# Headline: portfolio, investments and team > Headline is a vc firm based in United States. 307 investments on record, 58 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Headline Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 307 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $28M, Oct 2024 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Marketplace Platform SaaS Follow Headline and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fheadline) Deploying now **85%** of best year **58** **cheques in 12 months**, 307 on record Since the last cheque **1** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$15M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $50M** Rounds led **24 of 307** Sole investor **19 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 33%** Pitch Headline ## Headline highlights - 01 58 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 47% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 19 rounds, median $3.8M - 04 2 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Headline is a global venture capital firm with teams across the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil. We invest across categories, from software and AI applications to consumer and fintech, and lead rounds at every stage. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $50M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Marketplace Platform SaaS - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **307 appearances** - **2026** 50 rounds - **Oct** **[Serval](https://millionrounds.com/company/serval)** Series C · US · Google News search **$150M** With 8 others - **Oct** **[ClarityCare](https://millionrounds.com/company/claritycare)** Series A · US · MedCity News **$17M** *Led* - **Oct** **[Scarlet](https://millionrounds.com/company/scarlet)** Series B · GB · Tech.eu **$50M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Primo](https://millionrounds.com/company/primo)** Seed · FR · EU-Startups **$7.9M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Exein](https://millionrounds.com/company/exein)** Growth · IT · eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners **$270M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Mistral AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mistral-ai)** Series D · FR · Samsung Catalyst Fund **$3.5B** With 23 others - **Sept** **[GMI Cloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/gmi-cloud)** Series B · US **$223M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Sorare](https://millionrounds.com/company/sorare)** Venture · FR **$680M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Mithrl](https://millionrounds.com/company/mithrl)** Series A · US **$20M** With 2 others - **Sept** **[Heidi Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/heidi-health)** Debt · AU **$240M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Owner](https://millionrounds.com/company/owner)** Series D · US · Ventureburn **$240M** With 7 others - **Aug** **[Helcim](https://millionrounds.com/company/helcim)** Series C · CA · BetaKit **$39M** With 10 others - **Aug** **[Avatar Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/avatar-robotics)** Seed · US · Defy **$6.5M** With 7 others - **Aug** **[Jenfi](https://millionrounds.com/company/jenfi)** Debt · SG **$2.5M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[Housi](https://millionrounds.com/company/housi)** Venture · BR **$9.6M** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Fundamental](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundamental)** Venture · US **$225M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Creditas](https://millionrounds.com/company/creditas)** Debt · BR **$28M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Skalar](https://millionrounds.com/company/skalar)** Seed · DE **$14M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Taxwire](https://millionrounds.com/company/taxwire)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$25M** *Led* - **Jun** **[Vixtra](https://millionrounds.com/company/vixtra)** Series A · BR · LatamList **$9.6M** With 7 others - **Jun** **[Flutterwave](https://millionrounds.com/company/flutterwave)** NG · Disrupt Africa **$250M** With 5 others - **Jun** **[Datamint](https://millionrounds.com/company/datamint)** Series A · BR **$4.9M** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Tokenz](https://millionrounds.com/company/tokenz)** Series A · SG **$6.3M** With 5 others - **Jun** **[Rimowa](https://millionrounds.com/company/rimowa)** Seed · JP **$625K** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Linc](https://millionrounds.com/company/linc)** Seed · FR **$9.7M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[Lingble](https://millionrounds.com/company/lingble)** Venture · SG **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **May** **[Fonoa](https://millionrounds.com/company/fonoa)** Series C · IE · Ventureburn **$110M** *Led* - **May** **[Searchable](https://millionrounds.com/company/searchable)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$14M** *Led* - **Apr** **[Sereact](https://millionrounds.com/company/sereact)** Series B · Ventureburn **$110M** *Led* - **Apr** **[Hero Seguros](https://millionrounds.com/company/hero-seguros)** Seed · BR · LatamList **$7.0M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Five Lives](https://millionrounds.com/company/five-lives)** Venture · GB **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Bumble](https://millionrounds.com/company/bumble)** Debt · US **$475M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Hakki Africa](https://millionrounds.com/company/hakki-africa)** Debt · JP **$3.1M** With 5 others - **Mar** **[Blossom Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/blossom-health)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$20M** *Led* - **Mar** **[Celero](https://millionrounds.com/company/celero)** Series A · BR · LatamList **$2.9M** *Led* - **Mar** **[Advanced Machine Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-machine-intelligence)** Seed · FR · Crunchbase News **$1.0B** With 12 others - **Mar** **[DeepIP](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepip)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$25M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Atlys](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlys)** Series C · US **$36M** With 3 others - **Feb** **[JPYC](https://millionrounds.com/company/jpyc)** Series B · JP · Ventureburn **$12M** With 7 others - **Feb** **[RLWRLD](https://millionrounds.com/company/rlwrld)** Seed · KR · Ventureburn **$26M** With 9 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **7 named** CF **Christian Friedrich Leybold** Managing Director of the General Partner, Manager of the Lux GP, and the Investment Advisor i Filing they signed DE **Dr. Elias Borgmann-Dehina** Manager of the Lux GP i Filing they signed HJ **Harrison Jett Fein** Managing Director i Form ADV JF **Jett Fein** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed MN **Mathias Nicholas Schilling** Managing Director of the General Partner and the Investment Advisor i Filing they signed PD **Patrick Daniel Reilly** Manager of the Lux GP i Filing they signed TV **Thomas Victor Gieselmann** Managing Director of the General Partner and the Investment Advisor i Filing they signed We also hold **6** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$4.4B** gross assets of its funds, 6 advisers combined Oct 2026 **8+** funds on file numbered funds in its name **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Headline Management LUX S.�.r.l. - **SEC number:** CRD 323219 Who backs their funds ## 2 LPs on record in Headline's funds - **Funds:** 1 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news. - [**JIC** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-investment-corporation-jic) Fund Vintage Committed Headline Asia Headline Asia Fund V - - - [**SME Support JAPAN** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sme-support-japan) Fund Vintage Committed Headline Asia Headline Asia Fund V - - ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all** **[Muse & Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/muse-and-co)** Bought by mixi, Inc. (Japan) **$15M** Feb 2015 **[HiGear](https://millionrounds.com/company/higear)** Bought by Rent2Buy **Undisclosed** Feb 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$28M** raised in Oct 2024 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.8M** Led 24 of 307 rounds **8%** - **Said size:** $1.0M – $50M - **Sole investor:** 19 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 - **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *67* - Seed said *63* - Series A said *62* - Series B said *50* - Debt *17* - Series C *16* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) 65 - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 37 - [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) 23 - [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) 12 - [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 10 - [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 10 **Pitching Headline?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Headline. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Infinity Ventures** VC firm **65** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **37** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Greycroft** VC firm **23** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Redpoint** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint)[**Salesforce Ventures** Corporate VC **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)[**500 Global** Angel **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) ## Recently backed The latest companies Headline put money into. [**Serval** $150M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/serval)[**Scarlet** $50M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scarlet)[**Exein** $270M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/exein)[**Mistral AI** $3.5B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mistral-ai)[**GMI Cloud** $223M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gmi-cloud)[**Sorare** $680M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sorare) ## Quick answers about Headline ### What does Headline invest in? Headline invests most often at Venture and Seed (47% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Marketplace, Platform and SaaS. ### How active is Headline? 307 investments on record, 58 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 24. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Headline invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Serval (Series C, Oct 2026), ClarityCare (Series A, Oct 2026) and Scarlet (Series B, Oct 2026). ### How big are Headline's cheques? The median round it joins is $15M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $50M. ### Does Headline lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 24 of its 307 investments on record (8%). ### Where does Headline invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (33%), Brazil (15%) and France (13%). ### Is Headline investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 58 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Headline invest alongside? Most often Infinity Ventures (65 rounds together), Y Combinator (37 rounds together) and Greycroft (23 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=headline) · [Is this your firm? 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