Haferkater

What Haferkater does

Haferkater is a German quick-service food and beverage operator founded in 2015, headquartered in Berlin, specializing in traditional Scottish-style porridge — vegetarian-vegan by default — paired with coffee drinks such as cappuccino. It currently operates a single permanent retail store located at Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Abgang zu Gleis 1), featuring a sizable seating area, a reading corner, and a children's play area designed to convert station dwell time into dwell spend. The menu is intentionally narrow and centered on a single hero product (porridge with custom toppings) plus coffee, with all packaging compostable as part of a sustainability-led positioning.

The business model combines direct-to-consumer retail at a high-traffic transportation hub with a franchise/licensed-operator channel for growth. Revenue is generated primarily through point-of-sale transactions at the Berlin Hauptbahnhof store, with travel and commuter foot traffic as the dominant customer segment, supplemented by plant-based-diet consumers seeking vegetarian-vegan breakfast options. Expansion is signaled through an active franchise recruitment page rather than aggressive corporate-store rollout, suggesting a capital-light scaling strategy. Leadership comprises CEO Anna Schubert and Co-Founder & Co-CEO Leandro Burguete. The company has raised modest disclosed capital to date (notably a $25K seed from DB Accelerator in 2016 and a 2021 strategic round involving Katjes Greenfood and Zentis North America LLC), with no public listing, no disclosed institutional venture backing, and no parent company.

There is no proprietary technology platform, app, or digital product surface beyond a marketing and franchise-recruitment website; AI, APIs, integrations, and proprietary models are not present in any source material. Operational scale is limited to roughly 51-100 employees across current activities, with the 2025 permanent Berlin Hauptbahnhof store representing both the company's flagship and its primary revenue concentration point — making geographic and revenue diversification dependent on the success of the franchise pipeline rather than on near-term corporate expansion.

Name

Haferkater

Legal name

Haferkater

Website

https://haferkater.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Haferkater operates a single permanent Berlin Hauptbahnhof quick-service restaurant serving traditional vegetarian-vegan Scottish porridge and coffee to travelers, commuters, and plant-based-diet consumers, with growth via a national franchise program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Café / Breakfast Quick-Service Restaurant

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Health-Focused Cafes (Organic/Vegan/Wellness) (THAFADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dessert Cafes (Coffee + Desserts) (THAFADAH), Plant-Based & Vegan Fast Casual (THAFABAK)

Keywords

• Porridge cafe
• Coffee shop
• Vegetarian breakfast
• Plant-based cafe
• Travel hub dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Food and beverage retail: Revenue generated from selling porridge and coffee directly to consumers at physical store locations. The company offers toppings for porridge and various coffee drinks including cappuccino.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Haferkater operates a café at Berlin Hauptbahnhof selling traditional Scottish-style porridge with customizable toppings alongside coffee beverages (including cappuccino). The menu is entirely vegetarian-vegan, uses compostable packaging and is served in a space with generous seating, a reading corner and a children's play area. Beyond the café, the company offers a franchise program allowing partners to open Haferkater locations in other cities.

Product overview

Haferkater is a German porridge and coffee restaurant chain offering traditional Scottish porridge with customizable toppings alongside coffee beverages. The company operates physical retail stores and provides a franchise program for expansion. Their product portfolio centers on Porridge & Kaffee (Porridge & Coffee) as the core offering, with stores as the primary distribution channel and franchise partnerships as a growth vehicle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Porridge & Kaffee (Porridge & Coffee) Traditional Scottish-style porridge with customizable toppings served alongside coffee beverages such as cappuccino; the full menu is vegetarian-vegan and offered to walk-in café customers.
• Haferkater Store (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) Company-operated physical café at Berlin Hauptbahnhof serving porridge, toppings and coffee with seating, reading corner and children's play area for travelers and commuters.
• Haferkater Franchise Program

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Haferkater

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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