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Backing tomorrow's hidden champions. 

WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

We support top teams on their journey to create successful, sustainable, and profitable businesses.

From founding until exit.

ABOUT US

Who we are.

We are a Cologne-based early-stage Venture Capital Fund. We back businesses with strong and steady growth over time across a wide range of industries and have the potential to become future hidden champions.

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ABOUT US

What we are looking for.

We search for startups with a robust business model and a clear path towards profitability. We like to compare these kinds of businesses to camels, because of their often overlooked, but incredible natural abilities allowing them to adapt to and survive in the most challenging environments.

We believe in camels.

Camels are fascinating animals able to achieve high top speeds while being extremly resilient and able to endure the most challenging conditions.
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JustWatch is a streaming guide with over 40M users that provides personalized recommendations for movies and TV shows and lets them see what’s new across their favorite streaming services. JustWatch uses its deep audience knowledge to run highly targeted marketing campaigns for streaming services.

2014

Founded

2018

Invested

MarTech

Sector

Berlin, DE

HQ

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Replique offers OEMs a digital platform to order 3D-printed spare parts for their B2B and B2C clients on demand, without obeying to minimum order quantities or long lead times. The IP of the OEMs remains protected through encryption on Replique’s platform and Replique’s direct access to the 3D printers of the connected external print farms all around the world.

2023

Founded

2023

Invested

IndustrialTech

Sector

Mannheim, DE

HQ

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OSPHIM is an Aachen-based spin-off from the Institute for Plastic Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen. The company has developed a software solution that integrates expert knowledge with AI-driven methods to optimize the highly complex process of injection molding.

2024

Founded

2025

Invested

IndustrialTech

Sector

Aachen, DE

HQ

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Baqend offers a software tool named "Speed Kit" that enhances website performance. The tool loads data from global cache networks and updates data in real-time, which accelerates website speed.

2014

Founded

2019

Invested

Enterprise SaaS

Sector

Hamburg, DE

HQ

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tilta is a B2B payment solution that helps merchants manage their accounts receivable and convert orders into cash - instantly. Tilta built the first end-to-end AI operating system that underwrites, finances, and collects accounts receivable on auto-pilot.

2022

Founded

2024

Invested

FinTech

Sector

Berlin

HQ

WHO WE BELIEVE IN

The ones who make it happen: Snapshots from our portfolio

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JustWatch is a streaming guide with over 40M users that provides personalized recommendations for movies and TV shows and lets them see what’s new across their favorite streaming services. JustWatch uses its deep audience knowledge to run highly targeted marketing campaigns for streaming services.

2014

Founded

2018

Invested

MarTech

Industry

2018

HQ

OSPHIM3.png

Replique offers OEMs a digital platform to order 3D-printed spare parts for their B2B and B2C clients on demand, without obeying to minimum order quantities or long lead times. The IP of the OEMs remains protected through encryption on Replique’s platform and Replique’s direct access to the 3D printers of the connected external print farms all around the world.

2023

Founded

2023

Invested

IndustrialTech

Industry

2023

HQ

OSPHIM3.png

OSPHIM is an Aachen-based spin-off from the Institute for Plastic Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen. The company has developed a software solution that integrates expert knowledge with AI-driven methods to optimize the highly complex process of injection molding.

2024

Founded

2025

Invested

IndustrialTech

Industry

2025

HQ

OSPHIM3.png

Baqend offers a software tool named "Speed Kit" that enhances website performance. The tool loads data from global cache networks and updates data in real-time, which accelerates website speed.

2014

Founded

2019

Invested

Enterprise SaaS

Industry

2019

HQ

OSPHIM3.png

tilta is a B2B payment solution that helps merchants manage their accounts receivable and convert orders into cash - instantly. Tilta built the first end-to-end AI operating system that underwrites, finances, and collects accounts receivable on auto-pilot.

2022

Founded

2024

Invested

FinTech

Industry

2024

HQ

WHO WE BELIEVE IN

The ones who make it happen: Snapshots from our portfolio

Osphim

OSPHIM is an Aachen-based spin-off from the Institute for Plastic Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen. The company has developed a software
solution that integrates expert knowledge with AI-driven methods to optimize the highly complex process of injection molding.

Founded: 2025

Headquarter: Aachen

Initial Investment: 2025

Replique

Replique offers OEMs a digital platform to order 3D-printed spare parts for their B2B and B2C clients on demand, without obeying to minimum order quantities or long lead times. The IP of the OEMs remains protected through encryption on Replique’s platform and Replique’s direct access to the 3D printers of the connected external print farms all around the world. This allows customers to “digitize” their warehousing while improving availability of their respective spare parts and drastically reducing working capital.

Founded: 2023

Headquarter: Mannheim

Initial Investment: 2023

JustWatch

Just Watch collects user profiles of millions of cinema goers and streamers to learn their individual movie taste. JustWatch uses this data to run highly efficient trailer campaignsfor movie studios, distributors, and VOD services.

Founded: 2014

Headquarter: Berlin

Initial Investment: 2018

WHO WE BELIEVE IN

The ones who make it happen: Snapshots from
our portfolio

Join our portfolio.

Send us your deck and pitch to us. We are always searching for talented founders with great ideas!
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

What's happening at STS Ventures

Testimonials

What our founders say about us.

We really enjoyed working together with STS. They brought in many key ideas and concepts which we are grateful for!

Marco Vietor,

Founder Audibene

We could not have achieved the great success alone. We highly recommend STS to every founder who wants to build a sustainable business!

Manuel Müller,

Founder Emma

STS is a very active investor. Their honest Feedback helped us along our entire entrepreneurial journey.

Christian Gaiser,

Founder kaufDA

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