Die Bäckerei Kulturbackstube

What Die Bäckerei Kulturbackstube does

Die Bäckerei — Kulturbackstube is an Austrian non-profit cultural association (Verein, ZVR 159775057) operating a 1,000m² multi-purpose cultural venue in the Dreiheiligen district of Innsbruck, housed in a historic former Therese Mölk bakery building originally established in 1920 and reopened as a cultural center in October 2010. The organization runs a year-round program of approximately 200 to 600 cultural events annually — including concerts, theater, poetry slams, comedy nights, workshops, and festivals — drawing over 25,000 visitors, alongside coworking and atelier spaces for roughly 50 members and seminar rooms equipped with professional AV. It also operates a self-service daytime café (Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00) and an evening bar (Thursday-Saturday 19:00-24:00), with no consumption requirement in the daytime café.

The venue hosts approximately 13 resident organizations and collectives across arts, culture, social entrepreneurship, climate activism, and community development, and the organization has built a project portfolio under sub-brands such as Wonderlab (a transformation hub), Hosting Transformation (a project partnership framework), and partnerships with initiatives including the CO-PED European energy community project, Alles Gute Festival, Botanica, and UploadSounds. Revenue is generated through a hybrid mix of ticketed events, recurring coworking subscriptions (booked via the Nexudus platform), transaction-based café/bar sales, venue and room rental fees, and diversified public-sector grants from the City of Innsbruck, the State of Tyrol, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts and Culture, and EU programs (Creative Europe, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps). The team consists of approximately eight named functional roles spanning cultural curation, organizational development, programming, branding, back office, facility management, artistic design, and network development. Underlying technology is limited to standard event production equipment (sound, lighting, projectors) with no proprietary software, APIs, or AI/ML systems; operations rely on third-party platforms (Nexudus for booking, MailChimp for newsletter, kupfticket.com for ticketing, 1&1 IONOS for hosting).

Name

Die Bäckerei Kulturbackstube

Legal name

Verein Die Bäckerei – Kulturbackstube

Website

https://diebaeckerei.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Die Bäckerei — Kulturbackstube is an Innsbruck-based non-profit cultural association operating a 1,000m² historic venue that delivers a year-round program of concerts, festivals, and workshops for approximately 25,000 annual visitors, alongside coworking spaces and participatory arts programming for artists, social entrepreneurs, and community organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Center and Event Venue

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD), Specialty & Historic Venues (Landmarks, Estates) (THAHAAAK), Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Cultural event venue
• Coworking spaces
• Arts and culture center
• Event venue rental
• Community cultural programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Innsbruck

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event and Venue Rental: Rental of event spaces including the Offspace-Halle (capacity 400 standing/200 seated), seminar rooms, and coworking spaces to external organizers and organizations.
2. Cafe and Bar Operations: Self-service coffee corner and bar operations during daytime (Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00) and evening bar service (Thursday-Saturday 19:00-24:00). Coffee sourced from Klimabohne, fair and sustainable.
3. Coworking and Workspace Rental: Flexible and fixed affordable workspaces in the historic first floor for individuals and organizations in arts, culture, and creative industries, including studios and coworking spaces.
4. Project Funding and Sponsorship: EU project funding (Creative Europe, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+), municipal and state funding, and sponsorship from local businesses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Die Bäckerei Kulturbackstube operates a non-profit cultural center housed in a 1,000 m² historic former bakery building in Innsbruck, Austria. Its core offerings include a year-round program of cultural events (concerts, theater, poetry slams, comedy, workshops, festivals), affordable coworking spaces and studios for creative professionals, professional event venue rental (Offspace-Halle for up to 400 people plus seminar rooms), and a self-service café with evening bar service. The venue also serves as a platform for community initiatives and European cooperation projects such as the CO-PED energy transition project and the Wonderlab transformation hub.

