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Headline Partner Jett Fein sat down with Jackson Fordyce and Josiah Simons for the Demo Day Podcast to talk about the future of consumer investing, looking for PMF, relentlessly following your gut to make big swings...and even how dating principles can apply to venture. Check out this fun, far-reaching conversation - take a listen! https://lnkd.in/g9eQaKU5

Angel investors are the first believers in a tech ecosystem, taking the most risk on early-stage startups, often out of passion rather than gain. And some of them can even cook. Yesterday, we hosted the fifth edition of Angel Kitchen. After Berlin, Helsinki, Tallinn, and Copenhagen, we returned to Berlin to prepare (but mostly eat) Persian food with two PhD twin sisters turned food researchers. Thanks to everyone who cut, cooked, and plated with Christian, Isabel, and Jacopo! Next stop: Italian food in Munich. If you angel invest, write us directly for an invite.

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Russell Glass, the former CEO at Headspace, for a curated #founders & #investors dinner to discuss democratizing mental health in entrepreneurship. Not only did we hear first-hand from Russell about his journey and learnings, we also explored the next wave of innovative technologies that can make #mentalhealth support more accessible and affordable for everyone. A huge thank you to Founders Pledge and Emily Hoble for co-hosting an incredible evening with us at the Headline HQ in San Francisco. See you at the next event! Mathias Schilling Dorothee Poetter Molly Martell Michelle F. Emily Jablonski Jessie Higgs

How two unlikely co-founders are revolutionizing legal tech. 👇 Meet Nicole Clark and Alon Shwartz, the founder duo behind Trellis Law - an AI-powered platform making state court trial data truly accessible for the first time. Read Jett Fein's interview with the CEO and CTO to learn: • The unconventional way they became co-founders • Their unique approach to work-life balance • The worst VC question they've encountered (and the best answer) Oh, and find out why they have a "money tree" in their office. 💰🌳 Check out the full interview: https://lnkd.in/gtQmSnzv

Had an awesome time last night talking about procurement technology and B2B marketplaces in NYC with some Headline portfolio companies and some old and new friends! Dhaivat Pandya Jessie Young Amy Pan Ilia Papas Pat O'Hara Katerina Petraki Sam Bernstein Ian Hinkley Chris Allison Hunter Robertson Jerry Fung

Combining family legacy with the entrepreneurial spirit. ➡️➡️➡️ Steve Wen, Co-Founder and CEO of Dray Alliance, made a formative move from China to Los Angeles at age six. In the U.S., he found a sense of freedom that was missing from his younger years. "I didn't grow up to be the most obedient child in China, where the culture was very much: be a good kid, earn good grades, take the equivalent of SAT and go to a good college," Steve said. "Everyone was on the same path. Having that freedom of experimenting, of doing what I wanted to do was very important to me." After tinkering around with business ideas in college, Steve ultimately dropped out of UC Irvine to modernize his parents' business: port logistics. In founding Dray Alliance, learn how Steve's early experiences and family history shaped his mission to modernize the legacy industry. Read the full story. 🌟 https://lnkd.in/g3TvZixa

From serial bootstrappers to venture-backed. Happy to be (literally) the first check in AI startup Zive. Having led their previous company to a nine-digit exit, Jan Marius Marquardt and Piers Wermbter are building Zive, an AI-powered platform to make company knowledge easily accessible and free from AI hallucinations. "Imagine the productivity gains if all your employees knew what your whole company knows,” says Jan. Fully compliant with EU regulations and something companies can immediately use, Zive acts as a middle layer between a company’s teams, documents, and tools (like Slack, Zendesk, HubSpot, etc.) and the latest AI models, like those created by OpenAI and Headline portfolio company Mistral AI. We are happy to lead this $3.2M pre-seed, and Callum Burroughs at Business Insider has the story in the comments:

Our partners at Headline in Asia have backed respond.io since the team's Series A in 2022. Despite hardships in the beginning, respond.io has gained traction integrating messaging platforms to create a seamless way for companies to communicate with their clients. Read more about Gerardo Salandra's journey building the platform below! 👇

Guess what? You're probably measuring productivity wrong. Productivity is more than just getting things done—it's about focusing on the right actions (or the units of work) that actually drive growth. In this video, Headline Partner Conrad Chu discusses productivity metrics for your business and how it relates to business success. Let’s dive in: https://lnkd.in/gHaRU8NU

The launch of Google Gemini Live underscored how far we've come: specialized AI models are now compact enough to fit in your pocket, on your phone. But they're being used in far more ways than consumer hardware. These same models are also small enough to deploy on the battlefield. What do these developments mean for the future of defense, privacy, and AI’s role in these critical sectors? Join Conrad Chu and Sasha Krecinic on the latest episode of the Headline AI Podcast, as they explore the advancements of powerful local AI models, the rise of Gemini Live on mobile devices, GPT-4o reclaiming the top spot, and how AI is slowly reshaping our wars. Watch: https://lnkd.in/dc82PpVJ