Headline Venture Capital: A Global Investment Firm

Headline, previously known as e.ventures and BV Capital, is a global and data-driven venture capital firm that invests across various stages and sectors, ranging from direct-to-consumer businesses to deep tech and software companies.

The firm has a global presence with offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Beijing, and Tokyo.

Headline (formerly e.ventures) is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world.

We invest across geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Our Early Stage Funds are based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil, and invest locally.

Our San Francisco-based Growth Fund invests globally from Series B and beyond, working in collaboration with our Early Stage Teams.

The sizes and locations of these funds make it possible for us to see local trends up close, identify winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage.

E.Ventures Management, LLC is known for its expertise in the technology sector and its ability to support early-stage companies in their growth journey.

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History and Founding

It was founded in 1998 in Santa Barbara, California and has since grown to invest in four different regions worldwide: United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

BV Capital was the successor of Bertelsmann Ventures, one of the first internet-focused venture funds in California initiated out of Germany already in 1997.

It was founded by Jan Henric Buettner, the former CEO and Wolfgang Rose, the former CTO of AOL Europe and was subsequently established in Santa Barbara, California.

Buettner, acting as executive partner for Bertelsmann, had previously built up the multimedia companies CompuTel and Videotel while Rose had worked with leading software companies in Europe.

In 2000, Jan Henric Buettner, alongside Wolfgang Rose, Mathias Schilling, and Thomas Gieselmann, founded BV Capital.

This new fund brought together a number of international Limited Partners, in addition to Bertelsmann.

Schilling and Gieselmann had already worked with Bertelsmann Ventures and held a Bertelsmann and AOL background respectively.

In 2006, Christian Leybold, who had joined the San Francisco team in 2003, moved back to Europe to bring the company to Europe and established an office in Berlin, Germany, together with Andreas Haug.

The company focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies, particularly in the areas of software, internet, and mobile technologies.

The firm has a team of experienced professionals who have a deep understanding of the technology industry and a proven ability to identify promising startups.