Headline

Headline is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 (formerly e.ventures). It maintains a global footprint with activity in seven cities and invests across geographies, leading rounds at every stage. The firm operates Early Stage Funds aligned with regional focus in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil to invest locally, and a Growth Fund based in San Francisco that participates from Series B onward. It backs companies across consumer, media, retail, financial services, healthcare, information technology, software-as-a-service, mobile, cybersecurity, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, advertising technology, and digital health. Notable portfolio companies include Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble, and Yeahka. Headline is a registered investment adviser.

Gabriel Alves

Partner, LatAm

Conrad Chu

CTO, US and Operating Partner

Akihiko Okamoto

Partner, Asia

Ketul Patel

Investor, US

Toshiaki Shimakawa

Principal, Asia

Akio Tanaka

Partner

Dominic Wilhelm

Partner, Europe

Past deals in Mobile Apps

Buk

Series B in 2025
Buk is a cloud-based human resource management software company that offers a comprehensive suite of HR functionalities. Its platform integrates solutions for benefits administration, talent management, payroll processing, time tracking, and recruitment. Buk's software enables organizations to manage payroll, contracts, and settlements efficiently, including features for electronic signatures. Additionally, it provides performance reports and tools for professional development, allowing clients to effectively oversee employee reviews, work environment assessments, and talent acquisition processes, such as surveys and performance evaluations. The Buk App enhances team management by facilitating notifications, document signing, and mobile access to payroll information.

Natural Cycles

Series C in 2024
Natural Cycles is a digital health company that provides a contraceptive app aimed at enhancing women's reproductive health. The app allows users to track their basal body temperature daily, using a specialized thermometer to input data. This information, combined with other relevant metrics, is analyzed through a proprietary algorithm to determine fertility status throughout the menstrual cycle. The app features a color-coded calendar that informs users about their fertile days, helping them decide when they can have unprotected sex. By offering a non-invasive, non-hormonal method of fertility tracking, Natural Cycles empowers women to take control of their reproductive health and make informed decisions about family planning.

Braavo

Series B in 2024
Braavo Capital, Inc. is a financial solutions company established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, specializing in providing capital-as-a-service financing solutions to mobile app and game developers. The company offers non-dilutive funding options, allowing developers to obtain the necessary capital for marketing and user acquisition without relinquishing ownership stakes. In addition to funding, Braavo provides analytics tools that assist app businesses in tracking performance and making informed, data-driven decisions. This combination of financial support and performance insights empowers founders to build scalable and sustainable businesses in the competitive mobile app market.

Jow

Series A in 2024
Jow is a grocery shopping app founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France. The app aims to simplify the grocery shopping experience by providing users with personalized meal suggestions based on their food preferences. It offers a selection of free recipes that adapt to individual tastes, automatically generating a customized menu. Additionally, Jow fills the shopping cart with all the necessary ingredients for the selected recipes, allowing consumers to shop for groceries conveniently and efficiently. The platform focuses on automating the grocery shopping process, making it hassle-free for users.

Airvet

Series B in 2023
Airvet is a telemedicine platform for pet care that connects pet owners with veterinarians for virtual appointments and real-time communication. The service enables general health checks, medical and behavioral questions, and follow-ups through live video, audio, and chat, improving access to veterinary care and strengthening the continuity of care between clinics and clients. Founded in 2018, Airvet is based in California, with a focus on delivering convenient, affordable veterinary consultations and supporting clinics in expanding patient engagement and revenue opportunities.

Primo

Seed Round in 2023
Primo is a developer of a business platform that provides an integrated solution for managing a fleet of devices. The platform enables businesses to easily track their devices, adjust settings, deploy applications, and encrypt data with minimal effort through a centralized dashboard. This functionality allows organizations to swiftly respond to incidents such as spills, drops, losses, and thefts, enhancing their operational efficiency. Designed to scale from small teams to larger enterprises, Primo's system supports growth by streamlining device management and improving recovery processes.

Natural Cycles

Venture Round in 2023
Natural Cycles is a digital health company that provides a contraceptive app aimed at enhancing women's reproductive health. The app allows users to track their basal body temperature daily, using a specialized thermometer to input data. This information, combined with other relevant metrics, is analyzed through a proprietary algorithm to determine fertility status throughout the menstrual cycle. The app features a color-coded calendar that informs users about their fertile days, helping them decide when they can have unprotected sex. By offering a non-invasive, non-hormonal method of fertility tracking, Natural Cycles empowers women to take control of their reproductive health and make informed decisions about family planning.

Five Lives

Seed Round in 2022
Five Lives is a London-based digital therapeutics company focused on enhancing brain health through its innovative mobile application, Sharp. The platform is designed to assist users in measuring and managing their cognitive health, ultimately aiming to reduce the risk of cognitive decline. By providing an engaging and user-friendly tool, Five Lives empowers individuals to adopt healthier lifestyles, thereby improving their overall well-being and extending their quality of life. This proactive approach aims to facilitate earlier detection of dementia and promote long-term cognitive health for users.

Cineshort

Seed Round in 2022
Cineshort is a mobile application specializing in streaming high-quality short films. It caters to viewers with limited time, offering personalized recommendations and interactive features for an optimal viewing experience. Additionally, Cineshort supports film directors by providing access to a wide audience and sharing revenue.

Homa Games

Series B in 2022
Homa Games is a Paris-based company specializing in the development and publication of mobile games. It partners with over 200 studios worldwide to create and publish titles such as NERF Epic Pranks!, Sky Roller, and Idle World. The company provides data-driven tools and expertise to help game creators turn their ideas into commercial successes.

