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Jacob Conger

Jacob Conger

Principal·Headline

San Francisco, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Jacob Conger is a Principal at Headline in San Francisco and focuses on infrastructure software. Headline says he looks for companies that have begun establishing product-market fit and are feeling strong market pull, and the firm credited him with helping establish its infrastructure software investment practice. He serves as a board observer for Blynk, DBeaver, Honeycomb and LucidLink, and authored Headline's investment note for SqlDBM.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

BlynkDBeaverHoneycombLucidLinkSqlDBM

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • HeadlinePrincipal2024 – Present
  • HeadlineVice President2021 – 2024
  • B Capital GroupSenior Associate2020 – 2021
  • The MBA FundVenture Partner2018 – Present

Education

  • The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaMBA
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolBSc Business

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