Digital.Wolff, Plötz & Co

What Digital.Wolff, Plötz & Co does

Digital.Wolff, Plötz & Co GmbH is a Berlin-based digital technology company founded in December 2017 as a family-owned GmbH, operating a dual-vertical platform spanning digital donation infrastructure and IT-security services. The donation business — anchored by the digitalespende.de sub-brand — bundles proprietary hardware devices (Digitaler Klingelbeutel, Digitale Spendensäule, Digitaler Spendenpunkt, Digitale Spendenbüchse, Digitale Spendendose, Digitaler Opferstock, Full-Screen Spendensäule) with software layers (spende.app, kollekte.app, kollekte.digital, spende.tap, veranstaltung.app, kirchgeld.digital) and automated accounting interfaces, enabling cashless donations via girocard, credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and NFC/SEPA. The IT-security vertical delivers Blocktree (a blockchain-derivative data-integrity verification method), code audits and red-teaming, and high-security software development for industry and telecom clients.

The company makes money through six revenue streams: hardware device sales, transaction/processing fees as a commercial payment network operator, white-label banking and payment licensing, IT-security professional services, software subscriptions (spende.app, kollekte.digital), and ESG-compatible managed banking solutions. Distribution combines direct B2B sales, an integrated partner network (IT-security firms adesso, CIPHRON, KRITIS & Cyber, p3ki plus banking partners Evangelische Bank, Pax-Bank, Berliner Sparkasse, Weberbank), and self-serve e-commerce via digitalespende.de. Pricing is largely quote-based for enterprise solutions, with a free spende.app tier for NGOs (introduced July 2024) and freemium/subscription packaging for the SaaS products.

Customer concentration is split across five verticals: churches and religious organizations (primary, with pre-loaded collection plans for all German state churches and dioceses), NGOs and non-profits (primary, with 100+ named spende.app partners), cultural institutions (Berlin Zoo, Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin), industrial/telecom firms (security services), and complex organizations requiring ESG-compatible banking integrations. The company operates from Berlin and Brandenburg with 11-50 employees, remains bootstrapped and founder-controlled (Dr. Martin C. Wolff, Henryk Plötz, and Hannah Jo Wolff as co-managing directors), and emphasizes German server infrastructure and GDPR-by-design as core positioning.

Name

Digital.Wolff, Plötz & Co

Legal name

digital! Wolff, Plötz & Co GmbH

Website

https://digitalwolff.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Berlin-based, family-owned digital payment and IT-security firm serving German churches, NGOs, cultural institutions, and banks with proprietary cashless donation hardware (Klingelbeutel, Spendensäule), spende.app/kollekte.digital software, Blocktree data-integrity tech, and white-label banking solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Payment Solutions

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Payments & Money Movement (ACH/SEPA/FPS, Bill Pay, P2P) (FSAGAAAF)

Keywords

• Cashless donation solutions
• Digital payment hardware
• Church collection software
• IT security consulting
• Blockchain data integrity

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Payment Device Sales: Sale of hardware products including Digitaler Klingelbeutel, Digitale Spendensäule, Digitale Spendendose, Digitaler Spendenpunkt, and Digitale Spendenbüchse. Custom hardware solutions from prototype to series production.
2. Transaction/Processing Fees: Payment processing fees for digital donation transactions through the payment infrastructure. Revenue from merchant services as commercial network operator.
3. White-Label Solutions: Banking and payment solutions sold as white-label products to other organizations for customization and rebranding.
4. IT Security Consulting & Audits: Security consulting, code reviews, security architecture development, and red teaming services for industrial and telecommunications clients.
5. Software Subscriptions: spende.app and kollekte.digital platforms with accounting portals and reporting features for ongoing donation management.
6. Banking Solutions: ESG-compatible banking solutions for businesses and NGOs including process digitization, accounting automation, and payment module integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Digital.Wolff, Plötz & Co develops, manufactures, and sells cashless donation hardware (Digitaler Klingelbeutel, Digitale Spendensäule, Spendendose, Spendenbüchse, Spendenpunkt, Opferstock) and accompanying software platforms (spende.app, kollekte.app, kollekte.digital, spende.tap) for churches, NGOs, and cultural institutions. The company also provides IT security services including Blocktree data integrity technology, code audits, high-security software development, red-teaming, and ESG-compatible white-label banking/payment solutions for complex organizations.

