Headline portfolio

Headline has 52 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: headline.com.

Type: Venture capital.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 52.

Deals, last 12 months: 8.

Rounds led: 21 of 53.

Capital in their rounds: $3.86B.

Latest deal: Exein · Sep 15, 2026.

About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 1999. It led 21 of the 53 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Exein's $270M Series B+ round in September 2026, which it led, alongside Goldman Sachs, European Investment Bank Group, Geodesic Capital and 10 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Fintech (17) and Commerce and retail (10). It has co-invested with Heartcore Capital, Index Ventures and AENU, most often Heartcore Capital (7 rounds).

About Headline

Firm type: Venture capital.

Headquarters: San Francisco, US.

Founded: 1999.

Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth.

Sectors: AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.

Check size: $1M to $50M.

Leads rounds: Yes.

Portfolio companies: 67.

Exits: 6.

Rounds led: 50.

What Headline invests in

Fintech · 17 · 33%
Commerce and retail · 10 · 19%
Developer tools and cloud · 10 · 19%
AI agents · 9 · 17%
Health and bio · 8 · 15%
Sales and marketing · 7 · 13%
Logistics and mobility · 6 · 12%
Legal and compliance · 5 · 10%

Headline recent investments

Company	Round	Date	Alongside
EExein	Series B+ · $270M · lead	Sep 15, 2026	Goldman Sachs, European Investment Bank Group, Geodesic Capital +10
TTaxwire	Series A · $25M · lead	Jun 30, 2026	none named
FFonoa	Series B+ · $110M · lead	May 29, 2026	Coatue, Eurazeo, OMERS Ventures +3
SSereact	Series B+ · $110M	Apr 27, 2026	none named
NNotch	Series A · $30M · lead	Mar 25, 2026	none named
AAvenia	Series A · $17M	Feb 11, 2026	Tomorrow Capital, Kazea Capital, Scale-Up +6
HHades Mining	Seed · $18M · lead	Feb 11, 2026	none named
DDeblock	Series A · $35M	Nov 19, 2025	CommerzVentures, The Twenty Minute VC, Shapers +6

How Headline invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
Series B+	28 53%	$3.4B
Series A	20 38%	$402.07M
Seed	5 9%	$62.59M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2016	1 2%	$6M
2017	1 2%	$30M
2018	2 4%	$18M
2019	2 4%	$16.78M
2020	5 9%	$464.23M
2021	10 19%	$1.52B
2022	8 15%	$542.97M
2023	2 4%	$62M
2024	5 9%	$179M
2025	10 19%	$447.57M
2026	7 13%	$580M

Headline portfolio companies

EExein$270MSeries B+ · Sep 2026
TTaxwire$25MSeries A · Jun 2026
FFonoa$110MSeries B+ · May 2026
SSereact$110MSeries B+ · Apr 2026
NNotch$30MSeries A · Mar 2026
AAvenia$17MSeries A · Feb 2026
HHades Mining$18MSeed · Feb 2026
DDeblock$35MSeries A · Nov 2025
AAiPrise$12.5MSeries A · Oct 2025
FFinom$130MSeries B+ · Jun 2025
SStotles$13.47MSeries A · Jun 2025
Ttrawa$27MSeries A · May 2025
OOwner$120MSeries B+ · May 2025
HHeidi Health$16.6MSeries A · Mar 2025
GGentrace$8MSeries A · Jan 2025
BBuk$50MSeries B+ · Jan 2025
AAir$35MSeries B+ · Jan 2025
AAtlys$20MSeries B+ · Sep 2024
NNatural Cycles$55MSeries B+ · May 2024
HHelcimSeries B+ · Feb 2024
MMonta$87MSeries B+ · Jan 2024
SSPARETECH$10MSeries A · Jun 2023
GGetHarley$52MSeries B+ · Jun 2023
Rrespond.io$7MSeries A · Sep 2022
PPodimo$58MSeries B+ · Sep 2022
DDefacto$16MSeries A · Jun 2022
ZZeller$73MSeries B+ · Mar 2022
CCreditas$260MSeries B+ · Feb 2022
PPlanRadar$69MSeries B+ · Jan 2022
SSwile$200MSeries B+ · Oct 2021
HHoma Games$50MSeries A · Oct 2021
EElemy$219MSeries B+ · Oct 2021
SSorare$680MSeries B+ · Sep 2021
RReplicated$50MSeries B+ · Jul 2021
SShopmonkey$75MSeries B+ · Jul 2021
SStaffbase$145MSeries B+ · Mar 2021
FFetch Rewards$80MSeries B+ · Dec 2020
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MMistral AIbacker
BBitwardenbacker
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UUxcambacker
SSpotherobacker
AAirGaragebacker
PProcure Aibacker
BBrite Paymentsbacker
SServalbacker
CClarityCarebacker

