heimathafen Wiesbaden

What heimathafen Wiesbaden does

heimathafen Wiesbaden operates a coworking, conference, and event venue in the historic Altes Gericht (Old Courthouse) at Gerichtsstraße 2 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Founded in 2012 by Dominik Hofmann and Abi, the company serves freelancers, startups, creative professionals, SMEs, corporations, and social enterprises through a portfolio of flexible workspace subscriptions (coworking day-passes, part-time, and full-time memberships), private offices for teams of 4–8 desks, a virtual business address service, and conference and event room rentals spanning small meeting rooms (up to 6 persons) through large venues such as the Schwurgerichtssaal and the vaulted Eventspace (both up to 100 persons). The ~3,000 sqm listed building also houses the Café Delikt and a separate conference-product offering (All-In-One full-venue bookings).

The business is built on a community- and event-driven GTM model. Recurring programs include the monthly Gründer:innenfrühstück (130th edition by November 2025), Donnerstalk (since 2013), the annual Impact Day focused on social innovation (5th edition in December 2025), the new Start-up Day (launched February 2026), and Snackable workshops. The company hosts up to 100 events per year, including flagship conferences such as WikiCon 2024 (270+ in-person and 150+ virtual attendees) and the Startup Summer Night (250+ visitors). Beyond space rental, Heimathafen monetizes the community through the Connect Service, a percentage-fee freelancer-to-client matching platform, and the Founders Hub programs. The tech stack is a WordPress-based website with a third-party online booking portal (community.heimathafen-wiesbaden.de/bookings/search), MailChimp newsletters, Google Analytics, and YouTube; no proprietary technology platform is operated.

The company is privately held, converted to a GmbH (Heimathafen GmbH, VAT ID DE310080075) in 2023, and operates with 11–50 employees. The non-profit Impact Alliance functions as a sister organization for social innovation. Revenue is diversified across subscription (coworking, offices, business address), pay-as-you-go (conference/event rentals), transaction fees (Connect Service), and professional services (Founders Hub programs), with public funding support from Wirtschaftsförderung Wiesbaden and the Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; sustainability positioning is certified through TourCert (2024).

Name

heimathafen Wiesbaden

Legal name

Heimathafen GmbH

Website

https://heimathafen-wiesbaden.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

heimathafen Wiesbaden operates a coworking, conference, and event venue in the historic Altes Gericht building in Wiesbaden, serving freelancers, startups, SMEs, corporations, and social enterprises with flexible workspace, private offices, event rooms, a business address service, and the Connect freelancer-matching platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking & Event Venue Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Facilities Support Services (561210), Office Administrative Services (5611)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues (THAHAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Purpose Event Halls & Community Centers (THAHAAAI), Hybrid Work Enablement & Desk/Room Booking Operations (BPABAFAH), Conference Room & Meeting Services Support (BPABAEAE), Meeting & Conference Planning & Coordination (HSACADAA)

Keywords

• Coworking space memberships
• Conference room rentals
• Event venue rentals
• Business address services
• Startup community programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Coworking Memberships: Flexible part-time, full-time, and day-pass coworking memberships in the Altes Gericht (former courthouse) building. Members gain access to shared workspaces and the community.
2. Private Office Rentals: Dedicated private offices with 4–8 desks for teams, offered on a subscription basis.
3. Conference & Event Space Rental: Rental of conference rooms (up to 100 persons) and event spaces including the Schwurgerichtssaal, Civilkammersaal, Clubhouse, Eventspace, Pop-Up Store, and meeting rooms. Catering services provided through partner nju Kantiin GmbH.
4. Business Address Services: Registered business address (Geschäftsadresse) services for freelancers and startups, providing a professional company seat.
5. Connect Service – Freelancer Matching: Mediation service connecting freelancers (Auftragnehmer) with clients (Auftraggeber). A service fee is charged to freelancers upon successful project placement, calculated as a percentage of project revenue for a 12-month Abrechnungszeitraum.
6. Founders Hub Programs: Programs supporting founders and startups including the Gründer:innenfrühstück (monthly), Start-up Day, Impact Day, Workshop Snacks, and coaching/networking formats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Heimathafen Wiesbaden operates a coworking, conference, and event venue in the historic Altes Gericht (Old Courthouse) building, offering flexible coworking memberships, private team offices, registered business addresses, and bookable conference and event spaces for up to 100 persons. It supplements the workspace products with the Connect Service for freelancer matching, community-driven Founders Hub programs (Gründer:innenfrühstück, Impact Day, Workshop Snacks), and on-site catering via partner nju Kantiin GmbH. The integrated venue combines workspace, meeting rooms, event halls, a café (Delikt), and a 10+ year-old founder and creative community.