Shikomel

Series B in 2022
Shikomel Food Tech Inc. is a Japan-based company that develops a mobile application designed for food ordering and recipe sharing. The app allows users to receive recipes from restaurants and offers the option to order from menus provided by various food establishments. By facilitating the exchange of recipes and utilizing artificial intelligence, Shikomel aims to streamline the food preparation process for restaurants and food providers. This innovative platform helps reduce labor hours and optimize ordering by promoting collaboration between restaurants and food factories, ultimately addressing common challenges in food preparation and delivery.

Klima

Series A in 2022
Klima is a Berlin-based company that provides CO2 offsetting services aimed at mitigating climate change. Founded in 2019, Klima offers an application that enables users to calculate their carbon footprint and understand the environmental impact of their lifestyle choices. The platform features a natural language chat tool and a real-time tracker that illustrates the effects of various offsets on the ground. By supporting scientifically backed projects that either remove or prevent carbon emissions, users can work towards achieving their carbon reduction goals.

Fetch

Series E in 2022
Fetch Rewards, LLC operates a mobile application that enables users to scan their grocery receipts from various retail outlets, including grocery, convenience, drug, liquor, and club stores. Founded in 2012 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the platform allows users to accumulate points through their purchases, which can then be redeemed for gift cards to various retailers. The app simplifies the savings process for consumers while offering brand partners valuable insights into shopping behaviors and the ability to reward customer loyalty effectively. Fetch Rewards aims to enhance the shopping experience by making it easy to save on everyday purchases.

Poplin

Seed Round in 2022
Poplin is an app-based laundry service that connects customers with independent contractors ('Laundry Pros') for washing, drying, folding, and delivery.

UXCam

Seed Round in 2022
UXCam is a software company specializing in experience analytics for mobile applications. Its flagship product offers Session Replay, Heatmaps, Funnel Analytics, and Quantitative Analytics, providing businesses with comprehensive insights into user behavior within their apps. UXCam's tool operates unobtrusively in the background without impacting performance, allowing it to record and analyze user interactions, identify usability issues, and pinpoint areas of frustration for users. This data enables businesses to optimize their app interfaces and enhance overall user experience.

Acorns

Series F in 2022
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

Intellect

Series A in 2022
Intellect Company Pte. Ltd., established in 2019 and based in Singapore, operates a psychological mental health platform designed to enhance mental well-being. The platform integrates technology and human interaction to provide accessible support for individuals facing various challenges such as procrastination, low self-esteem, and anxiety. Through its app, Intellect offers digitized therapy programs developed by leading psychologists and behavioral experts, helping users to redevelop traits, habits, and behaviors. The company's mission is to lower barriers to mental health support, creating a straightforward and effective journey for users to address personality flaws and improve their overall confidence and social skills.

PlanRadar

Series B in 2022
PlanRadar GmbH is a software company that specializes in providing a documentation and defect management application tailored for the construction and real estate industries. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with additional offices in London, Zagreb, and Sunnyvale, the company offers a SaaS solution that facilitates the recording, documentation, communication, and tracking of tasks and defects. The platform enables users, including contractors, facility managers, architects, and engineers, to efficiently manage project-related information directly from their smartphones or tablets, thus enhancing real-time collaboration among project stakeholders. With over 7,000 customers and more than 60,000 users across 45 countries, PlanRadar's tools are designed to streamline processes and improve productivity, allowing users to save significant time on their projects.

Klima

Series A in 2021
Klima is a Berlin-based company that provides CO2 offsetting services aimed at mitigating climate change. Founded in 2019, Klima offers an application that enables users to calculate their carbon footprint and understand the environmental impact of their lifestyle choices. The platform features a natural language chat tool and a real-time tracker that illustrates the effects of various offsets on the ground. By supporting scientifically backed projects that either remove or prevent carbon emissions, users can work towards achieving their carbon reduction goals.

Jow

Venture Round in 2021
Jow is a grocery shopping app founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France. The app aims to simplify the grocery shopping experience by providing users with personalized meal suggestions based on their food preferences. It offers a selection of free recipes that adapt to individual tastes, automatically generating a customized menu. Additionally, Jow fills the shopping cart with all the necessary ingredients for the selected recipes, allowing consumers to shop for groceries conveniently and efficiently. The platform focuses on automating the grocery shopping process, making it hassle-free for users.

Homa Games

Series A in 2021
Homa Games is a Paris-based company specializing in the development and publication of mobile games. It partners with over 200 studios worldwide to create and publish titles such as NERF Epic Pranks!, Sky Roller, and Idle World. The company provides data-driven tools and expertise to help game creators turn their ideas into commercial successes.

UXCam

Venture Round in 2021
UXCam is a software company specializing in experience analytics for mobile applications. Its flagship product offers Session Replay, Heatmaps, Funnel Analytics, and Quantitative Analytics, providing businesses with comprehensive insights into user behavior within their apps. UXCam's tool operates unobtrusively in the background without impacting performance, allowing it to record and analyze user interactions, identify usability issues, and pinpoint areas of frustration for users. This data enables businesses to optimize their app interfaces and enhance overall user experience.

Kili Technology

Series A in 2021
Kili Technology specializes in developing annotation software that facilitates the transformation of raw data into high-quality annotated datasets for artificial intelligence applications. Its platform supports the management of diverse data types, including images, videos, text, PDFs, and audio, allowing for seamless annotation and collaboration. The software also includes tools for quality control and data management, ensuring that clients can efficiently scale their machine learning projects. Kili Technology's solutions are designed to meet various requirements, offering both online and on-premise options to accommodate the specific needs of large organizations.

