Reafina

What Reafina does

Reafina GmbH is a privately held real estate holding company domiciled in Hamburg, Germany, established in 2012 as the property vehicle of a Hamburg-based entrepreneur family. The company operates as a buyer and seller of land and buildings in the Northern German real estate market, holding a portfolio of existing properties (Bestandsimmobilien) and developing new construction projects, with an explicit acquisition profile covering the Hamburg metropolitan region, Lübeck, Rostock, Bremen, Kiel, and the North Sea/Baltic Sea coast, and targeting transactions up to 20 million EUR on assets with realizable BGF from roughly 700 m².

The group's operating perimeter extends through two wholly-owned subsidiaries. REA Development GmbH provides project development, construction management, asset management, and property administration services not only for the group's own portfolio but also for external investors and developers, effectively monetizing internal capability through a third-party service line. REA Ventures operates as the family-backed startup and growth equity investor under the REA Gruppe umbrella, deploying owner capital into growth companies alongside the real estate operations. The holding is led by Geschäftsführer Nils Lensch-Franzen and Ann-Kathrin Romeike, with Hermann Nottorf additionally identified as managing director in supplementary leadership data.

Revenue mechanics are anchored in property appreciation, development gains, and rental income from owned assets, supplemented by project development and asset management fees earned by REA Development on third-party mandates. Distribution is sales-led and relationship-driven — direct contact via the corporate website, phone, and email, with LinkedIn as the sole identified social channel. There is no disclosed revenue figure, no external funding, no public market listing, and no visible AI/technology product layer; the company is a traditional real estate holding whose differentiation rests on family-owned patient capital, regional network density, and integrated development-to-asset-management execution across Northern Germany.

Name

Reafina

Legal name

REAFINA GmbH

Website

https://reafina.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Reafina GmbH is a privately held Hamburg-based real estate holding of an entrepreneur family that buys, sells, and develops land and buildings in Northern Germany, with project development services for external investors via subsidiary REA Development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Investment and Development: Reafina generates revenue through buying and selling land and buildings on the Northern German real estate market. Their portfolio includes existing properties and new construction project developments. Revenue is derived from property appreciation, development gains, and rental income from their holdings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

REAFINA GmbH is a real estate holding company for a Hamburg-based entrepreneur family that operates as buyer and seller of land and buildings on the Northern German property market. It holds a portfolio of existing properties and develops new construction projects in residential and commercial segments. Through its subsidiary REA Development, it extends its development expertise to external investors and developers, offering project search, object and location strategy, asset management, and property administration services.

Product overview

REAFINA GmbH is a real estate holding company operating as a unified structure with two main subsidiaries: REA Development provides real estate project development services including construction, asset management, and property administration for residential and commercial properties; and REA Ventures focuses on startup and growth equity investments. The core holding company manages its own portfolio of existing properties and new construction projects in the North German market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• REA Development: Real estate development subsidiary offering project management, construction for private clients, asset management, and property administration services to the REAFINA group and external investors.
• REA Ventures

Products and services

• REAFINA Real Estate Holding Core real estate holding activity of REAFINA GmbH — buying and selling existing properties and new construction projects in the Northern German market for the family's own portfolio. The company acquires land and buildings for long-term holding, development, and eventual disposition.
• REA Development Real Estate Development Services Project development, construction, asset management, and property administration services for residential and commercial real estate. Provides project search, object and location strategy, asset management, and property administration to external investors and developers in Northern Germany.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• REA Development GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerREA Development is a subsidiary of the REAFINA group that provides all services for successful realization of residential and commercial properties, including management and administration. They develop properties for private clients, their own portfolio, and support partners with project search, object and location strategies, asset management, and property management.
• REA VenturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnder the REA Ventures brand, the company bundles its business participations. They finance startups and participate in growth companies using the owner's capital, providing active strategic and operational support. REA Ventures operates under the same group as REAFINA.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Accentro Real Estate AG: Berlin-based German residential real estate company active in apartment building acquisitions, development, and tenant management. Comparable in being a transaction-driven German residential specialist.
• Becken Holding GmbH: Hamburg-based, privately held real estate developer with comparable focus on German residential and commercial projects. Similar family/private ownership profile and regional concentration make it the closest analogue to Reafina.
• Quantum Immobilien AG: German residential real estate company focused on portfolio acquisitions and development, with comparable mix of own-account holding and project development services. Operates in similar German regional markets.
• Wulff Holding GmbH: Northern German family-owned real estate holding active in acquisition, development, and management of properties. Closely comparable in scale, ownership structure, and Hamburg-centric geographic focus.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsche Wohnen SE: Major German residential real estate owner and developer with significant holdings in Northern Germany including Hamburg. Larger and listed, but directly comparable in product focus and geography.
• GEG German Estate Group AG: Frankfurt-based German real estate company focused on office, hotel, and residential assets with a development pipeline. Comparable in active German real estate development and ownership strategy.
• Vonovia SE: Europe's largest residential real estate company with deep German portfolio exposure. Serves as a broad incumbent comparable: same residential buy-and-hold-plus-develop thesis, vastly larger scale.
• TAG Immobilien AG: Listed German residential real estate company with a multi-regional portfolio of rental apartments. Broader geographic reach and public-market capital, but comparable in core residential acquisition and management activity.

Regional players

• SAGA Siedlungs-Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg: Hamburg's municipal housing company managing a large residential portfolio. Not a direct competitor for acquisitions, but operates in Reafina's core Hamburg metro market and is a structural reference point for regional residential dynamics.
• Lübecker Bauverein eG: Housing cooperative operating in Lübeck and the Schleswig-Holstein region. Operates in Reafina's preferred Northern German acquisition footprint with similar residential focus but via a cooperative ownership model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reafina-ag/?originalSubdomain=de

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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