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Christian Leybold

Investor

Managing Partner at Headline

Berlin, Germany

Writes $1M – $50M checks · typically $15.3M

About

Christian Leybold brings one of the longest continuous U.S.–Europe cross‑border VC track records among Berlin investors and educates founders through his ongoing Inside VC series with digital kompakt.

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Christian Leybold @leybold

Today is a big day for our firm: we have rebranded as https://t.co/nAmc8smUVV 🥂 Investing $1M-$50M in the best founding teams across the globe ✌🏼 https://t.co/SWcUkF3rwT

May 10, 2021 · ♥ 46 · ⇄ 4

Christian Leybold @leybold

Bienvenue @JonUsero to the @eventuresVC family! Next stop: Paris! 🇫🇷 https://t.co/f12gOEVzYW

Oct 28, 2020 · ♥ 7

Christian Leybold @leybold

Congratulations @reinpk and team for this amazing outcome from the entire @eventuresVC family 🥂 Enjoy your day and take a couple of minutes to celebrate this incredible feeling. https://t.co/veltDFjRgb

Oct 12, 2020 · ♥ 8 · ⇄ 2

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerceFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. HeadlineFounding & General Partnercurrent2003 — presentBerlin Area, Germany
  2. ABOUT YOU AG & Co. KGMember Of The Supervisory Boardcurrent2021 — present
  3. FarfetchInvestorcurrent2012 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  4. SharpTxBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  5. brumbrum S.p.A.Board Membercurrent2019 — present
  6. JowBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  7. KarmaBoard Membercurrent2017 — present
  8. Asana Rebel - Yoga Inspired FitnessBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentBerlin Area, Germany
  9. Natural CyclesBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentStockholm, Sweden

Education

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMS, Electrical and Computer Engineering1999 — 2000
  2. Technical University of Munich

Same school

Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign295

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

+ 289 more

Also attended Technical University of Munich182

Daan BoekhoudtInvestment Analyst at Cottonwood Technology FundJulian von EckartsbergManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal InvestmentsHannes Voucko-GlocknerInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal InvestmentsThomas MeierPartner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve VenturesNiklas Born de AndrésInvestment & Product Intern at Kibo VenturesItziar EstevezPartner - Growth at Iris Capital

+ 176 more

Shared employers

Also worked at ABOUT YOU AG & Co. KG4

Annika in der BeekChief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITALFlorian HeinemannPartner at Project AAljoscha KaplanPartner and Co-Founder at German Media PoolFlorian HeinemannPartner at Project A Ventures

Also worked at Jow1

Jessica SchultzPartner at Northzone

Also worked at Natural Cycles3

Victor BodinInvestment Director at Bonnier CapitalIndra SharmaPartner at PeakChristian JepsenPartner at Heartcore Capital

Deals · 1

JowBoard seat

via Headline · filed Mar 2021 · $19.4M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

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Akio Tanaka
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Alina Heiliger
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Andreas Haug
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Andrei Mart
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Anna Faulkner
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Astrid Moullé-Berteaux
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Network4

Akio Tanaka
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Andreas Haug
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Astrid Moullé-Berteaux
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Brendan Wales
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