Shopmonkey

Series C in 2021
Shopmonkey Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based shop management software tailored for various types of repair shops, including auto repair, auto body, and motorcycle repair, among others. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Shopmonkey's platform offers a comprehensive suite of features such as workflow management, calendar scheduling, automated reminders, and digital vehicle inspections. The software aims to streamline operations by eliminating double entry and ensuring all payment-related processes are tracked within a single system. It also integrates with accounting tools and allows for convenient customer communication through text and email. By facilitating appointment confirmations, invoice sharing, and payment processing, Shopmonkey enhances efficiency and improves customer relations for repair shop owners.

Staffbase

Series D in 2021
Staffbase is a company that specializes in enhancing employee communication through its comprehensive Communications Cloud platform. The platform is designed for large and international organizations across various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, automotive, retail, and energy. It enables employers to securely engage with their workforce, ensuring that employees have easy access to relevant corporate information and digital workplace tools, including existing intranets. With a focus on mobile compatibility, Staffbase's solutions allow companies to effectively connect with their employees, regardless of their location, whether in the office, at home, or on the factory floor. Serving over 2,500 leading organizations worldwide, Staffbase is dedicated to transforming the way companies communicate with their employees.

Homa Games

Seed Round in 2021
Homa Games is a Paris-based company specializing in the development and publication of mobile games. It partners with over 200 studios worldwide to create and publish titles such as NERF Epic Pranks!, Sky Roller, and Idle World. The company provides data-driven tools and expertise to help game creators turn their ideas into commercial successes.

Rocket.Chat

Series A in 2021
Rocket.Chat Holdings, Ltd., established in 2015, specializes in developing and operating an open-source web chat platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of features, including video conferencing, helpdesk chat, file sharing, and screen sharing, along with API and native mobile applications. Rocket.Chat also provides white labeling, integrations, and hosting services. With over 500,000 servers installed and 12 million users worldwide, the platform facilitates internal and external communication within a secure environment. Users can run Rocket.Chat on-premises or on the cloud, tailoring the platform with features like individual and group communication, video conferencing, and integration with various external communications platforms. The company's long-term vision is to replace email with a real-time, federated communications platform and foster a marketplace for app-building and services.

Kili Technology

Seed Round in 2021
Kili Technology specializes in developing annotation software that facilitates the transformation of raw data into high-quality annotated datasets for artificial intelligence applications. Its platform supports the management of diverse data types, including images, videos, text, PDFs, and audio, allowing for seamless annotation and collaboration. The software also includes tools for quality control and data management, ensuring that clients can efficiently scale their machine learning projects. Kili Technology's solutions are designed to meet various requirements, offering both online and on-premise options to accommodate the specific needs of large organizations.

Karma

Venture Round in 2020
Karma develops an application that helps restaurants, grocers and cafés reduce their food waste by selling their surplus to consumers at reduced prices. Its application serves as a sales channel via which merchants offer take away food items to registered users. Elsa Bernadotte, Mattis Larsson, Hjalmar Nordegren, Ludvig Berling, and Steven van Wel founded Karma on September 1, 2015. Its headquarters is in Stockholm in Sweden.

Fetch

Series C in 2020
Fetch Rewards, LLC operates a mobile application that enables users to scan their grocery receipts from various retail outlets, including grocery, convenience, drug, liquor, and club stores. Founded in 2012 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the platform allows users to accumulate points through their purchases, which can then be redeemed for gift cards to various retailers. The app simplifies the savings process for consumers while offering brand partners valuable insights into shopping behaviors and the ability to reward customer loyalty effectively. Fetch Rewards aims to enhance the shopping experience by making it easy to save on everyday purchases.

Staffbase

Series C in 2020
Staffbase is a company that specializes in enhancing employee communication through its comprehensive Communications Cloud platform. The platform is designed for large and international organizations across various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, automotive, retail, and energy. It enables employers to securely engage with their workforce, ensuring that employees have easy access to relevant corporate information and digital workplace tools, including existing intranets. With a focus on mobile compatibility, Staffbase's solutions allow companies to effectively connect with their employees, regardless of their location, whether in the office, at home, or on the factory floor. Serving over 2,500 leading organizations worldwide, Staffbase is dedicated to transforming the way companies communicate with their employees.

Shopmonkey

Series B in 2020
Shopmonkey Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based shop management software tailored for various types of repair shops, including auto repair, auto body, and motorcycle repair, among others. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Shopmonkey's platform offers a comprehensive suite of features such as workflow management, calendar scheduling, automated reminders, and digital vehicle inspections. The software aims to streamline operations by eliminating double entry and ensuring all payment-related processes are tracked within a single system. It also integrates with accounting tools and allows for convenient customer communication through text and email. By facilitating appointment confirmations, invoice sharing, and payment processing, Shopmonkey enhances efficiency and improves customer relations for repair shop owners.

Klima

Seed Round in 2020
Klima is a Berlin-based company that provides CO2 offsetting services aimed at mitigating climate change. Founded in 2019, Klima offers an application that enables users to calculate their carbon footprint and understand the environmental impact of their lifestyle choices. The platform features a natural language chat tool and a real-time tracker that illustrates the effects of various offsets on the ground. By supporting scientifically backed projects that either remove or prevent carbon emissions, users can work towards achieving their carbon reduction goals.

Airvet

Series A in 2020
Airvet is a telemedicine platform for pet care that connects pet owners with veterinarians for virtual appointments and real-time communication. The service enables general health checks, medical and behavioral questions, and follow-ups through live video, audio, and chat, improving access to veterinary care and strengthening the continuity of care between clinics and clients. Founded in 2018, Airvet is based in California, with a focus on delivering convenient, affordable veterinary consultations and supporting clinics in expanding patient engagement and revenue opportunities.

