Joseph Huang, Isamu Nishijima, Shimakawa Toshiaki, Jennifer Lin, CHEN-HSI (Claire) LIAU, Kohei Suzuki, Tatsuya Kawamura, Agata Krzysztofik, Kate Ng Jia Yi, Polina Alexandrova, Jerad Tan, Zong You Lai, Hassan Ahmed,
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Guess what? You're probably measuring productivity wrong. Productivity is more than just getting things done—it's about focusing on the right actions (or the units of work) that actually drive growth. In this video, Headline Partner Conrad Chu discusses productivity metrics for your business and how it relates to business success. Let’s dive in: https://lnkd.in/gHaRU8NU
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The launch of Google Gemini Live underscored how far we've come: specialized AI models are now compact enough to fit in your pocket, on your phone. But they're being used in far more ways than consumer hardware. These same models are also small enough to deploy on the battlefield. What do these developments mean for the future of defense, privacy, and AI’s role in these critical sectors? Join Conrad Chu and Sasha Krecinic on the latest episode of the Headline AI Podcast, as they explore the advancements of powerful local AI models, the rise of Gemini Live on mobile devices, GPT-4o reclaiming the top spot, and how AI is slowly reshaping our wars. Watch: https://lnkd.in/dc82PpVJ
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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the GenAI Collective, San Francisco’s largest AI community with 20,000+ founders, researchers, operators, & investors, for a tactical panel and discussion on fundraising for AI startups. Headline Investor Sasha Krecinic joined Amber Illig, GP at The Council and Danielle Jing, Investor at Pear VC on a panel moderated by Naomi Chetrit Band to share insights from their roles and observations of the market. Thank you to everyone who attended the event and to The GenAI Collective for co-hosting. Follow along for more Headline community events and information on how to attend future ones, we’d love to see you soon!
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It's not just technical skills that help workers excel; it's soft skills, too. To help with this, CodeSignal just launched 'Conversation Practice,' which provides AI-based learning for anyone to become better at management skills and tough workplace conversations. Read more in Forbes: https://lnkd.in/gbbeS7jH
90% of executives say skills like communication and leadership are more important than ever, according to a 2024 LinkedIn survey. We’ve consistently heard the same from our customers. So, we asked ourselves: Could we create a practice-based, mastery-focused, and personalized one-on-one learning experience for soft skills? The answer? "Yes, We Can!" Can you try it for free? "Yes, You Can!" Check out my demo below and try it yourself. The quality of the AI role-play partners' responses, emotions, and the depth of the conversations will make you forget you're not speaking with a real person. #GoBeyond #GenAI #future