# Steve Romine

> Steve Romine is a Series A investor at Audicus (Boston) backing Internet and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Audicus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audicus)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-romine-511aa824/

Steve Romine is a Series A investor at Audicus in Boston focused on Internet and Software. Steve Romine has served as Director of Corporate Development at Bose Corporation since 2015 and is the Managing Director at Bose Ventures since April 2017. Bose is a privately held company with annual sales in excess of $3.5 billion, twenty subsidiary companies and over 10,000 employees worldwide. Bose Ventures is looking to invest in entrepreneurswho are focused in areas such as wearables – enabling technology or new digital experiences for wearables, wellness – innovative products, technologies or digital experiences to help people live healthier and more engaged lives, and audio – connected digital experiences and innovative applications for audio.Previously, Steve Romine served as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Bose Corporation. Steve joined Bose in 2005 and oversees the Intellectual Property Department at Bose, which is responsible for all patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, IP litigation, and licensing matters for Bose worldwide. Prior to Bose, Steve was in private practice at Fish & Richardson P.C. in Boston. Steve serves on the board of directors of Boystown New England, which provides an array of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Steve is also a former JAG officer in the United States Air Force. Steve received a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and a Juris Doctorate from Duke University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Wearables | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Social Impact | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aira | Called a Godsend by The New York Times, Aira is on a mission to make the world accessible anywhere, anytime. They provide on-remand, remote visual interpretation services for the blind and low vision community. Download the app, press a button and your phone's camera streams a live video to one our highly screened Visual Interpreters. | $20M | Series B | Dec 21, 2018 |  |
| Signature Medical | Signature Medical is a digital healthcare company offering innovative solutions focused on value-based healthcare initially focused on heart failure. It is dedicated to improving outcomes while reducing costs in high-value, large underserved markets using proprietary cloud-based and wearable technology. | $2.5M | Series A | Jul 26, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Audicus

VC Fund · New York, United States

Audicus is a disruptive e-commerce startup that has completely changed the hearing aids industry by offering high-tech, affordable hearing aids online. Since June 2012, Audicus has saved consumers more than $20 million.Hearing aids traditionally cost up to $7,000 per pair and aren't covered by insurance. That's why 75% of the 40million Americans with hearing loss don't have hearing aids.By eliminating intermediaries, Audicus offers state-of-the-art hearing aids for prices that are 80% lower. Audicus hearing aids are manufactured in Germany and are customized based on someone's hearing test results.Audicus has recently introduced a personal sound amplification product (PSAP), the Solo. The Solo is great for occasional use in difficult listening environments like noisy restaurants or in crowds. Users can download the Audicus Tuner app on an iPhone or iPad and submit their preferences to Audicus. Audicus will then send them a personalized Solo.

2 contacts available at Audicus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patrick Freuler | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-freuler |
| Steve Romine | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-romine |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Romine invest in?

Steve Romine invests primarily in Internet, Software and Wearables startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Steve Romine last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Romine closed in Dec 2018. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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