PlanRadar

Series A in 2020
PlanRadar GmbH is a software company that specializes in providing a documentation and defect management application tailored for the construction and real estate industries. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with additional offices in London, Zagreb, and Sunnyvale, the company offers a SaaS solution that facilitates the recording, documentation, communication, and tracking of tasks and defects. The platform enables users, including contractors, facility managers, architects, and engineers, to efficiently manage project-related information directly from their smartphones or tablets, thus enhancing real-time collaboration among project stakeholders. With over 7,000 customers and more than 60,000 users across 45 countries, PlanRadar's tools are designed to streamline processes and improve productivity, allowing users to save significant time on their projects.

Bumble

Venture Round in 2020
Bumble is a location-based social networking platform that combines dating, friend-finding, and career-building in a single app. It enables users to connect and communicate in ways intended to foster healthy and equitable relationships. In heterosexual matches, only female users can initiate contact with matched male users, while in same-sex matches either person can message first. Users can sign up with a phone number or Facebook profile and switch between romantic, friend-finder (BFF), and business networking modes, including Bumble Bizz for professional connections. Founded in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble is based in Austin, Texas, and operates the Bumble and Badoo apps, serving users in the United States and internationally.

Jow

Seed Round in 2019
Jow is a grocery shopping app founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France. The app aims to simplify the grocery shopping experience by providing users with personalized meal suggestions based on their food preferences. It offers a selection of free recipes that adapt to individual tastes, automatically generating a customized menu. Additionally, Jow fills the shopping cart with all the necessary ingredients for the selected recipes, allowing consumers to shop for groceries conveniently and efficiently. The platform focuses on automating the grocery shopping process, making it hassle-free for users.

Fetch

Venture Round in 2019
Fetch Rewards, LLC operates a mobile application that enables users to scan their grocery receipts from various retail outlets, including grocery, convenience, drug, liquor, and club stores. Founded in 2012 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the platform allows users to accumulate points through their purchases, which can then be redeemed for gift cards to various retailers. The app simplifies the savings process for consumers while offering brand partners valuable insights into shopping behaviors and the ability to reward customer loyalty effectively. Fetch Rewards aims to enhance the shopping experience by making it easy to save on everyday purchases.

Shopmonkey

Series A in 2019
Shopmonkey Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based shop management software tailored for various types of repair shops, including auto repair, auto body, and motorcycle repair, among others. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Shopmonkey's platform offers a comprehensive suite of features such as workflow management, calendar scheduling, automated reminders, and digital vehicle inspections. The software aims to streamline operations by eliminating double entry and ensuring all payment-related processes are tracked within a single system. It also integrates with accounting tools and allows for convenient customer communication through text and email. By facilitating appointment confirmations, invoice sharing, and payment processing, Shopmonkey enhances efficiency and improves customer relations for repair shop owners.

SpotHero

Series D in 2019
Founded in 2011, SpotHero is a leading independent marketplace for parking reservations in North America. It offers a mobile application and website that enables drivers to locate, price, compare, and reserve discounted parking spots from various garages and lots.

Staffbase

Series C in 2019
Staffbase is a company that specializes in enhancing employee communication through its comprehensive Communications Cloud platform. The platform is designed for large and international organizations across various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, automotive, retail, and energy. It enables employers to securely engage with their workforce, ensuring that employees have easy access to relevant corporate information and digital workplace tools, including existing intranets. With a focus on mobile compatibility, Staffbase's solutions allow companies to effectively connect with their employees, regardless of their location, whether in the office, at home, or on the factory floor. Serving over 2,500 leading organizations worldwide, Staffbase is dedicated to transforming the way companies communicate with their employees.

Acorns

Series E in 2019
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

Fetch

Series A in 2018
Fetch Rewards, LLC operates a mobile application that enables users to scan their grocery receipts from various retail outlets, including grocery, convenience, drug, liquor, and club stores. Founded in 2012 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the platform allows users to accumulate points through their purchases, which can then be redeemed for gift cards to various retailers. The app simplifies the savings process for consumers while offering brand partners valuable insights into shopping behaviors and the ability to reward customer loyalty effectively. Fetch Rewards aims to enhance the shopping experience by making it easy to save on everyday purchases.

Jow

Seed Round in 2018
Jow is a grocery shopping app founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France. The app aims to simplify the grocery shopping experience by providing users with personalized meal suggestions based on their food preferences. It offers a selection of free recipes that adapt to individual tastes, automatically generating a customized menu. Additionally, Jow fills the shopping cart with all the necessary ingredients for the selected recipes, allowing consumers to shop for groceries conveniently and efficiently. The platform focuses on automating the grocery shopping process, making it hassle-free for users.

Asana Rebel

Series B in 2018
Asana Rebel is a Berlin-based mobile fitness app that blends yoga with workout routines to improve health and wellbeing. The platform provides yoga-inspired workouts and curated collections designed by yoga and fitness experts, enabling users to create personalized daily plans aligned with specific fitness goals. Available in six languages (German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian), the app has been featured by Apple and Google and is regarded as a leading health and fitness app. Founded in 2015, Asana Rebel focuses on accessible, at-home fitness that combines yoga principles with modern training methods.

Braavo

Series A in 2018
Braavo Capital, Inc. is a financial solutions company established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, specializing in providing capital-as-a-service financing solutions to mobile app and game developers. The company offers non-dilutive funding options, allowing developers to obtain the necessary capital for marketing and user acquisition without relinquishing ownership stakes. In addition to funding, Braavo provides analytics tools that assist app businesses in tracking performance and making informed, data-driven decisions. This combination of financial support and performance insights empowers founders to build scalable and sustainable businesses in the competitive mobile app market.

