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

Jonathan Becker

Partner

Conrad Chu

Partner

Jett Fein

General Partner

Thomas Gieselmann

Co-Founder and Partner, US

Christian Leybold

Founding and General Partner

Christian Miele

General Partner

Trevor Neff

Partner, Growth

Akihiko Okamoto

Partner

Ketul Patel

Investor, US

Shalini Rao

Partner

Anna Vershebeniuk

Principal

Dominic Wilhelm

Principal

Past deals in NFC

Pi-xcels

Seed Round in 2024
Pi-xcels develops an NFC-enabled POS device that enables issuance of interactive e-receipts in stores through contactless smartphone tapping. Its technology links any existing retailer's POS infrastructure to issue paperless, interactive e-receipts without requiring pre-installed apps or photo capture by shoppers. Pi-xcels aims to eliminate wasteful thermal paper receipts while providing retailers cost savings and data advantages via a shopper data platform.

Yeahka

Venture Round in 2012
Yeahka operates a payment-based technology platform in China, offering merchants and consumers one-stop payment services, including app-based mobile payments and traditional card payments. It also provides value-added business services such as merchant SaaS products, marketing services, and fintech solutions.

Yeahka

Series A in 2011
Yeahka operates a payment-based technology platform in China, offering merchants and consumers one-stop payment services, including app-based mobile payments and traditional card payments. It also provides value-added business services such as merchant SaaS products, marketing services, and fintech solutions.
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