Product overview

Digital.Wolff, Plötz & Co is a Berlin-based technology company offering a comprehensive portfolio of digital payment and security solutions. The offering is organized as a platform-plus-products architecture anchored by the digitalespende.de brand, which covers the complete digital donation process chain. Hardware products include the Digitaler Klingelbeutel (digital collection bag), Digitale Spendensäule (donation column), Digitale Full-Screen-Spendensäule (full-screen variant), Digitale Spendendose (donation box), Digitale Spendenbüchse (NFC-enabled donation tin), Digitaler Spendenpunkt (NFC donation point), and Digitaler Opferstock (digital offering box). Software products include spende.app (online donations), kollekte.app (church online collection), spende.tap (tap-to-pay solution), veranstaltung.app (ticketing), kirchgeld.digital (church contribution software), Digitales Kollektenbuch (monthly collection reports), and kollekte.digital (central management portal). IT security offerings comprise Blocktree (blockchain alternative for data integrity), Code-Audit services, High-Security-Software development, and Red-Teaming/attack simulation. Banking and accounting services include White Label Payment Solutions, Abrechnung (billing), and ESG-compatible Bankinglösungen. All solutions emphasize GDPR-compliant design with server infrastructure in Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• digitalespende.de: A brand specializing in the entire process chain for digital donations, including electronic payment devices (Digitaler Klingelbeutel, Digitale Spendendose, Digitale Spendensäule), online donations (kollekte.app, spende.app), ticketing (veranstaltung.app), and software for voluntary church donations (kirchgeld.digital).
• kollekte.digital

