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HTGF

Venture capital firm · Founded 2005 · Active in 2026

HTGF is a venture capital firm based in Germany, founded in 2005. The page below shows 10 Power Law outcomes from HTGF's portfolio — 7 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Other · AI; top portfolio geographies are Germany. HTGF ranks #340 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

10 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #340 · Global · 10 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 133% 5y
7
Decacorns → 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 67% 5y
5
Featured in #340Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026Top 2%
01 · Exits

HTGF’s biggest exits.

HTGF portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

Tubulis
$3.1B acquisition · 2026
Entered Series A
MYR
$1.3B acquisition · 2020
Entered Seed
EGYM
$1.2B acquisition · 2026
Entered Series B+
Cardior Pharmaceuticals
$1.1B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series A
Hornetsecurity
$1.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Seed
Mister Spex
$1.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $39M
03 · Portfolio analysis

The 10 HTGF Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. Germany10
By sectorCount
  1. Biotech & Life Sciences3
  2. Other2
  3. AI1
  4. Energy1
  5. Cybersecurity1
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
  7. Marketing1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+2
  2. Series A2
  3. Seed5
04 · Portfolio market map

HTGF's 10 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
10 of 10 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does HTGF stack up?

HTGF in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns
Performance window All-time → 2026

Stage focus

Companies by selected outcome stage

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Beyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds

% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.
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Entry stage
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where HTGF's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

10 founders across the 10 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Technical University Munich and Klarna are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Germany9
Hungary1
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UniversityCount
Technical University Munich2
Semmelweis University1
Aarhus University1
EBS University1
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover1
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich1
Imperial College London1
Berkeley1
Columbia Business School1
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Origin companyCount
Klarna1
Jimdo1
UniQure1
Webflow1
Zalando1
Playlist | Mindbody1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
07 · Key people

Key people at HTGF.

Romy Schnelle
Romy Schnelle
Managing Director
 Dr. Achim Plum
Dr. Achim Plum
Managing Director
 Sebastian Borek
Sebastian Borek
Managing Director
 Dr. Tanja Emmerling
Dr. Tanja Emmerling
Partner
 Dr. Ulrich Schmitt
Dr. Ulrich Schmitt
Partner
 Yann Fiebig
Yann Fiebig
Partner
 Dr. Angelika Vlachou
Dr. Angelika Vlachou
Partner
 Gregor Haidl
Gregor Haidl
Partner
 Dr. Nikolaus Raupp
Dr. Nikolaus Raupp
Partner
 Klaus Lehmann
Klaus Lehmann
Partner
Sources: Dealroom desktop research, official firm profiles and public investor lists.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about HTGF

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about HTGF on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about HTGF

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