@BrandonWerber
, Founder & CEO of
@myairVet
, grew up in what he called the “Dr. Dolittle House.” 🐕 🐈 🐀
With veterinarian dad, Brandon was often followed around by a gaggle of dogs, cats (and even rats) — which he loved. But it took until adulthood for Brandon to realize that
When we first met
@mipsytipsy
and
@cyen
, we knew they’d push every boundary. Since then, we’ve watched them take “observability” from niche to mainstream, and deliver it to every kind of business + developer. Now, they’re taking it even further – congrats
@honeycombio
!
We had a blast co-hosting the Everything Marketplaces Meetup with 65+ marketplace founders, teams, and leaders joining us in our SF office last week!
Thank you
@Yoroomie
&
@marketplaceshq
for hosting with us 🤝
📣Some exciting news to kick off the year -
@lindsmccallum
is joining Headline as our new Director of Marketing & Communications! She’ll partner with our teams around the globe to drive impactful storytelling, build community, amplify our voice, and help our portfolio shine.
We co-hosted a private omakase dinner with
@markprompt
last week at the Headline HQ, joined by a curated group of CX founders and leaders from companies like
@NotionHQ
,
@datadoghq
,
@retool
,
@Dropbox
and
@AnthropicAI
.
Our dinner conversation spanned from the applications of AI in
@tim_cook
"It shows that a passionate person out of any country can start a business and be successful worldwide after a short amount of time"
Global success out of Berlin Kreuzberg
@asanarebel
We are verry happy investors
@eventuresVC
Kicking off the morning right with our consumer founders breakfast & headshot meetup this week! ☕️📸
Thanks for joining us at Headline SF HQ and to
@deel
for sponsoring!
Follow along for more consumer community events. We’d love to see you soon.
We have news! Today, we’re announcing more than $950M in new capital across our Early Stage funds in the US, Europe, and Brazil. We can’t wait to continue to join forces with Founders across the globe. Let’s go!
Thrilled to announce the close of
@eventuresVC
EU and US VI, our $400M 6th generation of early-stage funds. Thanks to our LPs, entrepreneurs, and supporters for 20 years of early-stage investing.
@Katie_Roof
@wsj
Building the bridge with
@daphnipolis
,
@firstminutecap
&
@northzoneVC
🇪🇺 We had a fantastic pan-European event in
#Paris
bringing together corporates, startups and early-stage VC funds + angel investors from the top European hubs. Thanks to all the participants!
#EUbridge
Our SF HQ was brimming last week with the energy of tomorrow’s leading venture capitalists!
We had the pleasure of hosting the
@NextgenPartner
community for a fireside chat with Headline’s General Partner
@jettfein
on navigating your career in venture capital.
Thank you to
In today's episode of
@VCBrags
,
@handelsblatt
has named our
@miele
investor of the year. Congrats Christian! Story here: (Trigger-warning: German language and not a single🚀🚀🚀 emoji in sight)
"The modern use of observability...can largely be traced to Honeycomb’s founders." Huge congrats to the
@honeycombio
team for continuing to make waves.
Honeycomb ruffled the first of many feathers nearly 7 years ago when we coined the term “observability” in talking about production code, shares
@cyen
. Today we get to celebrate being a Leader in the
@Gartner_inc
#MagicQuadrant
for
#APM
&
#Observability
!
Why did 70+ vertical SaaS founders, investors, and operators gather in Headline's San Francisco HQ last week? To celebrate the 2024 Vertical SaaS 50 list and the broader software community in SF!
@BainCapVC
Principal
@ZeezaCole
and
@HeadlineVC
Principal Taylor Brandt partnered
We're excited to host a series of founder-focused fintech panels, starting with Embedded Payments 101 with our friends at
@billcom
,
@ModernTreasury
and
@jpmorgan
on Tuesday 5/28 at 6 PM in SF!
Headline Partner
@King__goh
will moderate the panel discussing the convergence of
Introducing the 2024 Vertical SaaS 50! 🚀
For the second year,
@HeadlineVC
has partnered with
@BainCapVC
to honor the most compelling early-stage companies building vertical SaaS. A range of sectors are represented on this list including architecture, engineering, construction,
We’re thrilled to lead the latest early stage funding round of $15M in
@joinheardinc
, an innovative solution addressing the administrative hurdles that often deter mental health professionals from focusing on what they love: helping their patients.
