Polina Alexandrova

Respond.io is an AI-powered platform that helps businesses maximize leads and enable sales over chat. By leveraging every conversation as an opportunity for business growth, the platform empowers over 10,000 brands across the globe to seize those opportunities faster. In 2022, respond.io raised $7 million in Series A funding, led by Headline Asia with participation from AltaIR Capital, Smart Partnership Capital, Sterling Oak Group and Calendula Ventures. From its headquarters in Malaysia, respond.io continues to innovate and advance the future of customer conversations.

Backing the Unique, the Mavericks, the Outliers b2venture is a European venture firm, leveraging the power of generations to shape tomorrow. We invest at the earliest stages in the best ideas and the brightest minds so they can take flight.

We are Smart Partnership Capital, positive-minded professionals embracing challenges and diving action in verticals like Fintech, Customer Engagement Technologies, Future of Work, AI/ML across US, Western Europe and UK from early seed to Series A. We work with strong tech-entrepreneurs in a partnership approach, bringing support and advice where needed to help achieve the company’s full potential.

Calendula Ventures is an investment vehicle backed by angel investors and family offices. We do deal-by-deal investments into early stage companies worldwide.

Respond.io is an AI-powered platform that helps businesses maximize leads and enable sales over chat. By leveraging every conversation as an opportunity for business growth, the platform empowers over 10,000 brands across the globe to seize those opportunities faster. In 2022, respond.io raised $7 million in Series A funding, led by Headline Asia with participation from AltaIR Capital, Smart Partnership Capital, Sterling Oak Group and Calendula Ventures. From its headquarters in Malaysia, respond.io continues to innovate and advance the future of customer conversations.

Headline is a venture capital firm with teams on the ground in 8 cities around the world. We invest across geographies, stages, and sectors, from consumer and fintech to infrastructure and software. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global. Our Early Stage Funds, based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, back Early Stage companies locally, while our Venture Growth Fund invests globally from Series B and beyond. This allows us to see local trends up close, partner with winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage. Among the 300+ investments globally, current and former Headline portfolio companies include Acorns, Angi, AppFolio, Bumble, Bitwarden, Creditas, Farfetch, Fetch, Gopuff, Honeycomb, Mistral AI, NGINX, Numa, Pismo, Raisin, Scopely, Segment, SEMrush, Sonos, Staffbase, The RealReal, and Yeahka.