Headline, the San Francisco and Berlin-based VC company, has raised its 7th European fund of \u20ac320 million to extend support to the continent’s startups from seed to Series A, paying attention to follow-on fundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The firm plans to invest in 10 new start-ups yearly<\/a> in Europe with a ticket size of \u20ac1-15 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It focuses on technology-based startups across B2B and B2C, with major emphasis on climate tech, automation of SMEs, and embedded fintech and payment solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the VC, it’s eyeing generational firms or businesses that can last for generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The company, a leading tech-enabled global venture capital firm founded in 1999, has already achieved six new investments in 2022 from the new fund that includes Stotles<\/a>, Automaited<\/a>, Monta<\/a>, and Alloy<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Presently, it has made up to 58 investments in the continent with unicorns like Swile<\/a>, Staffbase<\/a>, and Sorare<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On its emphasis on Europe, Christian Leybold, the Headline EU co-founder and managing partner disclosed<\/a>, \u201cOur early-stage focus enables us to closely work alongside the best entrepreneurs with a leader mindset to nurture their growth and accelerate market adoption.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added, “We have built a strong multi-local portfolio of European up-and-comers by following a guiding principle, \u2018work as a team and with great people,\u2019 and we will continue to follow this North Star with our latest fund.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s worthy to note that the firm has raised two other funds simultaneously. They’re $408 million for the North America-focused fund and \u20ac164 million for the Latin America-focused fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With its global early-stage portfolio of more than 200 investments, Headline is committed to supporting the next start-ups with 3 new, region-focused funds in Europe, North America, and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeadline is committed to supporting start-ups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n