Headline

Headline is a venture capital investor that backs companies across several sectors and at any stage of growth. It runs teams on the ground in the United States, Europe, Asia and Brazil, and says it is prepared to lead funding rounds from early to late stage. The firm calls itself a boutique with global reach and says it picks each investment carefully.

What Headline does

• Venture investment: funding for founders in software, AI applications, consumer businesses and financial technology.
• Round leadership: taking the lead position in rounds at every stage of a company's development.
• Introductions: connecting portfolio companies with advisers, customers and partners in other regions.
• Listing support: helping portfolio companies go public in markets on several continents.
• Portfolio acquisitions: arranging deals in which one portfolio company buys another, including across the Atlantic.

Who it serves

Headline works with founders building software, AI, consumer and fintech companies, and aims to help them grow well beyond their home market.

Key facts

• Offices: San Francisco, Paris, London, São Paulo, Taipei and Tokyo
• Track record: over 25 years of working alongside founders
• Sectors: software, AI applications, consumer and fintech