The Laundry

What The Laundry does

The Laundry is a privately held art gallery and café operating from a single 6,000-square-foot, two-floor venue at 3359 26th St. in San Francisco's Mission District. Founded in 2016 by co-founders Gianmatteo Costanza and Sara Ahmadian, the venue exhibits works by local emerging and established artists and runs public programming across fine and literary arts, music, comedy, and film. The space is fully ADA-accessible and includes four single-use gender-neutral restrooms and an ADA lift to the lower level. Beyond exhibitions, The Laundry rents four configurable gallery rooms (Salon, Theater, Upper Capp St., and a full buyout option with up to 210-person standing capacity) for private parties, corporate off-sites, film screenings, and workshops. The integrated Laundry Café operates daily from 8am to 3pm, serving single-origin coffee from 3-19 Coffee, pastries from Ladera Patisserie, and a rotating selection of beer and wine.

The business generates revenue across three streams: café unit sales with publicly listed pricing (espresso $3.25, latte $4.50, pastries $3.50–$6, beer and wine $7–$8), quote-based private event rentals, and exhibition-related revenue. Customer segments include art enthusiasts and the general public (primary), local artists (primary), private event hosts (secondary, including enterprises such as Sony's Future Lab, Adobe's Creative Residents program, and Cisco), and walk-in café customers. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, primarily promoted through Instagram (@thelaundrysf), Facebook (TheLaundrySF), the thelaundrysf.com website, and earned media in outlets such as Nob Hill Gazette, Art Zealous, and Engadget.

The company is a small, founder-led independent business with 1–10 employees and no disclosed external funding, parent company, or subsidiaries. Leadership consists of co-founders Gianmatteo Costanza and Sara Ahmadian, advisor Andrew Swerdlow (creative programming), and Artistic Director Katie Cooper. The Laundry holds no patents or trademarks and operates no proprietary technology platform — its offering is entirely physical and experience-based. Operating status is reported as active, though publicly visible activity signals in the input data are concentrated in the 2018–2019 period.

Name

The Laundry

Legal name

The Laundry Gallery

Website

https://thelaundrysf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Laundry is a privately held San Francisco art gallery and café in the Mission District that exhibits local emerging and established artists, runs public programming across visual and literary arts, music, comedy, and film, and rents four configurable gallery rooms for private events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Café Sales: The gallery operates a café offering coffee, espresso drinks, tea, pastries, and light food items, plus beer and wine. Revenue generated from walk-in customers and event attendees.
2. Private Event Rentals: The Laundry rents out its multi-use space (four galleries totaling 6,000 sq ft) for private parties, workshops, corporate off-sites, film screenings, and other events. Spaces can be booked separately or together.
3. Exhibition Revenue: Gallery exhibitions featuring local artists generate revenue through attendance and potentially art sales. Exhibitions span various dates throughout the year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Laundry is a multi-use art gallery and café in San Francisco's Mission District that exhibits works by local emerging and established artists, operates a specialty coffee café serving single-origin beans and pastries, and rents four configurable gallery spaces totaling 6,000 sq ft for private parties, workshops, corporate off-sites, and film screenings. Public programming spans fine arts, literary arts, music, comedy, and film. The venue has a maximum capacity of 200 people and is fully ADA accessible.

Product overview

The Laundry is a multi-use art gallery, café, and event space in San Francisco's Mission District. The core offering is The Laundry Gallery, which exhibits works by local emerging and established artists across 6,000 square feet over two floors. Supporting offerings include The Laundry Café (featuring coffee, tea, espresso, pastries, and beer & wine) and Private Event Spaces (four configurable gallery rooms for private rentals, including a SalonGallery, TheaterGallery, Upper Capp St. Gallery, and Full Buyout option). The venue also offers public programming in fine arts, literary arts, music, comedy, and film.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Laundry Gallery An art gallery exhibiting works by local emerging and established artists, spanning 6,000 square feet over two floors. Dedicated to promoting dialogue around the arts with public programming in fine and literary arts, music, comedy, and film. Open for gallery viewings by appointment.
• The Laundry Café A café located at the front of the gallery featuring single origin beans from 3-19 Coffee, pastries from Ladera Patisserie, and a rotating seasonal selection of beer and wine. Open from 8am-3pm everyday, serving walk-in customers and event attendees.
• Private Event Spaces Multi-use gallery spaces available for private parties, workshops, corporate off-sites, film screenings, and other events. Includes four distinct gallery spaces: Salon Gallery (40 seated/80 standing), Theater Gallery (85 seated/100 standing), Upper Capp St. Gallery (15 seated/25 standing), and Full Buyout option (210 standing). On-site staffing, A/V, beer and wine, coffee and tea, and furniture available.

Quantifiable outcome

• Exhibitions featured works by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin and artists exhibited at Victoria and Albert Museum in London
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• 3-19 CoffeeminorOthers3-19 Coffee supplies single origin beans for The Laundry Café, providing the coffee and espresso drinks offered to café customers.
• Ladera PatisserieminorOthersLadera Patisserie supplies pastries for The Laundry Café, complementing the coffee and espresso offerings.
• Reimagine End of LifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReimagine End of Life is a citywide festival creating culture and conversation around end of life processes. The Laundry participated as a venue for the 'Beyond The Ripples' exhibition, a group show exploring themes of vulnerability, loss, grief, and healing.
• SKD StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSKD Studio collaborated with The Laundry on the 'INVISIBLE' exhibition by Suzy Kellems Dominik, marking the artist's first solo exhibition in San Francisco.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheLaundrySF
• Instagraminstagram.com/thelaundrysf/?hl=en
• Xx.com/TheLaundrySF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-laundry

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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