Karma

Series A in 2018
Karma develops an application that helps restaurants, grocers and cafés reduce their food waste by selling their surplus to consumers at reduced prices. Its application serves as a sales channel via which merchants offer take away food items to registered users. Elsa Bernadotte, Mattis Larsson, Hjalmar Nordegren, Ludvig Berling, and Steven van Wel founded Karma on September 1, 2015. Its headquarters is in Stockholm in Sweden.

test.ai

Series A in 2018
Test.ai offers an AI-driven test automation platform for enhancing mobile app experiences. Its platform scales to test thousands of apps simultaneously without manual coding or maintenance. Test.ai focuses on automating critical user experience tests, allowing app teams to concentrate on improvements.

Blinkist

Series C in 2018
Blinkist is a Berlin-based company that condenses key insights from over 2500 best-selling non-fiction books into concise 15-minute reads or listens. It offers a convenient way to acquire knowledge on-the-go, with content available in both text and audio formats.

Staffbase

Series B in 2018
Staffbase is a company that specializes in enhancing employee communication through its comprehensive Communications Cloud platform. The platform is designed for large and international organizations across various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, automotive, retail, and energy. It enables employers to securely engage with their workforce, ensuring that employees have easy access to relevant corporate information and digital workplace tools, including existing intranets. With a focus on mobile compatibility, Staffbase's solutions allow companies to effectively connect with their employees, regardless of their location, whether in the office, at home, or on the factory floor. Serving over 2,500 leading organizations worldwide, Staffbase is dedicated to transforming the way companies communicate with their employees.

Azimo

Series C in 2018
Founded in 2012, Azimo is a London-based digital money transfer network that enables users to send money internationally via its mobile apps or web platform. It offers fast, secure, and low-cost transfers to bank accounts or over 270,000 cash pick-up points worldwide.

test.ai

Seed Round in 2018
Test.ai offers an AI-driven test automation platform for enhancing mobile app experiences. Its platform scales to test thousands of apps simultaneously without manual coding or maintenance. Test.ai focuses on automating critical user experience tests, allowing app teams to concentrate on improvements.

Asana Rebel

Series A in 2018
Asana Rebel is a Berlin-based mobile fitness app that blends yoga with workout routines to improve health and wellbeing. The platform provides yoga-inspired workouts and curated collections designed by yoga and fitness experts, enabling users to create personalized daily plans aligned with specific fitness goals. Available in six languages (German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian), the app has been featured by Apple and Google and is regarded as a leading health and fitness app. Founded in 2015, Asana Rebel focuses on accessible, at-home fitness that combines yoga principles with modern training methods.

Natural Cycles

Series B in 2017
Natural Cycles is a digital health company that provides a contraceptive app aimed at enhancing women's reproductive health. The app allows users to track their basal body temperature daily, using a specialized thermometer to input data. This information, combined with other relevant metrics, is analyzed through a proprietary algorithm to determine fertility status throughout the menstrual cycle. The app features a color-coded calendar that informs users about their fertile days, helping them decide when they can have unprotected sex. By offering a non-invasive, non-hormonal method of fertility tracking, Natural Cycles empowers women to take control of their reproductive health and make informed decisions about family planning.

Acorns

Series D in 2017
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

SpotHero

Series C in 2017
Founded in 2011, SpotHero is a leading independent marketplace for parking reservations in North America. It offers a mobile application and website that enables drivers to locate, price, compare, and reserve discounted parking spots from various garages and lots.

Karma

Seed Round in 2017
Karma develops an application that helps restaurants, grocers and cafés reduce their food waste by selling their surplus to consumers at reduced prices. Its application serves as a sales channel via which merchants offer take away food items to registered users. Elsa Bernadotte, Mattis Larsson, Hjalmar Nordegren, Ludvig Berling, and Steven van Wel founded Karma on September 1, 2015. Its headquarters is in Stockholm in Sweden.

PayKey

Series B in 2017
PayKey empowers banks to offer seamless financial services within any mobile app. Its cross-platform banking button on smartphone keyboards enables users to initiate transactions like P2P payments, balance checks, and more without leaving their current app. This enhances bank brand engagement and improves user experience.

CornerJob

Series C in 2017
CornerJob is a Barcelona-based startup, part of the Southern Europe's leading digital ecosystem, which aims to streamline job recruitment. It offers a mobile platform enabling users to find geolocated job offers, apply directly, chat with recruiters, and receive responses within 24 hours. For businesses, CornerJob provides a simple, interactive, and immediate recruiting channel, aiding in efficient candidate selection.

Layer

Series B in 2017
Layer, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of an open communications layer platform for the Internet. Founded in 2011, Layer enables developers to integrate rich messaging, voice, and video capabilities into their applications. The company's offerings include Atlas, a customizable UI kit designed for enhancing messaging features, as well as software development kits (SDKs) for both iOS and Android platforms. Additionally, Layer provides a Client API that allows browser-based applications to incorporate chat and communication services, along with a Platform API that facilitates the automation, extension, and integration of these services with other applications. Through its innovative tools, Layer aims to enhance customer interaction for businesses by improving communication between companies and their clients.

Blinkist

Series B in 2017
Blinkist is a Berlin-based company that condenses key insights from over 2500 best-selling non-fiction books into concise 15-minute reads or listens. It offers a convenient way to acquire knowledge on-the-go, with content available in both text and audio formats.

Gopuff

Series B in 2016
Founded in 2013 by Drexel University students Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, Gopuff is a pioneering instant commerce platform that delivers essential products directly to consumers' doorsteps. Its extensive product range includes over-the-counter medicine, baby food, cleaning supplies, snacks, beverages, and select alcoholic drinks, ensuring customers can satisfy their needs and cravings promptly.

