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Headline
Venture Capital · Founded 1998 · San Francisco, United States
Headline is a data-driven venture capital firm that partners with fast-growing tech teams in every geography to make their success global. The firm invests from its Early Stage Funds and Growth Fund in the US, Europe, Asia, and LatAm
Headline’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Headline’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 5 companies where Headline is a named shareholder, worth about $197M in estimated equity value.
Estimated value = Headline’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Headline also appears inside investor groups in Fetch Rewards, Sorare, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Headline’s biggest exits.
Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Headline’s transaction record.
Where Headline’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 145 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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USA47
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Japan25
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Brazil16
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Germany11
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China10
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France6
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Singapore6
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UK6
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Taiwan5
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Israel4
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Hong Kong3
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Canada2
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Enterprise Software37
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Fintech35
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Marketing21
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Media11
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Transportation11
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Health9
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Education6
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Energy6
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Gaming6
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Jobs Recruitment6
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Real Estate6
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Legal5
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Series A69
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Seed43
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Series B+38
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Breakout Stage71
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Early Growth52
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Late Growth27
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Mature1
Inside Headline’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 145 tracked.
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TaWhere Headline’s portfolio founders come from.
188 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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United States70
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Germany19
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Brazil14
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United Kingdom13
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Japan12
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France9
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Singapore9
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Israel5
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Netherlands5
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China4
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University of California, Berkeley7
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Getulio Vargas Foundation5
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Harvard Business School5
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London Business School5
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Stanford University5
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WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management5
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Harvard University4
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Pontifical Catholic University of Chile4
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
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Duke University3
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Alphabet | Google8
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Boston Consulting Group6
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McKinsey & Company6
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Goldman Sachs4
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Amazon Web Services3
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BNP Paribas3
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BofA Securities3
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IBM3
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Morgan Stanley3
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NS13
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
Key people at Headline.