Products and services

• Digitaler Klingelbeutel (Digital Collection Bag) Electronic payment device for church services enabling cashless donations via Girocard, credit card, Google Pay, or Apple Pay without PIN entry. Supports contactless payments up to 50 euros in one-euro increments alongside traditional cash donations.
• Digitale Spendensäule (Digital Donation Column) Robust stationary payment solution for high-traffic locations. Collects donations via Girocard, credit card, smartphone, and smartwatch, accepting amounts from 1 to 999 euros with contactless payment up to 50 euros and full-screen interactive touchscreen.
• Digitale Spendendose (Digital Donation Box) Digital collection device for collecting cashless donations at various venues and events, including door-to-door collections, pedestrian zones, and Christmas markets.
• Digitaler Spendenpunkt (Digital Donation Point) Affordable NFC-based donation point available in A6, A5, and A4 formats. Users tap NFC-enabled smartphones near the contact field to donate. Minimalist design for smaller budgets with customizable branding and donation thermometer.
• Digitale Spendenbüchse (Digital Donation Tin) Traditional tin can integrated with NFC tag that displays current donation status on smartphone and enables digital contributions within seconds. Supports all payment methods including cash, direct debit, credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
• spende.app Web-based online donation application enabling website visitors to donate conveniently via smartphone, tablet, or computer. Supports cashless online donations up to 999 euros in 1-euro increments with customizable design, accounting connectivity, donation certificates, and monthly reports.
• kollekte.app Online church collection tool enabling electronic collection of church donations via web application for participating congregations.
• kollekte.digital / Digitales Kollektenbuch Central portal for managing collection and donation terminals in one place. Includes pre-configured collection plans from various denominations, anonymous and data-protection-compliant operation, and direct financial accounting integration.
• spende.tap (Tap-to-Pay Donation) Tap-to-pay donation solution transforming NFC-enabled smartphones or tablets into digital donation terminals. Enables contactless donations via girocard, credit card, or mobile payment without additional hardware; ideal for events, campaigns, and street actions.
• veranstaltung.app Ticketing solution for events organized by nonprofits and charitable organizations.
• kirchgeld.digital Software solution for voluntary church contribution management and collection.
• Blocktree Digital infrastructure providing a highly efficient and secure method for data integrity verification. Enables quick, offline-capable, decentralized verification of individual data elements without transporting and checking the entire dataset; suitable for supply chain documentation, auditable records, plausibility checks, data backup, and file sharing.
• Code-Audit & Red-Teaming Security review service for software and hardware including source code and system architecture analysis to identify vulnerabilities. Includes Red-Teaming for attack simulation, open-source intelligence gathering, and manufacturer dependency verification.
• High-Security-Software Development Highly complex software development for industry and telecommunications at the highest security standards, formalizing security requirements as positive security goals and developing tailored security architectures.
• White-Label Payment Solutions / Bankinglösungen ESG-compatible banking and payment solutions sold as white-label products to other organizations for customization and rebranding. Includes process digitization, accounting automation, and payment module integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average monthly donation revenue of 709 EUR per digital donation column
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• adessominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIT services company shown as partner on Digital.Wolff website. Part of the partner network addressing IT security and cyber topics alongside customer-oriented programming and digital strategy.
• Evangelische BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStrategic banking partner for digital collection systems. Commissioned Digital.Wolff to develop EinfachBesuchen.app Corona guest list application. Long-standing partner for church donation solutions.
• Pax-BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCatholic banking partner for church donation solutions. Featured Digital.Wolff solutions in their magazine, including the Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin installation.
• Berliner SparkasseminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFeatured Digital.Wolff as customer portrait, highlighting creative and practical digitalization ideas for everyday use.
• WeberbankminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman savings bank (Sparkasse) that donated/funded digital donation column at Berlin Zoo. Featured in DISKURS magazine article.
• Spenden spenden e. V.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization allowing organizations to start donation collection immediately through a simplified setup process.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Funraise: Enterprise fundraising software for nonprofits offering donation forms, CRM, and peer-to-peer campaigns — comparable in target customer and core donation software functionality.
• Givebutter: Free fundraising and donor management platform for nonprofits, with online donation forms, event ticketing, and a donor CRM — comparable to the spende.app and kollekte.digital product suite.
• CharityEngine: All-in-one nonprofit CRM with built-in donation processing, accounting integration, and event tools — directly comparable in the integrated donation + accounting positioning that Digital.Wolff markets with kollekte.digital.
• Donorbox: Online donation platform for nonprofits that provides recurring giving forms, donation pages, and event ticketing — overlapping directly with Digital.Wolff's spende.app and veranstaltung.app offerings for the NGO and church verticals.

Broad incumbents

• SumUp: Contactless payment terminal provider serving SMBs across Europe — directly competitive with Digital.Wolff's hardware payment devices (Klingelbeutel, Spendensäule) at a much larger scale and broader market scope.
• Bonterra (Network for Good): Suite of nonprofit software products including fundraising, donor management, and grantmaking — overlaps with Digital.Wolff's donor/collection management and accounting integration positioning for NGOs.
• Stripe: Global payment processing platform widely used by nonprofits for online donations; offers Stripe Terminal for in-person payments. A much larger incumbent that competes for the same donation flow, though not specialized for church liturgy.
• Blackbaud (Altru / Raiser's Edge): Enterprise nonprofit software vendor with fundraising, CRM, and accounting modules used by large cultural and religious organizations — comparable in the integrated donation + accounting story, but at significantly greater scale and broader vertical coverage.

Emerging players

• GiveSendGo: Christian-focused crowdfunding and donation platform — overlaps with Digital.Wolff's religious vertical focus on donations, though primarily a US online-first platform without hardware terminals.

Regional players

• Twint: Swiss mobile payment platform enabling cashless donations and payments via smartphone — comparable product category (cashless donation/payment terminals) but serving a different national market from Digital.Wolff's Germany-only footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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