PayKey

Series A in 2016
PayKey empowers banks to offer seamless financial services within any mobile app. Its cross-platform banking button on smartphone keyboards enables users to initiate transactions like P2P payments, balance checks, and more without leaving their current app. This enhances bank brand engagement and improves user experience.

Verse

Series A in 2016
Verse is a payments technology platform that simplifies storing, spending, and sharing money. Its mobile app enables easy, instant, and fee-free transactions, with optional privacy settings for financial activities. Available on Android and iOS, Verse completes transactions within two business days.

CornerJob

Series B in 2016
CornerJob is a Barcelona-based startup, part of the Southern Europe's leading digital ecosystem, which aims to streamline job recruitment. It offers a mobile platform enabling users to find geolocated job offers, apply directly, chat with recruiters, and receive responses within 24 hours. For businesses, CornerJob provides a simple, interactive, and immediate recruiting channel, aiding in efficient candidate selection.

Natural Cycles

Series A in 2016
Natural Cycles is a digital health company that provides a contraceptive app aimed at enhancing women's reproductive health. The app allows users to track their basal body temperature daily, using a specialized thermometer to input data. This information, combined with other relevant metrics, is analyzed through a proprietary algorithm to determine fertility status throughout the menstrual cycle. The app features a color-coded calendar that informs users about their fertile days, helping them decide when they can have unprotected sex. By offering a non-invasive, non-hormonal method of fertility tracking, Natural Cycles empowers women to take control of their reproductive health and make informed decisions about family planning.

When I Work

Series B in 2016
When I Work is a developer of a workforce management platform established in 2010, designed to enhance collaboration between hourly employees and managers. The platform facilitates quick and efficient employee scheduling, allowing businesses to create work schedules in minutes. It includes features such as a time clock, team messaging, and robust customer support, enabling employers to track payroll hours and prepare data for payroll processing through cloud technology. By utilizing various communication channels, including web, mobile apps, text messaging, and social media, When I Work aims to improve operational efficiency, promote employee accountability via self-service, and effectively manage labor costs.

Tandem

Series B in 2016
Tandem is a digital bank that aims to provide a better banking experience by leveraging technology and user feedback. It offers a range of financial services, including savings accounts, credit cards, and loans, all managed through a user-friendly mobile app. Tandem's approach is centered around simplicity, with a focus on helping users save money and reducing financial stress. It differentiates itself by actively engaging with its user community to inform product development and improvement.

Azimo

Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 2012, Azimo is a London-based digital money transfer network that enables users to send money internationally via its mobile apps or web platform. It offers fast, secure, and low-cost transfers to bank accounts or over 270,000 cash pick-up points worldwide.

Acorns

Series D in 2016
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

Passei Direto

Series B in 2016
Passei Direto S.A. is an academic social network based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that facilitates interactions among university students. Founded in 2012, the platform has attracted over 15 million users across more than 2,500 universities. It enables students to connect, share notes, review lectures, collaborate on homework, and seek assistance from peers. With a repository of over 3 million shared study materials, Passei Direto offers tools designed to enhance academic performance. Its Premium Plan provides access to exclusive content created by experts, including step-by-step solutions to exercises from popular textbooks, study plans featuring video lessons, and summaries for various subjects. The platform's primary goal is to support students in improving their grades and simplifying their study routines.

Data.AI

Series E in 2016
Data.ai is a decision-making platform focused on the mobile app economy, offering insights into app performance and competitive market analysis. By combining users' app analytics with a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape, Data.ai delivers a 360-degree view of mobile business dynamics. The platform is utilized by over 90 percent of the top 100 app publishers and has supported more than 700,000 apps, with notable clients including Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, and Tencent. Data.ai has tracked over 83 billion downloads and generated over $25 billion in gross revenues, establishing itself as an industry leader. The company employs over 300 people and is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in major cities worldwide. Its proprietary mobile performance score (MPS) provides valuable insights that help brands optimize their applications and enhance digital experiences, facilitating growth in the competitive mobile market.

Blinkist

Series A in 2016
Blinkist is a Berlin-based company that condenses key insights from over 2500 best-selling non-fiction books into concise 15-minute reads or listens. It offers a convenient way to acquire knowledge on-the-go, with content available in both text and audio formats.

Pinkoi

Venture Round in 2015
Pinkoi is a social e-commerce platform that enables designers and artists to sell their unique products, ranging from clothing and fashion accessories to home goods and electronics. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, Pinkoi caters primarily to the Asian market, offering an online marketplace where original designs can be showcased and purchased. The platform fosters a community for creative individuals by providing them with a venue to present their work and connect with potential buyers. With a mobile application complementing its online presence, Pinkoi continues to support a diverse array of products, emphasizing unique gifts and luxury goods.

Housecall Pro

Series A in 2015
Housecall Pro is a developer of a mobile software platform that connects service professionals with homeowners. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company offers a comprehensive tool designed to manage various business workflows. Its platform enables users to handle job scheduling, customer databases, invoicing, payment processing, and technician dispatching through a smartphone and a web portal. Housecall Pro caters to a range of service industries, including plumbing, carpet cleaning, landscaping, pest control, home cleaning, handyman services, and chimney sweeping. By providing a low-cost solution, the company helps service professionals streamline their operations and enhance their overall efficiency.

TVSmiles

Series B in 2015
TVSmiles is a Berlin-based company that developed a mobile application designed to enhance the experience of television advertising. Launched in 2013, the app transforms traditional advertising into an engaging and interactive format by incorporating games, quizzes, and a loyalty program. Users earn rewards, known as "smiles," for engaging with various TV and digital ads, thus incentivizing them to watch and interact with commercials. The application recognizes music played in advertisements and provides users with related games and quizzes, creating a gamified experience that appeals to viewers. By bridging the gap between advertising and entertainment, TVSmiles aims to increase brand value and expand customer bases for its partners.

