Instant, Design

What Instant, Design does

Instant, Design GmbH is a Vienna-based, full-service digital design agency operating since approximately 2002 from a single office at Schleifmühlgasse in Vienna's 4th district. The firm is independently owned by two shareholders — Alexander Berner (Managing Director) and Gerald Költringer — and is bootstrapped with no institutional investors or parent company. With a headcount of 8 (7 full-time employees and 1 freelancer), the agency delivers end-to-end media design across five core service lines: compact websites, performance websites, explainer videos, social games, and corporate design, spanning both digital (pixel) and print (raster dot) formats and both static and motion outputs.

The agency's underlying technology stack is a conventional digital-media production stack — web design and development, video production, interactive/HTML5-based social games, and corporate identity design — supported by standard third-party integrations including Google Analytics and Facebook social plugins. The firm has accumulated multiple Austrian and international creative awards, including CCA Venus, DMVÖ Columbus, International ARC Awards, Golden Drum, Deutscher Multimedia Award, John Caples International Award, and the Austrian Multimedia und e-Business Staatspreis, which it uses as positioning assets. Notable clients include T-Mobile Austria, Almdudler, Bäckerei Ströck, Autogott.at, Rita bringt's, the Österreichischer Segelverband, and Gabler Werbung Film.

The business model is project-based professional services: revenue is generated through direct client engagements for custom deliverables, with pricing quoted per project and varying by scope and complexity. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and domestic, relying on the agency website (instant.at) as a portfolio showcase, supplemented by a YouTube channel, a Facebook page, and a newsletter, with referrals likely contributing to pipeline given the award-winning case-study base. Customer segments are Austrian businesses and organizations across creative, telecommunications, food and beverage, automotive, non-profit, and government verticals, served exclusively from a single Vienna location with no disclosed international footprint.

Name

Instant, Design

Legal name

Instant, Design GmbH

Website

https://instant.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Instant, Design GmbH is a Vienna-based, bootstrapped full-service digital design agency with 8 employees serving Austrian clients across web, video, social games, and corporate design via project-based engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Visual Identity & Brand Design Systems (BPAFAEAC), Production Design & Art Department Services (Sets, Props, Scenic) (MPADAFAG)

Keywords

• Web design services
• Explainer video production
• Corporate design services
• Interactive media design
• Social game development

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Design and Digital Services: Project-based custom design services including compact websites, performance websites, explainer videos, social games, and corporate design. Revenue is generated on a per-project basis, likely through direct client engagements with quoted pricing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Instant, Design GmbH is a full-service digital design agency that conceives, designs and produces media for clients — from compact websites and high-performance online platforms, to explainer videos, interactive social media games, and corporate/visual identity design. The agency delivers end-to-end across digital (pixel) and print (raster dot) formats, in both static and motion media, handling projects from simple to complex scope for Austrian businesses, organizations and public institutions.

Product overview

Instant, Design GmbH is a Vienna-based digital design agency offering a portfolio of five interconnected service lines: Kompakte Websites (compact website solutions), Performance Websites (high-performance customized platforms), Erklärungsvideos (explainer videos), Social Games (interactive social games), and Design/Corporate Design services. The agency delivers services from concept to product, providing complete solutions for clients including the Austrian Sailing Association, Gabler advertising agency, Autogott.at, Rita bringt's vegetarian delivery service, and Ströck bakery. The company operates with 8 employees and has won multiple industry awards including CCA Venus, DMVÖ Columbus, Golden Drum Award, and the Multimedia und e-Business Staatspreis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kompakte Websites (Compact Websites) Compact website solutions designed to provide clients with a complete online presence and a customized package, enabling them to benefit from the sharing economy. Targeted at Austrian businesses and organizations needing a streamlined web presence.
• Performance Websites Tailored high-performance online platforms optimized for complex content and individual client requirements. Delivered for Austrian clients such as Autogott.at (a custom high-performance car-broker platform with vehicle configuration and filtering) and kW-A (a community platform with integrated points and payment system).
• Erklärungsvideos (Explainer Videos) Video content that explains complex topics in an engaging way through the combination of image, sound and information. Produced for clients such as T-Mobile Austria (Business division explainer), Billabuch (publishing project explainer) and the Nichtrauchen in Lokalen (non-smoking in establishments) government campaign.
• Social Games Interactive social media games that create emotional connections with companies and serve as memorable first impressions. Notable delivery includes a Facebook social game for Almdudler (Japanese cherry blossom theme where users load their own photo into selectable characters and throw water balloons at friends, with a trip to Tokyo as the prize).
• Design / Corporate Design Full-service design offering covering concept development, visual design, form, function and interaction design. Includes corporate identity work, such as the corporate design revision and new website delivered for Bäckerei Ströck (a Vienna bakery with more than 75 branches), as well as portfolio and overview websites for clients including Gabler Werbung Film, the Österreichischer Segelverband and net-value.

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hafenkrone: Austrian design and digital agency focused on brand, web, and interactive work. Direct competitor for the same mid-market and enterprise digital mandates.
• Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann: Long-established Vienna creative agency (DMB) competing for the same Austrian brand and digital briefs. Closely comparable in geography, client type, and full-service offering.
• Traktor (Traktor Werbeagentur): Vienna-based digital and creative agency with a comparable mix of brand, web, and content work. Direct peer in scale and target client type within Austria.
• Wien Nord: Austrian creative/digital agency working across brand, web, and content. Comparable boutique-scale competitor serving Austrian and DACH clients.
• DDB Wien: Vienna-based creative agency offering integrated digital, brand, and content services to Austrian clients. Direct head-to-head competitor for Austrian enterprise creative briefs.

Broad incumbents

• Jung von Matt: Major German-Austrian creative agency group with strong DACH presence. Operates across the same service categories (digital, brand, film, interactive) but at vastly larger scale; useful comparable for premium creative positioning.
• Scholz & Friends: German-headquartered creative agency with DACH reach across digital, brand, and film. Comparable service portfolio and award culture, with broader geographic footprint.
• Serviceplan Group: Large European integrated agency group. Comparable across digital, brand, and content categories, though operating at much broader scale across multiple countries.

Regional players

• Netural: Austrian digital agency with strengths in web platforms, digital strategy, and interactive work. Comparable digital-service focus within the Austrian market.
• Ressmann & Cie: Austrian creative agency with a focus on digital and brand work. Comparable service mix and Austrian geographic focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCaboht-D391UYg3foMMSyAg
• Facebookfacebook.com/InstantDesignGmbH
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instant-design-gmbh

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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