We hosted an incredibly energizing evening at NYC Fintech Week bringing together over 180 fintech founders, operators, and investors for conversations over cocktails! 🍸
Thank you to our co-sponsors
@Cathayinnov
,
@PaypalVentures
,
@Stifel
, and
@Deloitte
for helping make this
From the time that he was a kid, to now having his own kids,
@AdityaKothadiya
has never lost his positive outlook. ‘Whatever happens, I can rise back up,’ he says. Today, his company
@AvomaInc
reaches new heights as they celebrate their Series A.
Meet the power couple making adult diapers sizzle–and altogether changing the way we grow old. Thank you
@biancapadilla
and Jonathan Magolnick for sharing your love-and-co-founder story with us!
@CarewellFamily
There is no justification for terror. We stand in solidarity with our friends, founders, and teams in Israel. We are devastated by the senseless acts of terrorism perpetrated against Israeli civilians and human dignity.
We’ve been cheering this company on since 2012 and have loved seeing Creditas become one of the premier fintech companies in LatAm, and beyond! Huge congrats to
@sergiofurio
and the entire
@Creditas_Br
team on today’s announcement.
“AI is going to give us immensely improved services in multiple areas, like risk and user experience, which will help us elevate beyond being unnecessarily stuck in the details of payments.”
We hosted the inaugural Headline fintech founder-focused panel featuring a dream panel
How do the athlete and founder journeys parallel? In many more ways than you might think!
We dove into this last week as we co-hosted the inaugural
@AthletesAssets
panel series sponsored by
@brexHQ
.
Our SF HQ was packed with founders & investors eager to listen to the
With emerging tech like AI, we're so optimistic about what's next for consumer.
@HeadlineVC
Partner,
@JettFein
, joined
@CarolineHydeTV
last week on
@technology
to explain why the firm is still all in on the sector.
Catch the full segment:
Trellis cofounders
@alonsh
+
@nicole_a_clark
bring a green thumb mindset to their business, their partnership, and their families. We joined their daily stroll through Santa Monica to get the scoop on their continued growth (more on our blog). Congrats
@trellis_law
on Series A!
Congrats to the
@segment
team on its $3.2B acquisition by
@twilio
! We're proud to be part of Segment's growth journey since 2013 and are excited about the next chapter that will allow Segment to continue to provide unique data insights for customers worldwide.
📣📣 We are excited to announce a series of promotions today at Headline!
Meet our new…
🌟Principals: Taylor Brandt & Jacob Conger
🌟 Senior Associate: Sasha Krecinic
🌟 Associates: Ketul Patel & Ram Raval
🌟 Analysts: Georgina McMillan & Jerry Fung
This past weekend,
@HeadlineVC
Partner
@JettFein
was a judge at SXSW's annual The Pitch competition, evaluating companies in the Entertainment, Media & Content space. Congrats to winner,
@OpusClip
!
Congratulations to the
@Segment
team on their $3.2B acquisition by
@twilio
! Proud to have led their seed and supported through Series D. Read about the journey here:
Honored to discuss global technology, unicorns and Minotaurs, and distributed workforces at
#Slush2019
with
@gcvp
,
@Mosaic_VC
, and
@lightspeedvp
in a panel hosted by our partner, Grove Street Advisors, Bruce Ou
We’re walking on
@airHQ
today — thrilled to lead their latest round, which also includes 100 incredible Operator Angels. To celebrate, we convinced Co-Founder
@shanehegde
to whip up his famous Mangalorian recipes.
What makes European tech tick? With Headline on the ground across both the 🌍 and the continent, we sat down with our friend
@Kieranleehill
for the first two episodes of
@20vcFund
's new podcast.
For ep. 1, our
@dmncwlhlm
&
@filipdames
say it all about 🇩🇪:
How we work online could use a makeover.
@PestoHQ
answers the call by giving teams a workspace tool designed to make remote work more human, complete with custom avatars, team games, & virtual meeting rooms. Congrats to the
@PestoHQ
team on raising their seed round!
💡 We invest in tech, and we also build it. From data-driven sourcing to transparent diligence, we’re leveraging AI and decades of proprietary data to identify breakout companies and help founders see their business as a VC would.
So excited to finally announce our
@zumper
Series D today! A huge thank you to our amazing clients, users, investors and most importantly our wonderful team 🙏
“It’s never too late,” said Ben Goldin, founder of Plumery. 6 years after registering the domain name, Plumery raised its Seed round to change the banking industry. We co-lead the investment with
@btv_vc
:
Voilà -
@getDefacto
has raised $16M to become Europe's largest API-based lending platform. It is their second round in less than a year! To take a look at their pitch deck:
Together with
@BainCapVC
, today we published the inaugural Vertical SaaS 50 list by
@TaylorBrandtNYC
and
@ZeezaCole
.
