Romy Schnelle is Partner at HTGF. In HTGF’s Digital Tech sector she has been funding startups since 2008 and has successfully sold 10 companies out of her own portfolio. Her entrepreneurial mindset and hands-on experience in company building, business development/sales, fundraising and corporate finance contribute to the strong development of HTGF’s Digital Tech portfolio. Today, Romy and her team are responsible for around 30 investments with a focus on D2C, Digital Health, Fintech, AI as well as SaaS. In addition, Romy is a valued advisor and member of supervisory boards in start-ups as well as Chair of the Investment Committee of tx Group, one of the leading Swiss publishers. Previously, she co-founded the Fraunhofer spin-off IOSONO, now Barco Audio Technologies, together with mp3 inventor Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg. She started her career in business development at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Digital Media Technology. Romy holds a degree in media science from Technical University of Ilmenau.