Mathias Schilling
InvestorManaging Partner at Headline
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M – $50M checks · typically $15.3M
About
Mathias Schilling brought Sand Hill Road–style VC to Germany, deliberately based in Santa Barbara, and built a 20‑engineer, 8‑million‑company AI and signal‑processing data engine to spot early hyper‑growth with hedge‑fund‑like repeatability.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerceFintechSaaS
Experience
- HeadlineManaging Partnercurrent1998 — presentSan Francisco
- HeardBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- NivodaBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- KeeperBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- AirvetInvestor, Board Membercurrent2020 — present
- CarewellBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- CreditasInvestor and Board Observercurrent2020 — present
- FetchBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
- AcornsInvestor, Board Member and Board Observercurrent2015 — present
- goPuffInvestor, Board Membercurrent2017 — present
- AxiosInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- YeahkaInvestor, Board Membercurrent2015 — presentChina
- PismoBoard Member2020 — 2024
- SolidBoard Member2020 — 2024
- betaworksInvestor2010 — 2023
- Groupo XangoInvestor2010 — 2020
- VoiceraInvestor, Board Member2017 — 2019
- The RealRealInvestor, Board Member2012 — 2019
- FARFETCHInvestor2011 — 2018
- Sonos, Inc.Investor, Board member2005 — 2018
Education
- University of St.GallenMasters, Finance
Skills & more
Community DevelopmentBoard Development2Venture Capital82Consumer Services1Start-ups43Mergers4Corporate Development18Entrepreneurship20Private Equity17Angel Investing7Business Strategy8Business Development8
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Strategic PartnershipsStrategyE-commerceM&A experienceValuationMonetizationVenture FinancingInvestment BankingMobile DevicesInvestmentsEmerging MarketsMobile ApplicationsFrom Mathias's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of St.Gallen189
John-ArneInvestor at InvestinorMelissa DonohoeVice President at Notion CapitalMarjolaine CatilPrincipal at Newfund CapitalGülce KoçInvestment Manager at IdacapitalDominik MatykaInvestor at Cavalry VenturesChristian NagelInvestor at Earlybird Venture Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Carewell1
Also worked at Axios3
Also worked at betaworks22
Eghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAndy WeissmanPartner at Union Square Ventures (USV)Andrew McLaughlinPartner at Higher Ground LabsSam CashInvestor at Entropy Industrial CapitalJohn BorthwickManaging Partner at Betaworks Ventures Management, LlcJordan CrookPartner at Betaworks Ventures Management, Llc
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