Product overview

Heimathafen Wiesbaden is a coworking space and innovation center offering a comprehensive portfolio of workspace solutions and community services. The core offerings include flexible coworking spaces, private offices for teams, and a variety of conference and event rooms in the historic Altes Gericht (Old Courthouse) building. Supporting services include a business address service, the Connect Service for business matchmaking, and the Founders Hub for startup support. The company also operates a vibrant events program featuring regular formats like the monthly Gründer:innenfrühstück (Founders Breakfast), Workshop Snacks, Donnerstalk community evenings, and the annual Impact Day conference. An on-site café (Delikt) provides catering. The portfolio is designed to serve freelancers, startups, creative professionals, and established companies seeking flexible workspace solutions combined with community engagement and networking opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Delikt: Café operated within Heimathafen, offering culinary treats and beverages for visitors and coworkers.
• Founders Hub
• Gründer:innenfrühstück
• Donnerstalk
• Impact Day

Products and services

• Coworking Space Flexible coworking workspace in the Altes Gericht building offering part-time, full-time, and day-pass access to shared desks for freelancers, solopreneurs, startups, and creative professionals, with access to the broader Heimathafen community.
• Private Office Dedicated private team offices with 4-8 desks located within the open-plan coworking environment of the Altes Gericht, designed as a long-term home base for small founding teams and growing startups.
• Geschäftsadresse (Business Address) Virtual office service providing a professional registered business address at the Altes Gericht (Gerichtsstraße 2, 65185 Wiesbaden) for companies and freelancers without their own physical office, subject to separate terms and conditions.
• Conference Rooms Conference and meeting rooms across three sizes — large rooms (Schwurgerichtssaal, up to 100 persons), medium rooms (Konferenzraum Zeugen, Parteien, Geschworene, Schreiberzimmer, up to 16 persons), and small rooms (Meetingraum Richterzimmer, up to 6 persons) — bookable online for team meetings, client meetings, and workshops with optional catering.
• Event Spaces Five distinct event venues — Clubhouse (pub atmosphere, up to 30 persons, 40 sqm), Eventspace (vaulted cellar, up to 100 persons, 140 sqm), Pop-Up Store (up to 30 persons, 44 sqm), Schwurgerichtssaal (up to 100 persons, 100 sqm), and Civilkammersaal (up to 40 persons, 75 sqm) — available for private events, conferences, and celebrations.
• All-In-One Großveranstaltungen (Full-Venue Event Booking) Full-venue booking option that allows customers to reserve the entire Heimathafen location for large-scale conferences and events, with catering coordinated through partner nju Kantiin GmbH and tailored cancellation terms for bookings above €2,000.
• Connect Service Mediation service connecting freelancers (Auftragnehmer) with clients (Auftraggeber) within the Heimathafen community; a percentage-based service fee is charged to freelancers upon successful project placement over a 12-month Abrechnungszeitraum.

