Say Hi

What Say Hi does

Say Hi is a boutique brand and design agency headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2014 and operating under the legal entity GEHRT MÜLLER & FINCK GmbH with Marcus Finck and Tobias Gehrt as managing directors. The firm offers an integrated three-pillar service model covering brand strategy (business and product strategy, business model development, startup ideation), brand design (corporate design, illustration, communication design, product design, web design, UX/UI design), and brand development (animation, e-commerce, mobile app development, social media, web development). It serves a deliberately cross-vertical portfolio — fashion and retail (New Yorker), hospitality (Hotel Zweite Heimat), sports media and equipment (Head Snowboards, SKLZ, HEADIS, Eintracht Braunschweig, Spox, Rheinfussball), government (German Federal Ministry for the Environment), automotive (Fiat), e-commerce (zopfball on Magento), legal/recruitment (Clavisto), and startups (Viva La Date) — with named enterprise and government clients anchoring its public case-study portfolio.

The technical stack is a standard agency combination: PHP, WordPress, Typo3 CMS, and Magento for e-commerce, alongside responsive web design, animation, and mobile application development. The firm augments delivery capacity through an external development partner, nakami lounge, used for programming and technical implementation on projects such as the Clavisto website relaunch and Hotel Zweite Heimat's responsive site. Beyond client services, Say Hi has independently originated two proprietary products — the SO RUM premium rum brand concept (seeking a production and distribution partner) and the Viva La Date dating platform built in PHP — which function more as capability demonstrations and side initiatives than as material revenue lines.

The business model is professional services revenue billed per project engagement across the full brand lifecycle, with no publicly disclosed pricing, no SaaS or recurring product revenue, and no institutional investment. Client acquisition is sales-led and direct, driven primarily by the portfolio website (say-hi.de) which doubles as social proof and lead generation. The firm is privately held, founder-operated, and confined operationally to the German domestic market, with no identified funding rounds, M&A activity, or expansion beyond Hamburg.

Name

Say Hi

Legal name

GEHRT MÜLLER & FINCK GmbH

Website

https://say-hi.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Say Hi is a Hamburg-based boutique brand and design agency offering integrated brand strategy, design, and digital development services to enterprise, government, and startup clients across fashion, hospitality, sports, and other verticals in Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Brand and Design Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Naming & Verbal Identity (Taglines, Messaging) (MPAAAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Naming & Verbal Identity (BPAFAEAB)

Keywords

• Brand strategy
• Corporate design
• Web design
• Creative agency
• Product design

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services (Brand Strategy, Design & Development): Say Hi generates revenue by providing brand strategy, corporate design, web design, web development, product design, and communication design services on a project basis. Services are billed per project engagement, covering the full brand lifecycle from identity and design through to digital development and brand experience.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Say Hi is a boutique brand and design agency that provides brand strategy, corporate design, web design, web development, product design, and communication design services on a project basis. The agency also develops its own branded products, including the SO RUM premium rum concept and the Viva La Date dating platform built in PHP.

Product overview

Say Hi is a brand and design agency (Marken- und Design-Agentur) offering a holistic suite of services across strategy, design, and development. The agency organizes its offerings into three pillars: Brand Strategy (Business & Product Strategy, EKS, Business Model Development, Startup Idea Development), Brand Design (Corporate Design, Illustration, Communication Design, Product Design, Web Design, UX/UI Design), and Brand Development (Animation, Digital-Check, E-Commerce, Mobile App Development, Social Media, Web Development). Beyond client services, the agency has also developed its own branded products, including the SO RUM premium rum concept (product concept, design, packaging, web design/development) and the Viva La Date dating platform (independently built in PHP). The portfolio spans microsites, corporate design systems, e-commerce shops, print communications, and digital platforms, built on various technology stacks including WordPress, Typo3, and Magento depending on project requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SO RUM: A rum product concept and design project developed by Say Hi as their own brand initiative.

Products and services

• Brand Strategy Strategy services covering business and product strategy, brand strategy (EKS), business model development, and startup idea development for organisations building or evolving their brand positioning.
• Brand Design Design services spanning corporate design, illustration, communication design, product design, web design, and UX/UI design for clients across fashion, hospitality, sports, media, government, and other verticals.
• Brand Development Digital development services including animation, e-commerce (e.g., Magento shops), mobile app development, social media, and web development using PHP, WordPress, and Typo3 CMS for client projects.
• SO RUM An own-brand premium rum product concept created by Say Hi, covering product concept, product design, packaging, web design, and web development. The project was seeking a production and distribution partner at the time of the source.
• Viva La Date A proprietary dating platform independently developed in PHP by Say Hi, covering concept, design, and full-stack development.

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Kempertrautmann: Hamburg creative agency offering brand strategy, corporate design, and campaign work; same geography and similar mid-sized German positioning to Say Hi.
• KMS Team: International brand consultancy headquartered in Germany; comparable scope of brand strategy, identity, and experience design work for global enterprise clients.
• MetaDesign: Berlin-based brand consultancy with deep corporate identity and design heritage; directly comparable as a German strategy-and-design firm serving enterprise clients across sectors.
• Kolle Rebbe: Hamburg-based creative agency with brand strategy, design, and digital capabilities; same city, similar boutique size, and overlapping service portfolio as Say Hi.
• Scholz & Volkmer: Wiesbaden-based brand and digital agency; comparable as a German boutique combining corporate design with web/digital execution for enterprise clients.
• Strichpunkt: Stuttgart/Munich-based brand and design agency offering strategy, corporate design, and digital; comparable to Say Hi as a German boutique with a similar integrated brand-to-digital service model.

Broad incumbents

• Interbrand: Global brand consultancy with strong presence in Germany; comparable brand strategy and identity work but operating at significantly larger scale across geographies.
• Serviceplan Group: Large Munich-based agency group covering brand strategy, design, and digital; competes for the same German enterprise clients as Say Hi but at a much larger scale.
• Jung von Matt: Hamburg-headquartered creative agency with brand, design, and digital capabilities; same city and overlapping client verticals (fashion, automotive, FMCG) as Say Hi, but materially larger.
• Landor & Fitch: Global branding and design firm with a Frankfurt office; broader portfolio and international footprint, but overlapping brand strategy and corporate design services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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