Roman Scharf

Roman Scharf is a General Partner and Co-founder at the European venture capital firm 3VC. Before transitioning to institutional venture capital, he spent 25 years operating as a serial entrepreneur, founding five different companies across Europe and the United States. His technical and operational background includes a full decade spent working in Silicon Valley after initially learning to code at age sixteen in Salzburg, Austria. Scharf established 3VC in 2017 alongside co-founder Peter Lasinger, and the firm subsequently launched a €150 million second fund in 2022 with partners Eva Arh and Sok-Kheng Taing. The partnership executes a highly concentrated investment strategy, backing just three to four software-driven startups annually across both B2B and B2C models. He currently focuses on leveraging his extensive founder experience to support scalable European technology companies solving massive industry problems.