SpotHero

Series B in 2015
Founded in 2011, SpotHero is a leading independent marketplace for parking reservations in North America. It offers a mobile application and website that enables drivers to locate, price, compare, and reserve discounted parking spots from various garages and lots.

When I Work

Series A in 2015
When I Work is a developer of a workforce management platform established in 2010, designed to enhance collaboration between hourly employees and managers. The platform facilitates quick and efficient employee scheduling, allowing businesses to create work schedules in minutes. It includes features such as a time clock, team messaging, and robust customer support, enabling employers to track payroll hours and prepare data for payroll processing through cloud technology. By utilizing various communication channels, including web, mobile apps, text messaging, and social media, When I Work aims to improve operational efficiency, promote employee accountability via self-service, and effectively manage labor costs.

Natural Cycles

Seed Round in 2015
Natural Cycles is a digital health company that provides a contraceptive app aimed at enhancing women's reproductive health. The app allows users to track their basal body temperature daily, using a specialized thermometer to input data. This information, combined with other relevant metrics, is analyzed through a proprietary algorithm to determine fertility status throughout the menstrual cycle. The app features a color-coded calendar that informs users about their fertile days, helping them decide when they can have unprotected sex. By offering a non-invasive, non-hormonal method of fertility tracking, Natural Cycles empowers women to take control of their reproductive health and make informed decisions about family planning.

Nativo

Series B in 2015
Nativo, established in 2010, is a technology company based in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in major U.S. cities and London. It specializes in developing a software platform that facilitates native advertising services for both brand advertisers and publishers. The platform enables brands to plan, buy, manage, deliver, optimize, and measure native ad campaigns, while publishers can build, host, serve, and report on these campaigns across their web and mobile properties. Over 300 brands and 350 publishers use Nativo's platform to scale, automate, and measure native ads, enhancing audience engagement and expanding revenue potential.

Azimo

Series B in 2015
Founded in 2012, Azimo is a London-based digital money transfer network that enables users to send money internationally via its mobile apps or web platform. It offers fast, secure, and low-cost transfers to bank accounts or over 270,000 cash pick-up points worldwide.

Acorns

Series C in 2015
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

Data.AI

Series D in 2015
Data.ai is a decision-making platform focused on the mobile app economy, offering insights into app performance and competitive market analysis. By combining users' app analytics with a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape, Data.ai delivers a 360-degree view of mobile business dynamics. The platform is utilized by over 90 percent of the top 100 app publishers and has supported more than 700,000 apps, with notable clients including Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, and Tencent. Data.ai has tracked over 83 billion downloads and generated over $25 billion in gross revenues, establishing itself as an industry leader. The company employs over 300 people and is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in major cities worldwide. Its proprietary mobile performance score (MPS) provides valuable insights that help brands optimize their applications and enhance digital experiences, facilitating growth in the competitive mobile market.

SpotHero

Series A in 2014
Founded in 2011, SpotHero is a leading independent marketplace for parking reservations in North America. It offers a mobile application and website that enables drivers to locate, price, compare, and reserve discounted parking spots from various garages and lots.

Data.AI

Series D in 2014
Data.ai is a decision-making platform focused on the mobile app economy, offering insights into app performance and competitive market analysis. By combining users' app analytics with a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape, Data.ai delivers a 360-degree view of mobile business dynamics. The platform is utilized by over 90 percent of the top 100 app publishers and has supported more than 700,000 apps, with notable clients including Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, and Tencent. Data.ai has tracked over 83 billion downloads and generated over $25 billion in gross revenues, establishing itself as an industry leader. The company employs over 300 people and is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in major cities worldwide. Its proprietary mobile performance score (MPS) provides valuable insights that help brands optimize their applications and enhance digital experiences, facilitating growth in the competitive mobile market.

Azimo

Series A in 2014
Founded in 2012, Azimo is a London-based digital money transfer network that enables users to send money internationally via its mobile apps or web platform. It offers fast, secure, and low-cost transfers to bank accounts or over 270,000 cash pick-up points worldwide.

TVSmiles

Series A in 2014
TVSmiles is a Berlin-based company that developed a mobile application designed to enhance the experience of television advertising. Launched in 2013, the app transforms traditional advertising into an engaging and interactive format by incorporating games, quizzes, and a loyalty program. Users earn rewards, known as "smiles," for engaging with various TV and digital ads, thus incentivizing them to watch and interact with commercials. The application recognizes music played in advertisements and provides users with related games and quizzes, creating a gamified experience that appeals to viewers. By bridging the gap between advertising and entertainment, TVSmiles aims to increase brand value and expand customer bases for its partners.

Asap54.com

Venture Round in 2014
Asap54 is an innovative mobile application designed to help users locate clothing items they like in nearby stores. By taking a photo of an item, the app uses image recognition technology to find similar products available for purchase nearby.

When I Work

Series A in 2014
When I Work is a developer of a workforce management platform established in 2010, designed to enhance collaboration between hourly employees and managers. The platform facilitates quick and efficient employee scheduling, allowing businesses to create work schedules in minutes. It includes features such as a time clock, team messaging, and robust customer support, enabling employers to track payroll hours and prepare data for payroll processing through cloud technology. By utilizing various communication channels, including web, mobile apps, text messaging, and social media, When I Work aims to improve operational efficiency, promote employee accountability via self-service, and effectively manage labor costs.

QuizUp

Series B in 2013
QuizUp is a mobile game developer known for its trivia game that enhances user interaction through features such as one-to-one messaging, discussion boards, and region-specific leaderboards. The game allows players to compete against one another while also engaging in discussions and sharing knowledge across various topics. It organizes leaderboards by city, state, and country, fostering a competitive spirit among users. Through these interactive elements, QuizUp aims to create a dynamic and engaging platform for trivia enthusiasts.

