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Headline
Venture capital firm · Founded 1998 · Active in 2026
Headline is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1998. The page below shows 31 Power Law outcomes from Headline's portfolio — 28 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · France · Germany. Headline ranks #387 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 31 Headline Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA16
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France4
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Germany4
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Brazil2
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Japan1
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Israel1
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Colombia1
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UK1
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Australia1
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Fintech9
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eCommerce & Marketplaces7
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Other B2B Software6
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Marketing5
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Other2
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Cybersecurity1
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AI1
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Series B+26
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Series A5
Headline's 31 Power Law outcomes.
Where Headline's founders come from — and where they study.
89 founders across the 31 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Headline.
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How does Headline stack up?
Headline in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Headline
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Headline on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Headline
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