Quantifiable outcome

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Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Naspa (Nassauische Sparkasse)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerNaspa has been a partner of Heimathafen since 2017, supporting the startup and founder community through the monthly Gründer:innenfrühstück and other community programs. The partnership was extended for another 3 years in 2025. Naspa also sponsored the 'Die Verhandlung' (The Verdict) event series on education and AI topics, with the 185th anniversary celebration event taking place in January 2025.
• Impact AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Alliance is described as the 'gemeinnützige Schwester-Gesellschaft' (non-profit sister organization) of Heimathafen. It is a non-profit entity focused on social innovation, impact entrepreneurship, and sustainability in the Rhein-Main region. Impact Alliance co-organizes events such as the Impact Day series (Sozialinnovator Edition) and likely shares overlapping mission alignment with the Heimathafen.
• Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden / WirtschaftsförderungcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe City of Wiesbaden (Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden) and its economic development agency (Wirtschaftsförderung) have been key supporters of the Heimathafen. The Hackathon für nachhaltige Ideen (June 12, 2025) was initiated by the Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden and hosted at the Heimathafen. Public funding logos (Wirtschaftsförderung and Referat für Wirtschaft und Beschäftigung) appear on the website footer, indicating ongoing public support.
• nju Kantiin GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development Partnernju Kantiin GmbH is described as the 'starke Partner' (strong partner) for catering at conferences and events hosted at the Heimathafen. High-quality catering is facilitated through this partnership, and all food and beverages at events should be sourced through the venue or this partner.
• Sozialinnovator Hessen / SEND e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSozialinnovator Hessen is a program co-organized with SEND e.V. (Social Entrepreneurs Network Deutschland). The 5th Impact Day (December 2025) and prior editions were organized as part of this program. Panel discussions featured speakers from SEND e.V., the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Bundesinitiative Impact Investment, and impact investment networks.
• Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Verkehr und WohnenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs is referenced as a supporter of startup and founding programs at the Heimathafen, including the Gründer:innenfrühstück series and various Impact Day events. Funding supports programs that increase entrepreneurial motivation and competitiveness.
• Hessen IdeenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHessen Ideen organizes the Startup Summer Night, which was hosted at the Heimathafen in June 2024. The event brought together over 250 visitors from the Hessian startup ecosystem, with pitches from the most innovative university startup projects across Hesse.
• Wikimedia DeutschlandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWikimedia Deutschland selected the Heimathafen as the host venue for WikiCon 2024 (October 4–6, 2024), a major conference of the German-speaking Wikimedia community with 270+ in-person and 150+ virtual participants across 80+ sessions.
• Female Founders AllianceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFemale Founders Alliance co-organized a joint event with the Heimathafen's Gründer:innen berichten format in April 2024. The event attracted 115 participants and featured female founder perspectives and networking.
• Rhein-Main StartupsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRhein-Main Startups has collaborated with the Heimathafen since 2013 for the Gründerfrühstück series, bringing together founders and startups in the region for networking and knowledge sharing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mindspace: Mindspace operates premium coworking and flexible offices across multiple German and European cities. It is comparable to Heimathafen as a coworking and event-space operator targeting startups and corporate clients, though at much larger scale and without Heimathafen's historic venue differentiation.
• Spaces (IWG): Spaces, part of International Workplace Group, is a global coworking and flexible-office brand with locations in Frankfurt and across Germany. It is comparable as a coworking/event venue operator for SMEs and corporate clients, though it competes on standardized scale rather than curated community or historic ambiance.
• Factory Berlin: Factory Berlin is a large-scale innovation campus combining coworking, event venues, and a curated founder community. It overlaps with Heimathafen in serving startups, freelancers, and corporate clients in a community-driven campus model, but operates two large Berlin campuses rather than a single historic venue.
• Design Offices: Design Offices runs design-focused coworking, meeting, and event spaces across major German cities. It competes with Heimathafen for SME and corporate meeting/event bookings in the Rhein-Main region and shares the focus on design-led workspaces, but operates a multi-city portfolio.
• NUMA (NUMA Berlin / NUMA Roma): NUMA operates coworking, event, and accelerator spaces across Europe. It is comparable to Heimathafen in supporting founders and hosting community events, though NUMA operates multi-city at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• betahaus Berlin: betahaus is a Berlin-based coworking and event-space operator built around a community of founders, freelancers, and creatives. It is directly comparable to Heimathafen in its combination of coworking, event hosting, and community programming, although it operates in Berlin rather than Wiesbaden.
• St. Oberholz Berlin: St. Oberholz is a Berlin coworking space, café, and event venue that pioneered the European startup-coworking community. It is directly comparable to Heimathafen's blend of coworking, café, and community events, though based in a different city and without the listed-historic-building positioning.

Regional players

• Wiesbaden Coworking / Regional Players: Regional coworking operators in the Wiesbaden/Rhein-Main area compete directly with Heimathafen for freelancer and SME memberships. These are smaller local players serving the same geography, including shared workspaces around Wiesbaden and Mainz, but typically without Heimathafen's event programming or historic venue.

Others

• Rhein-Main Startups: Rhein-Main Startups is a regional founder network that co-organizes programs at Heimathafen (Gründerfrühstück since 2013). It is an ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor, but is comparable as a community-driven organization supporting startups in the same geography.
• Impact Alliance: Impact Alliance is the non-profit sister organization of Heimathafen focused on social innovation and impact entrepreneurship. It is comparable as a community- and event-driven social-enterprise platform co-hosting Impact Day and Sozialinnovator Hessen with Heimathafen.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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