Housecall Pro

Seed Round in 2013
Housecall Pro is a developer of a mobile software platform that connects service professionals with homeowners. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company offers a comprehensive tool designed to manage various business workflows. Its platform enables users to handle job scheduling, customer databases, invoicing, payment processing, and technician dispatching through a smartphone and a web portal. Housecall Pro caters to a range of service industries, including plumbing, carpet cleaning, landscaping, pest control, home cleaning, handyman services, and chimney sweeping. By providing a low-cost solution, the company helps service professionals streamline their operations and enhance their overall efficiency.

Lokata

Series B in 2013
Lokata.ru is a location-based service, providing brochures to retailers and offering business information online. Lokata is an innovative advertising channel, giving all retailers an opportunity to promote goods and services on its website, affiliates websites (sites with Lokata’s widget) and mobile Apps. Lokata is based on the innovative model of kaufDA (kaufda.de), a market leader among location-based brochure services in Germany. Lokata is consistently updated with the latest retail offers, empowering Russian shoppers with the information they need before they even step into a store. Lokata cooperates with large Russian, international and regional retailers based on a CPC concept whereby retailers pay for each brochure opened on Lokata’s web-site, affiliate’s web-sites or mobile apps. Lokata.ru covers the whole Russia, targeting men (forty per cent) and women (sixty per cent) aged between 28-45 years old, with a monthly household income of 40K-250K Rubles. Zhanna Shalimova (CEO) has more than 15 years of sales, marketing, e-commerce and managerial experience as well as proven record of successful start-up and International experience (USA, Ukraine). The initial funding of the company was made by Fast Lane Ventures and Bonial International Group (the founders and owners of www.kaufda.de, www.bonial.fr)

QuizUp

Series A in 2013
QuizUp is a mobile game developer known for its trivia game that enhances user interaction through features such as one-to-one messaging, discussion boards, and region-specific leaderboards. The game allows players to compete against one another while also engaging in discussions and sharing knowledge across various topics. It organizes leaderboards by city, state, and country, fostering a competitive spirit among users. Through these interactive elements, QuizUp aims to create a dynamic and engaging platform for trivia enthusiasts.

AdMoment

Series A in 2013
AdMoment is a mobile advertising company that offers an advertising platform which provides intelligent targeting solutions through smartphones. It leverages programmatic-buying and engaging formats to help major brands and their media buyers reach consumers through mobile applications. AdMoment’s platform allows mobile publishers to automatically identify the parameters of their target groups, including the time, location, device types, weather, and traffic. AdMoment was incorporated in August 2012 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Layer

Seed Round in 2013
Layer, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of an open communications layer platform for the Internet. Founded in 2011, Layer enables developers to integrate rich messaging, voice, and video capabilities into their applications. The company's offerings include Atlas, a customizable UI kit designed for enhancing messaging features, as well as software development kits (SDKs) for both iOS and Android platforms. Additionally, Layer provides a Client API that allows browser-based applications to incorporate chat and communication services, along with a Platform API that facilitates the automation, extension, and integration of these services with other applications. Through its innovative tools, Layer aims to enhance customer interaction for businesses by improving communication between companies and their clients.

Azimo

Seed Round in 2013
Founded in 2012, Azimo is a London-based digital money transfer network that enables users to send money internationally via its mobile apps or web platform. It offers fast, secure, and low-cost transfers to bank accounts or over 270,000 cash pick-up points worldwide.

Data.AI

Series C in 2013
Data.ai is a decision-making platform focused on the mobile app economy, offering insights into app performance and competitive market analysis. By combining users' app analytics with a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape, Data.ai delivers a 360-degree view of mobile business dynamics. The platform is utilized by over 90 percent of the top 100 app publishers and has supported more than 700,000 apps, with notable clients including Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, and Tencent. Data.ai has tracked over 83 billion downloads and generated over $25 billion in gross revenues, establishing itself as an industry leader. The company employs over 300 people and is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in major cities worldwide. Its proprietary mobile performance score (MPS) provides valuable insights that help brands optimize their applications and enhance digital experiences, facilitating growth in the competitive mobile market.

QuizUp

Series A in 2013
QuizUp is a mobile game developer known for its trivia game that enhances user interaction through features such as one-to-one messaging, discussion boards, and region-specific leaderboards. The game allows players to compete against one another while also engaging in discussions and sharing knowledge across various topics. It organizes leaderboards by city, state, and country, fostering a competitive spirit among users. Through these interactive elements, QuizUp aims to create a dynamic and engaging platform for trivia enthusiasts.

Nativo

Series A in 2013
Nativo, established in 2010, is a technology company based in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in major U.S. cities and London. It specializes in developing a software platform that facilitates native advertising services for both brand advertisers and publishers. The platform enables brands to plan, buy, manage, deliver, optimize, and measure native ad campaigns, while publishers can build, host, serve, and report on these campaigns across their web and mobile properties. Over 300 brands and 350 publishers use Nativo's platform to scale, automate, and measure native ads, enhancing audience engagement and expanding revenue potential.

AdMoment

Seed Round in 2013
AdMoment is a mobile advertising company that offers an advertising platform which provides intelligent targeting solutions through smartphones. It leverages programmatic-buying and engaging formats to help major brands and their media buyers reach consumers through mobile applications. AdMoment’s platform allows mobile publishers to automatically identify the parameters of their target groups, including the time, location, device types, weather, and traffic. AdMoment was incorporated in August 2012 and is based in Moscow, Russia.
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