LINEAS

What LINEAS does

LINEAS Systeme GmbH is a single-practitioner consulting and coaching firm registered in Braunschweig, Germany, operating under the leadership of Dr. Michael Goldapp as sole managing director (Geschäftsführer). The firm delivers one-on-one advisory engagements to early-stage founders — with a stated emphasis on participants in the German federal EXIST Gründungsstipendium program — covering business development, digitalization planning, pitch preparation, and M&A transaction support including participations and company sales. There is no software product, proprietary platform, or recurring technology offering; the entire deliverable is the personal advisory time of Dr. Goldapp.

The underlying "technology" is purely human: no core platform, SDK, API, or productized methodology is described on the company's website, and no patents, certifications, or partnerships have been disclosed. The website is a minimal WordPress presence (the most recent content is a default "Hello world!" post dated 29 June 2024), and Dr. Goldapp's LinkedIn profile functions as the principal public digital touchpoint. AI is listed among Dr. Goldapp's stated areas of expertise, but no concrete AI capability, model, or data asset is described.

Commercially, LINEAS operates as a bespoke professional services practice: revenue is generated through individually scoped consulting, coaching, and M&A advisory mandates booked directly with the managing director, with no published pricing, no subscription or product revenue, no resellers, and no channel partners. Go-to-market is community-led and reputation-driven within the German startup and EXIST ecosystems, with all client engagement conducted on a direct, one-to-one basis. Target buyers are early-stage founders and mid-market owner-operators seeking strategic advisory; no customer logos, enterprise contracts, or recurring accounts are publicly disclosed.

Name

LINEAS

Legal name

LINEAS Systeme GmbH

Website

https://lineas.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LINEAS Systeme GmbH is a Braunschweig-based, sole-practitioner consulting firm led by Dr. Michael Goldapp that provides coaching, pitch training, and M&A advisory services to German early-stage founders, including EXIST-Gründer scholarship recipients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Braunschweig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting and Advisory Services: Revenue is generated through one-on-one consulting engagements, coaching sessions, and advisory mandates. Services include startup coaching, mentor services for EXIST-gründer, pitch training, and M&A transaction advisory. No recurring subscription or product-based revenue is described.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

LINEAS Systeme GmbH is a consulting and coaching practice led by Dr. Michael Goldapp that provides one-on-one advisory services to startup founders and businesses. Core offerings include startup coaching and mentorship (particularly for EXIST-Gründer supported by the German government startup scholarship), pitch training, and advisory services for M&A transactions, equity participations, and company sales. The firm operates as a bespoke professional services practice rather than a product or software company.

Product overview

LINEAS Systeme GmbH is a consulting firm led by Dr. Michael Goldapp offering business development advisory services. The company provides mentoring for EXIST-Gründer and start-ups, pitch training, and consultancy for M&A transactions, participations, and firm sales. The offering is a single-person consulting service rather than a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Startup Coaching and Mentorship One-on-one coaching and mentorship for startup founders, with a specialization in EXIST-Gründer (German government-backed startup founders), covering strategy and business development.
• Pitch Training Coaching service to prepare startup founders for investor pitches and presentations.
• M&A and Company Sale Advisory Advisory services for M&A transactions, equity participations (Beteiligungen), and company sales (Firmenverkäufe) for founders and business owners.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Global management consultancy active in strategy, M&A and private-equity advisory. Overlaps with LINEAS on M&A transaction advisory and digitalization strategy, though Bain serves much larger clients and mandates.
• KPMG Advisory: Big-Four advisory practice offering M&A, deal advisory and strategy services to German mid-market companies. Comparable for transaction advisory work, with integrated tax, valuation and deal-execution support LINEAS does not provide.
• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consulting firm advising founders, corporates and PE on strategy, digitalization and M&A. Overlaps with LINEAS on startup and Mittelstand strategy advisory, but operates a heavily leveraged team model rather than a solo practice.
• EY-Parthenon: Strategy and transactions arm of EY, providing M&A advisory and growth-strategy consulting. Comparable to LINEAS on M&A and equity-transaction advisory ('Beteiligungen, Firmenverkäufe'), but serving a markedly larger client set with a global platform.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global strategy consulting firm with deep digitalization and growth-advisory practices targeting German Mittelstand and growth-stage companies. Directly comparable to LINEAS on strategic advisory to founders and business owners, though at very different scale.
• Roland Berger: German-headquartered global management consulting firm providing strategy and M&A advisory to mid-market and large corporates. Comparable to LINEAS for strategy and transaction-advisory work, but at far greater scale and with a team-based delivery model.

Direct peers

• Oaklins: Global mid-market M&A advisory with member firms across Germany. Comparable for Beteiligungen/Firmenverkauf services, though operates as a partnership network rather than as an individual advisor.
• Lincoln International: Global mid-market investment bank focused on M&A advisory, with a strong German Mittelstadt franchise. Closest comparable in terms of serving German SMB founders on company sales and equity transactions, but operates a multi-bank team rather than a sole practitioner.
• Clairfield International: International mid-market M&A advisory firm with significant German coverage, advising on company sales and Beteiligungen. Comparable to LINEAS on its M&A/Verkauf advisory offering for German SMB founders.

Others

• High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF): German seed-stage VC fund and ecosystem participant supporting technology startups, closely tied to the EXIST program. Not a competitor, but operates in the same founder ecosystem where LINEAS provides coaching and pitch training to EXIST-Gründer.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lineasit

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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