Headline is a global venture capital firm that co-founded by Mathias Schilling, Thomas Gieselmann, and Akio Tanaka, investing across early-stage regional funds and a global growth strategy with a focus on crypto, Web3, and related sectors. Headline's Twitter Score is 18 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #55,816 among 498,181 tracked accounts.
Headline was co-founded by Mathias Schilling, Thomas Gieselmann, and Akio Tanaka, and previously operated under the e.ventures brand, with Infinity Ventures serving as its predecessor brand in Asia. The firm was formerly backed by Bertelsmann. In September 2024, Headline announced $865 million of committed capital for Headline Global Growth IV, per the firm's own announcement.
Headline's crypto and Web3 investments span stablecoins, NFTs, and digital banking. Headline Asia led a ¥500 million Series A for JPYC in 2021, a company developing a Japanese-yen-linked stablecoin. The firm's portfolio also includes Sorare, an NFT fantasy-sports platform, and Deblock, a crypto-linked banking and self-custody wallet company. Headline's portfolio includes Tokensoft, Gasp, MAX - MaiCoin Asset Exchange, Sorare, RSS3, Acorns, Homa and Capitalise.ai - Code-free trading automation.
Headline has published 1,479 posts on the platform. Headline has been mentioned by 60 accounts, with 112 total mentions.
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Headline has attracted 9,366 followers as of October 2026 on the platform. The accounts that follow Headline include 110 founders, 35 angel investors, 15 influencers and 27 VCs. Among them are Loomdart, Matthew Graham, Galois Kevin, Jane Spencer, VCs Congratulating Themselves and Ivan On Tech Founder Bullmania.