SHC Stolle & Heinz Consultants GmbH & Co. KG

What SHC Stolle & Heinz Consultants GmbH & Co. KG does

SHC Stolle & Heinz Consultants GmbH & Co. KG (operating as SHC Group) is a German innovation consultancy founded in 2007 and headquartered in Augsburg, organized around four business divisions. SHC+CONSULTING delivers strategy, product management, product design, development support, and marketing services. SHC+CARE supplies digital products and consulting for German health networks, including physical and digital credentials such as health professional cards (Heilberufsausweise) integrated with the national Telematics Infrastructure (Telematikinfrastruktur). SHC+SOLUTIONS builds scalable software products and platforms, and VAS Cloud provides cloud-based value-added services for point-of-sale terminals and vending machines, enabling bidirectional onboarding of frontends and services.

The company serves two primary customer groups: leading providers in the digital payments industry and actors within the German healthcare system. Its go-to-market is enterprise-focused and direct, with four go-to-market channels aligned to each division. Revenue is generated through a mix of professional services engagements, recurring software subscriptions, usage-based digital services via VAS Cloud, and healthcare product sales. Customers and contracts are not publicly named and pricing is not disclosed.

Technical infrastructure centers on the VAS Cloud platform, which abstracts frontend-service interoperability for POS and vending deployments, and on SHC+SOLUTIONS software products that productize consulting IP. No API, SDK, AI/ML modalities, patents, certifications, or external funding rounds are publicly disclosed. The operating geography is the DACH region, with website content delivered in German and English.

Name

SHC Stolle & Heinz Consultants GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

SHC Stolle & Heinz Consultants GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://stolleundheinz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SHC Group is a German innovation consultancy, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Augsburg, operating four divisions (SHC+CONSULTING, SHC+CARE, SHC+SOLUTIONS, VAS Cloud) that serve leading digital payment providers and German healthcare system actors with consulting, software platforms, and POS/vending digital services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Augsburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SHC+Consulting Services: Innovation consulting services including innovation strategies, product management, product design, development support, and marketing services for payment and healthcare providers
2. SHC+CARE Products and Services: Healthcare products and consulting services for health networks including digital solutions for the German healthcare system
3. SHC+SOLUTIONS Software Platforms: Scalable software products and platforms sold to enterprise customers
4. VAS Cloud Digital Services: Digital value-added services at point-of-sale and vending machines, enabling rapid deployment of new services

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SHC Stolle & Heinz Consultants GmbH & Co. KG is an independent innovation consulting company offering strategic consulting, product management, product design, development support, and marketing services to leading providers in the digital payments and digital healthcare sectors. The company operates four business divisions—SHC+CONSULTING, SHC+CARE, SHC+SOLUTIONS, and VAS Cloud—covering advisory services, healthcare products, scalable software platforms, and cloud-based digital value-added services for point-of-sale and vending machines.

Product overview

SHC Group operates as a multi-division innovation consultancy with four distinct business units. SHC+CONSULTING provides strategic consulting, product management, and development support. SHC+CARE focuses on healthcare digitization products including health professional cards. SHC+SOLUTIONS develops scalable software products and platforms. VAS Cloud delivers cloud-based digital services for retail point-of-sale and vending machine environments. The portfolio spans digital payment innovation and healthcare digitization services for the German market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SHC+CONSULTING: Innovative, individual and sustainable consulting services with highest customer satisfaction in digital payments and health markets
• SHC+CARE
• SHC+SOLUTIONS
• VAS Cloud

Products and services

• SHC+CONSULTING Innovation consulting division providing strategic consulting services, product management, product design, development support, and marketing services for digital payment and healthcare solutions, targeting leading providers in both sectors.
• SHC+CARE Healthcare division offering reliable, secure, and high-quality products and consulting services for health networks, supporting digitization of the German healthcare system through digital health services and integration with the Telematics Infrastructure. Includes e-health professional cards (Heilberufsausweise).
• SHC+SOLUTIONS Software division developing innovative, outstanding, and scalable software products and platforms for the SHC Group and its customers, with a focus on customizability and configurability.
• VAS Cloud Cloud-based value-added services platform enabling instant use of new services with all connected frontends and instant use of new frontends with all associated services, targeting retail point-of-sale and vending machines. Provides fast, cost-effective and highly scalable digital services.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Telematics Infrastructure (German Healthcare)coreOthersSHC Group operates within the German healthcare Telematics Infrastructure (TI), developing digital health services and solutions integrated with this national healthcare digital infrastructure.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• NTT Data: Global IT services provider with a strong German footprint and dedicated banking and healthcare industry practices. Comparable to SHC as a broader incumbent competing for enterprise digital transformation work in payments and health.
• Atos: European-headquartered IT services firm with significant operations in Germany and practices in financial services and healthcare. Comparable to SHC as a broader incumbent targeting the same enterprise digitalization spending.
• Capgemini: Global consulting and technology services firm with a strong German presence and dedicated practices in financial services and healthcare. Comparable to SHC as a broader incumbent competing for the same enterprise digital transformation mandates.
• Sopra Steria: European IT consulting and services firm with significant German operations and vertical practices in banking and healthcare. Comparable to SHC as a broader incumbent serving similar enterprise clients across DACH.
• T-Systems (Deutsche Telekom): ICT services arm of Deutsche Telekom with dedicated German healthcare and public-sector digitalization practices. Comparable to SHC because of its involvement in German healthcare infrastructure projects and enterprise IT delivery in DACH.
• Accenture: Global consulting and technology firm with deep industry practices in financial services and health. Comparable to SHC as a broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise innovation and digital transformation mandates, albeit at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• msg: German IT consultancy with strong practices in both financial services and healthcare, including insurance and public-sector digitalization. Directly comparable to SHC given its overlapping vertical focus (payments + health) and German market footprint.
• GFT Technologies: German-headquartered IT consulting and software firm focused on financial services and digital transformation. Comparable to SHC because of its similar German base, financial-services consulting practice, and proprietary software products sold alongside advisory services.
• adesso SE: German IT services and consulting company with industry-specific solutions across banking, insurance and healthcare. Comparable to SHC because of its verticalized consulting-plus-product model and core focus on the German-speaking market.
• Arvato (Bertelsmann): Bertelsmann subsidiary providing financial services and customer relationship solutions, including payment processing and digital health services. Comparable to SHC because of its payment-industry solutions and emerging health-services offerings in the DACH region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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