Current Firm
Headline
Investments
13+ companies
Focus
Enterprise, Fintech
About Mathias Schilling
Mathias Schilling co-founded Headline by importing Sand Hill Road-style venture capital to Germany before moving to California in his 20s, deliberately choosing Santa Barbara over Silicon Valley to maintain an outsider perspective on how VC should work. Over 15 years, he has built an unusually sophisticated tech and data engine within the firm, assembling a 20-engineer team and internal database covering 8 million companies that uses signal processing and AI to identify early hyper-growth opportunities with hedge fund-like repeatability.
Focus Areas
EnterpriseFintechAIConsumerSaaS
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
Jonathan Userovici
Jonathan Becker
Gabriel Alves
Christian Miele
Christian Leybold
Andreas Haug
Akihiko Okamoto
Jett Fein
Thomas Gieselmann
Acorns
goPuff
Segment
Cameo