Product overview

Die Bäckerei – Kulturbackstube is a nonprofit cultural center in Innsbruck, Austria, housed in a historic former bakery building. It operates as a multi-offering venue combining a year-round cultural event program (200+ events annually with 25,000+ visitors), coworking spaces and offices, event venue rentals (the 400-capacity Offspace-Halle and seminar rooms), a café/bar, and community-led initiatives. The venue serves as both a physical space provider and active cultural producer, hosting resident collectives and developing external projects including the Wonderlab transformation hub, the Alles Gute Festival, and various European cooperation projects. The center functions as a platform enabling creative people to inspire each other through participatory arts and culture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wonderlab: A hub for Transformation Culture - a space where transformation is practiced, tested and experienced. It brings together actors from culture, research, politics and civil society.
• Hosting Transformation

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• City of Innsbruck (Stadt Innsbruck)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner providing support and funding. The city collaborates on various cultural initiatives and projects including the CO-PED energy transition project.
• State of Tyrol (Land Tirol)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government partner supporting cultural activities and initiatives in Tyrol through funding and institutional support.
• EU Youth / European Solidarity CorpscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU funding program for young people to engage in solidarity activities. Die Bäckerei is a hosting organization for volunteers from EU/EEA countries.
• p.m.k.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural initiative co-organizing the Alles Gute Festival with Die Bäckerei, Bonanza, Arche*Ahoi, and Botanischer Garten Innsbruck.
• BonanzacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural initiative partner in the Alles Gute Festival collaboration.
• Botanischer Garten Innsbruck (Botanical Garden)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Innsbruck botanical garden hosting the Botanica festival program. Die Bäckerei curates the musical/artistic program for the annual summer event.
• GemeinwohlenergiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in CO-PED project working on building a community-driven energy cooperative in Innsbruck.
• Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe (IKB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal utility company partnering in the CO-PED energy transition project.
• CO-PED Consortium (8 European Urban Living Labs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean research project with 8 Urban Living Labs across Europe exploring how social and cultural centers can act as catalysts for Positive Energy Districts.
• UploadSounds / Europaregion Trentino-Südtirol-TirolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMusic platform for the Euregio supporting young musical talents under 35. Die Bäckerei participates as venue and supporter for local UploadSounds events.
• KlimabohnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFair trade coffee business based in the venue. Coffee transported from Colombia by sailing ship and cargo bikes. Provides sustainable coffee for the cafe's self-service corner.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stadtwerkstatt Linz: Linz cultural center combining arts programming, a bar/restaurant, and project space with a participatory, cooperative ethos. Comparable as an Austrian nonprofit cultural venue with hybrid commercial/community offerings.
• Porgy & Bess: Vienna jazz and live music club with attached bar and event programming. Comparable for the live-music-club + bar combination, though with a narrower musical focus than Die Bäckerei's multi-format programming.
• Rote Fabrik Zürich: Swiss cultural center in a converted industrial building offering concerts, theater, cinema, exhibitions, and a restaurant/bar. Comparable as a historic-building cultural-venue operator with a hybrid nonprofit model and broad arts programming.
• Brotfabrik Frankfurt: Frankfurt cultural center housed in a former bakery ('Brotfabrik') offering concerts, theater, cinema, café, and event spaces. Highly comparable in the historic-bakery asset, hybrid venue model, and nonprofit cultural programming.
• Kulturzentrum Lokremise St.Gallen: Swiss cultural center in a converted locomotive depot hosting concerts, theater, and events with attached gastronomy. Comparable as a historic-building, multi-use cultural venue with a similar programming mix.
• WUK (Wiener Kulturzentrum): Vienna's largest independent cultural center, combining concerts, theater, dance, coworking, workshop spaces, and a café in a historic building. Closely mirrors Die Bäckerei's hybrid nonprofit venue + coworking + café + event programming model.
• Spielboden Dornbirn: Austrian cultural center in Vorarlberg hosting concerts, theater, cinema, and community events. Comparable as a regional Austrian cultural venue with a multi-genre programming approach and self-managed nonprofit governance.
• Treibhaus Innsbruck: Multi-format cultural venue in Innsbruck offering concerts, club nights, workshops, and a bar/restaurant. Directly comparable as a competing cultural-venue operator in the same city with overlapping programming and audience.

Broad incumbents

• Posthof Linz: Established multi-hall cultural venue in Linz hosting concerts, theater, and festivals at greater scale. Comparable in programming breadth (music, theater, festivals) though it operates as a larger, publicly funded institution.

Regional players

• Impact Hub Tirol: Coworking and social-entrepreneurship hub in Innsbruck (and a Die Bäckerei resident organization). Comparable for the coworking space offering in the same city, though focused on impact-driven entrepreneurs rather than arts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/diebaeckerei
• Instagraminstagram.com/diebackerei
• Xx.com/kulturbackstube

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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