Nicolas von Blottnitz

Nicolas von Blottnitz is a Vice President at the venture capital firm Headline in San Francisco, California, where he primarily focuses on SaaS investments. Working alongside firm partner Thomas Gieselmann at the entity formerly known as e.ventures, he helped develop Deepdive, an internal software tool designed to analyze customer spending patterns and unit economics. His active investment portfolio features a diverse range of enterprise and consumer technology startups, highlighted by his early backing of the open source password management company Bitwarden. In February 2025, von Blottnitz expanded this portfolio by leading Headline's investment in a Series B funding round for the real estate transaction platform Closinglock. Drawing on his early background in South Africa, his current venture capital strategy centers on utilizing rigorous data analytics to validate product market fit while identifying strong founder and startup alignment.