textatelier.ch

Name

textatelier.ch

Legal name

textatelier

Website

https://textatelier.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Copywriting and Content Services

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Periodical Publishers (513120), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Content Production (Video, Design, Copy, Studio) (BPAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Corporate copywriting services
• Content marketing agency
• Corporate publishing services
• Multilingual content creation
• Public relations writing

Headquarters

HQ city

Biel

HQ country

Switzerland

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 copywriting and content services: Project-based professional services for copywriting, content marketing, corporate publishing, PR, advertising, ghostwriting, corporate language consulting, naming, and multimedia content. Revenue generated through project fees, retainers, and hourly engagements for clients across government, healthcare, education, and corporate sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

textatelier.ch is a small, founder-led text agency in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland that delivers professional copywriting and content services for B2B clients. A six-person team of senior journalists with 15+ years of experience produces content marketing, corporate publications, advertising copy, ghostwriting, PR/media work, naming, corporate language consulting, SEO-optimized web texts, museum exhibition texts, and multimedia content including podcasts and social media. Services are delivered through project fees, retainers, and hourly engagements, often in collaboration with partner agencies (Stämpfli, Republica, Franz&René) and specialist providers (Translingua for translation, Blue Box for audio).

Product overview

textatelier.ch is a small but refined text agency based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of text and content services organized around the core offering of professional writing. The main service categories include Content Marketing, Corporate Publishing, PR/Media Work, Advertising, Ghostwriting, Corporate Language Consulting, Naming, Multimedia Content (including Social Media and Podcasts), Web Texts (SEO-optimized), Museum Texts, and Easy Language translation. The agency also operates two sub-brands: brainbow (a creative network connecting cultural professionals with industry specialists) and weinchecker.ch (a wine blog). Services are delivered through a network of competent partners including advertising agencies, web designers, photographers, graphic designers, filmmakers, and translators. The agency emphasizes journalistic professionalism, strategic communication, and linguistic precision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• brainbow: A creativity network founded by textatelier that connects cultural professionals with industry experts
• weinchecker.ch

Products and services

• Content Marketing Journalistic-quality content that transports company knowledge through useful information, background, or entertainment for enterprise and institutional clients; focus on substance over promotional content.
• Corporate Publishing Periodic corporate communications with owned media, covering business reports, company brochures, mailings, and multilingual magazines in large print runs, from idea to realization.
• Medienarbeit/PR Press relations services including press releases, information letters, voting materials, media conferences, podiums, and discussion forums, with moderation and support for public appearances.
• Werbung/Advertising Advertising copywriting including slogans, posters, advertisements, banners, radio, TV, and online spots, with transcreation in French, Italian, English, and other languages for consistent cross-market results.
• Ghostwriting Ghostwriting services for executives and public figures covering speechwriting, lectures, text writing, and book manuscript editing to enable clients to shine at public appearances.
• Corporate Language Workshops Corporate language design including gender rules, wording, and sentence structure, with workshops for employees on corporate language and 'better writing' seminars.
• Naming Creative naming for products, services, or companies, delivering names, claims, headlines, and sublines in multiple languages via partnership with Translingua.
• Multimedia Content (Social Media and Podcast) Digital content services including podcasts, social media strategy, multilingual posts, videos, radio spots, and image films, with full project management or scoped conception and storytelling.
• Webtexte (Web Texts) SEO-optimized web texts designed for smartphone reading, including LLMO, GEO, and SEO optimization for search engines and AI-driven queries.
• Museumstexte (Museum Texts) Complex content bundled attractively in minimal space for museums and exhibitions, including wall texts, content screens, giveaways, children's offerings, explanatory films, audio guides, and podcasts.
• Einfache Sprache (Easy Language) Texts in Easy Language enabling participation for people with migration backgrounds, reading or learning difficulties, or disabilities; produced to the certified capito quality standard for barrier-free communication.

Quantifiable outcome

• Won WTO pitch for BAFU magazine 'die umwelt' against competitive agencies

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• brainbow.chcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerbrainbow is a creativity network founded by textatelier that connects cultural creators with industry professionals to develop more compelling ideas. It serves as textatelier's own innovation platform and creative network.
• weinchecker.chminorOthersA wine blog co-founded by Thorsten Kaletsch (textatelier founder) and Jürg Freudiger, featuring weekly wine reviews and opinions.
• Stämpfli KommunikationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunications agency, printing, and digital services provider. Key partner for joint client projects including magazines, publications, and corporate communications. Collaborated on BAFU magazine pitch and Insel Gruppe magazine.
• RepublicacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner360° communications agency based in Bern. Key partner for advertising campaigns including YB (Young Boys) and SCB (SC Bern) campaigns. Acts as lead agency with textatelier providing copywriting.
• Franz&RenémajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner agency for BAFU magazine 'die umwelt' (won via WTO pitch) and BFE campaign 'MakeHeatSimple'. Textatelier provides copywriting support to this agency.
• Translingua AGmajorTechnology or IntegrationSwiss translation bureau providing language services including naming, claims, and multilingual content. Key partner for transcreation and translation work across multiple languages.
• ProAct Marketing AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMarketing and management support services, part of the partner network for additional capacity.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stämpfli Kommunikation: Major Swiss communications, publishing, and digital services group headquartered in Bern. Comparable as a long-standing textatelier partner on BAFU and Insel Gruppe projects, but operates at much broader scale across printing, digital, and corporate publishing.
• Wirz Group: One of Switzerland's largest independent advertising agencies. Comparable as a Swiss communications services competitor but at significantly larger scale with full media, digital, and production capabilities.
• Thjnk Zürich: Swiss branch of the German independent creative network Thjnk. Overlaps with textatelier in advertising, naming, and corporate communications but operates as part of an international network.
• Serviceplan Suisse: Swiss operations of Europe's largest independent agency group. Comparable as a competitor in content marketing, corporate publishing, and advertising services, though at significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Jung von Matt/Limmat: Swiss branch of the internationally recognized Jung von Matt creative network. Overlapping capability set with textatelier (advertising, content, corporate publishing) but operates as part of a global network at materially larger scale.
• Republica: 360° communications agency in Bern working on campaigns for YB, SC Bern, and other institutional clients. textatelier is embedded as specialist copywriter, but Republica operates as a broader full-service agency with media planning and creative direction.

Direct peers

• Feinheit: Swiss digital and communications agency with strong content and storytelling capabilities. Comparable as a similarly-sized Swiss creative firm combining copywriting, content strategy, and digital execution for institutional clients.
• Franz&René: Bern-based creative agency partnering with textatelier on BAFU and BFE campaigns. Comparable as a Swiss creative boutique that relies on specialist copywriting resources for government and institutional clients.
• Hotzbrand: Independent Swiss branding and communications agency with comparable mid-sized positioning. Comparable as a peer Swiss creative agency serving institutional and corporate clients with similar full-service communications offerings.
• Ruf Lanz: Small, independent Swiss creative agency known for distinctive copywriting and advertising craft. Directly comparable as a small Swiss text-and-creative boutique serving premium Swiss clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/miangeschrieben

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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