Learn more about the methodology & see the full list on our blog here:
Keine Zeit die 294-seitige Pflichtlektüre `Internet Trend Report 2018` von Kleiner Perkins zu studieren? Christian Miele gibt Euch dafür in seiner n-tv Kolumne seine ganz eigene, kurze Zusammenfassung.
#startup
#trend
#vc
#entrepreneur
#tech
The supply chain’s weakest link? The manual processes holding up our ports.
@King__goh
investigates last-mile logistics snares and how
@Dray_Alliance
is untangling them.
Fridays are for fine fragrances and founders ✨
Last week, we had a great time co-hosting an evening filled with connections over personalized scent discovery at Le Labo for consumer, health, and life science founders in LA.
A big thank you to
@vouch_group
for partnering with
What investment trends will dominate 2024 and beyond? In Headline’s new Lookahead series, we’re mapping what’s next. Taking a look at the consumer sector first,
@jettfein
and
@Matthew07920423
share what trends they’re seeing–from the passion economy to the loneliness epidemic.
We’ve long believed in Honeycomb’s team and mission and are thrilled to be leading their Series D round today. Huge congrats to
@cyen
,
@mipsytipsy
and the
@honeycombio
team!
today i'm excited to announce our latest round, a $50m series d, led by
@HeadlineVC
with participation from existing investors
@ScaleVP
,
@insightpartners
, among others:
Skin in the game! Our portfolio company
@GetHarley
raises $52M in a round led by
@IndexVentures
. For skincare powered by clinical professionals, not celebs and buzzwords:
Headline is thrilled to announce our latest investment in SqlDBM, offering an easy way to design databases for cloud data warehouses from absolutely anywhere on any browser. The team is also debuting a new product today, Transformational Modeling (or Tx), which allows data teams
Very proud to officially announce that
@JonUsero
joined us as a Partner and leads our new office in
#Paris
! Happy to welcome you to the family and looking forward to strengthening the French ecosystem :)
Read more on
@LesEchos
:
#startups
#France
Will every company become a
#fintech
? We led
@WeavrPayments
's $10M Seed round to find out. Our
@azimomike
sat down with founder
@alexmifsud
for a candid interview on product & learning from storytelling:
The team at
@HeadlineVC
is thrilled to be co-leading Prescient’s $10M Series A to give marketers the most accurate and actionable way to predict where to deploy their dollars to see the most ROI. Read more from
@TaylorBrandtNYC
:
Yury Yakubchyk launched an autism care business mid-pandemic, raised 3 rounds, and built a team of 1,000. His secret? Keeping an (almost) entirely empty calendar, trusting his team, and, as he puts it, protecting his headspace. Congrats to the unstoppable Elemy on their Series B!
We're thrilled to back
@nivoda
for a second time with the company's $30M Series B! Read more about Nivoda's innovative diamond and gemstone marketplace via
@axios
: 🚀
We met up with co-founders
@mipsytipsy
and
@cyen
at the Orbit Room, a classic bar in San Francisco where the pair has many decisions about
@honeycombio
. Read more about their journey here:
VCs see hundreds, if not thousands, of pitch decks every year. So what do we actually want to see? In the latest episode of our Deepdive series, we'll share our first reaction to a slide from a real pitch deck and tips for creating slides that speak to VCs.
.
@MotionApp_
changes the game for creative strategists by empowering them to quantify their impact through visual data. We’re excited to lead their $6M Seed round alongside
@sugar_capital
@AbstractVC
and Habitat Partners (
@RedAntler
) 🚀
1/ I'm excited to announce that Motion has raised $6M to help creative teams quantify their impact 🎉
Over the last 12 months, Motion customers have:
💰 Analyzed $1B+ in media spend
📊 Shared 100K+ creative reports
👨💻 Collaborated with 4,000+ teammates
Headline's investment teams evaluated more than 89k companies in 2023.
Here are four key trends we saw affecting early stage startups in the US this year.
by
@jconger001
@surfer_vc
We believe data and technology are the future of venture capital. 🚀 Recently, Headline &
@Gieselmann
were named among the top VCs in a report by the Data-Driven VC and
@EarlybirdVC
Partner
@AndreRetterath
.
We're honored to be among peers like
@coatuemgmt
,
@sequoia
,
Since 2021, we've had the privilege of witnessing
@Lucid_Link
's impressive growth and capital efficiency, which is why we led their Series A and B rounds, and tripled down on our commitment in their latest round. Congrats Peter, George and team!