For co-investors and industrial partners
Technology risk is easier to carry when engineers have assessed it first.
STI co-invests, transaction by transaction, with industrial companies, family offices and other investors in technology companies, intellectual property and special situations. Technical due diligence and post-deal execution can be carried out by engineers from our group.
Investment thesis
Value sits where research, IP and industry meet – and is often mispriced when a company is in difficulty.
Deep technology is often under-used because market validation is weak, IP is poorly structured or the company behind it lacks capital. In difficulty, the gap between what a technology is worth to an informed owner and what it fetches in a hurried sale can be large.
STI works in that gap: we assess the technology ourselves, put the IP in order and give it an industrial next step.
What we bring to a transaction
- Opportunities from founders, research teams, insolvency practitioners and EU consortia
- Engineering due diligence by our group companies
- IP due diligence: chain of title, encumbrances, freedom to operate
- Post-deal execution: industrialisation, pilots, licensing
- Several exit routes: licensing and royalties, trade sale, spin-off, strategic partnership
Partnership
Where we work with industrial partners and co-investors
Technology companies
Early and growth-stage companies with protectable IP.
IP portfolios
Acquired patent families developed for licensing or sale.
Special situations
Rescue investments and purchases in restructurings and insolvency procedures, typically EUR 20,000 to EUR 2 million; larger transactions with partners.
Research results
Results from universities and EU projects on their way to a first product.
Co-investment terms
Agree the transaction before committing
Each co-investment is assessed and agreed separately, in writing. The terms set out the capital commitments, ownership and decision rights; who carries out and pays for technical review and post-deal work; any services or fees involving STI group companies; conflicts of interest; reporting; and the available routes to licensing, sale or another exit.
Each partner carries out its own due diligence and takes its own advice. Technology and execution risks remain, and invested capital can be lost. No exit or return is guaranteed.
Important. STI invests its own capital. It does not manage funds or pooled investments for others, and nothing on this website is an offer of securities or of an investment product. Co-investors invest directly, in their own name, in each transaction they choose to join.