Company	Round with Headline	Total raised	Latest raise
EExein AI agents	Sep 15, 2026 Series B+ · $270M · lead	$494.12M	Sep 15, 2026 Series B+
TTaxwire Sales and marketing	Jun 30, 2026 Series A · $25M · lead	$25M	Jun 30, 2026 Series A
FFonoa Legal and compliance	May 29, 2026 Series B+ · $110M · lead	$170M	May 29, 2026 Series B+
SSereact Robotics and hardware	Apr 27, 2026 Series B+ · $110M	$140.79M	Jul 20, 2026 Series B+
NNotch AI agents	Mar 25, 2026 Series A · $30M · lead	$30M	Mar 25, 2026 Series A
AAvenia Stablecoins	Feb 11, 2026 Series A · $17M	$17M	Feb 11, 2026 Series A
HHades Mining Robotics and hardware	Feb 11, 2026 Seed · $18M · lead	$24.4M	Feb 11, 2026 Seed
DDeblock Wallets and accounts	Nov 19, 2025 Series A · $35M	$52M	Nov 19, 2025 Series A
AAiPrise Legal and compliance	Oct 8, 2025 Series A · $12.5M · lead	$13M	Dec 13, 2025 Series A
FFinom Fintech	Jun 23, 2025 Series B+ · $130M	$203M	Jun 23, 2025 Series B+
SStotles Sales and marketing	Jun 9, 2025 Series A · $13.47M · lead	$21.79M	Jun 9, 2025 Series A
Ttrawa Climate and energy	May 22, 2025 Series A · $27M · lead	$41M	May 22, 2025 Series A
OOwner Commerce and retail	May 13, 2025 Series B+ · $120M · lead	$408M	Aug 28, 2026 Series B+
HHeidi Health Health and bio	Mar 3, 2025 Series A · $16.6M · lead	$116.6M	Sep 22, 2026 Series B+
GGentrace AI coding and devtools	Jan 7, 2025 Series A · $8M	$8M	Dec 23, 2025 Series A
BBuk Developer tools and cloud	Jan 7, 2025 Series B+ · $50M · lead	$135M	Jan 7, 2025 Series B+
AAir AI agents	Jan 1, 2025 Series B+ · $35M	$58.1M	Dec 15, 2025 Seed
AAtlys Health and bio	Sep 24, 2024 Series B+ · $20M	$72.25M	Mar 16, 2026 Series B+
NNatural Cycles Health and bio	May 30, 2024 Series B+ · $55M	$93M	May 30, 2024 Series B+
HHelcim Fintech	Feb 26, 2024 Series B+ · lead	$69M	Aug 21, 2026 Series B+
MMonta Fintech	Jan 23, 2024 Series B+ · $87M	$151.97M	Jan 23, 2024 Series B+
SSPARETECH Logistics and mobility	Jun 19, 2023 Series A · $10M	$35.81M	Nov 10, 2026 Series B+
GGetHarley Health and bio	Jun 6, 2023 Series B+ · $52M	$52M	Jun 6, 2023 Series B+
Rrespond.io AI agents	Sep 20, 2022 Series A · $7M · lead	$69.5M	Aug 10, 2026 Series B+
PPodimo Voice and audio AI	Sep 14, 2022 Series B+ · $58M	$159.3M	Sep 14, 2022 Series B+
DDefacto Lending and credit	Jun 1, 2022 Series A · $16M · lead	$30M	Nov 14, 2023 Series A
ZZeller Fintech	Mar 2, 2022 Series B+ · $73M · lead	$98.3M	Mar 2, 2022 Series B+
CCreditas Lending and credit	Feb 3, 2022 Series B+ · $260M	$873M	Dec 2, 2025 Series B+
PPlanRadar Real estate and construction	Jan 20, 2022 Series B+ · $69M	$103.01M	Jan 20, 2022 Series B+
SSwile Fintech	Oct 11, 2021 Series B+ · $200M	$278.7M	Oct 11, 2021 Series B+
HHoma Games Gaming	Oct 11, 2021 Series A · $50M	$65M	Oct 12, 2022 Series B+
EElemy Health and bio	Oct 8, 2021 Series B+ · $219M	$219M	Oct 8, 2021 Series B+
SSorare Crypto payments	Sep 21, 2021 Series B+ · $680M	$734M	Sep 21, 2021 Series B+
RReplicated Developer tools and cloud	Jul 28, 2021 Series B+ · $50M	$82M	Jul 28, 2021 Series B+
SShopmonkey Sales and marketing	Jul 1, 2021 Series B+ · $75M	$85M	Oct 26, 2021 Series A
SStaffbase Health and bio	Mar 30, 2021 Series B+ · $145M	$272.25M	Mar 14, 2022 Series B+
FFetch Rewards Commerce and retail	Dec 7, 2020 Series B+ · $80M	$547.6M	Apr 7, 2022 round
DDidero AI agents	backer · source	$37M	Feb 12, 2026 Series A
PPalmstreet Commerce and retail	backer · source	$25M	May 21, 2025 Series A
AAttio Sales and marketing	backer · source	$108.5M	Aug 26, 2025 Series B+
MMotion Foundation models and research	backer	undisclosed	Aug 3, 2026 Series B+
MMithrl	backer	$20M	Sep 19, 2026 Series A
MMistral AI AI agents	backer	$432.14M	Aug 1, 2024 Series B+
BBitwarden Cybersecurity	backer	$100M	Sep 6, 2022 Series B+
RRecurly Fintech	backer	undisclosed	—
UUxcam Data and analytics	backer	undisclosed	—
SSpothero Stablecoins	backer	undisclosed	—
AAirGarage Fintech	backer	undisclosed	—
PProcure Ai AI agents	backer	$13M	Nov 26, 2025 Seed
BBrite Payments Stablecoins	backer	$60M	Oct 4, 2023 round
SServal AI agents	backer	$272M	Oct 29, 2026 Series B+
CClarityCare Health and bio	backer	$16.5M	Oct 26, 2026 round

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Fintech).

How this is counted

Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 53 rounds on Recent Funding that name Headline. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Headline, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/headline (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.