davit

What davit does

davit GmbH was a Stuttgart-based specialist integrator focused on high-end audiovisual and presentation technology solutions for corporate clients. The firm designed, delivered, and supported premium collaboration environments — including a dedicated Collaboration Center in Stuttgart with eight meeting rooms and a rooftop terrace — used as both a customer showcase and a working facility. Its core offering combined boardroom, event, and immersive-media engineering with proprietary control workflows tailored to individual customer premises.

Its client list was concentrated entirely in the German enterprise and premium-brand segment, with named accounts spanning automotive (Porsche, AMG, Daimler), industrial/technology (Bosch), financial services (LBBW), and elite sports (VfB Stuttgart). The business model appears to have been project- and integration-based, with revenue tied to discrete AV deployments, recurring maintenance, and event/collaboration-center engagements rather than a SaaS or subscription construct. There is no disclosed pricing model, unit economics, or volume metric in the available material.

Operationally, davit faced an adverse end-state. The company entered insolvency and its business operations were acquired via asset deal by nds Netzwerksysteme GmbH effective June 1, 2020. Founder Florian Knoll was retained by nds to lead the acquired media technology division, preserving technical leadership but eliminating davit as an independent entity. As of the source date, davit GmbH is no longer independently operational.

Name

davit

Legal name

davit GmbH

Website

https://dav-it.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

davit GmbH was a Stuttgart-based specialist integrator of high-end audiovisual and presentation technology solutions serving German enterprise clients including Porsche, AMG, Daimler, Bosch, LBBW, and VfB Stuttgart. The firm operated a Collaboration Center showroom and was dissolved via an asset sale to nds Netzwerksysteme effective June 2020.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audiovisual Integration Services

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAIAHAI

Video Conferencing & Meetings

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Telecommunications & Network Services/Unified Communications & Voice Services (VoIP, UCaaS)

Keywords

• Audiovisual systems integration
• Presentation technology solutions
• Conference room technology
• Media technology services
• Collaboration technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

davit GmbH sold and deployed highly modern audiovisual media technology solutions for enterprise clients, with a focus on presentation and communication technology (Präsentations- und Kommunikationstechnik). Its portfolio was showcased and delivered through the Stuttgarter Collaboration Center, which featured 8 meeting and communication rooms plus a large rooftop terrace and was used for client presentations, training, meetings, and events. Notable deployments included media technology for Porsche, AMG, Daimler, Bosch, LBBW, and the VfB Stuttgart player tunnel.

Product overview

davit offered a portfolio of highly modern media technology solutions for audiovisual applications. The company's core offerings centered on presentation and communication technology solutions, which were utilized by prominent clients including Porsche, AMG, Daimler, Bosch, and LBBW. The solutions were also featured in the player tunnel of VfB Stuttgart. The business operations, including the associated Collaboration Center in Stuttgart, were acquired by nds Netzwerksysteme GmbH in June 2020.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• davit Media Technology Solutions Highly modern audiovisual media technology solutions for presentation and communication needs (Präsentations- und Kommunikationstechnik), designed and deployed for enterprise clients. Solutions were used in meeting rooms, boardrooms, training and event spaces, and specialized venues such as the VfB Stuttgart player tunnel, and were demonstrated through the Stuttgarter Collaboration Center. Customers included Porsche, AMG, Daimler, Bosch, LBBW, and VfB Stuttgart.

Named customers6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• nds Netzwerksysteme GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020nds Netzwerksysteme GmbH acquired the business operations of davit GmbH via an Asset Deal, effective 01.06.2020. The acquisition was described as a strategic expansion of nds's portfolio to include innovative presentation and communication systems. Florian Knoll, the founder of davit, remained with the company to lead the media technology division. The Stuttgarter Collaboration Center was also taken over and continued to be operated, serving as one of the most modern showrooms of its kind in Germany.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• LANG AG: German AV and event-technology integrator with deep experience in conference/presentation rooms, LED/display and broadcast-quality audiovisual deployments; directly comparable to davit's high-end enterprise AV integration work.
• Kindermann GmbH: German-based specialist in professional AV/presentation and conference room technology distribution and integration; comparable in geography, target market (enterprise meeting spaces), and solution set to davit's Stuttgart-based business.
• nds Netzwerksysteme GmbH: Acquirer of davit's business operations via asset deal in June 2020; directly comparable as a German IT/UC services provider that now owns and operates davit's media-technology and Collaboration Center business under its "Präsentation | Collaboration" portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Bose Professional: Manufacturer of professional installed-audio, conferencing and video-conferencing soundbar solutions for enterprise meeting spaces; broad incumbent with overlapping enterprise collaboration audio deployments.
• Extron Electronics: US-based manufacturer of professional AV signal processing, switching and control products widely used in enterprise presentation and collaboration spaces; broad incumbent whose hardware stack underpins solutions similar to davit's.
• Crestron Electronics: Established US AV control, signal management and room-scheduling platform vendor with major presence in enterprise meeting rooms globally; broad incumbent providing underlying technology that AV integrators like davit deploy.
• Poly (HP): Vendor of enterprise collaboration endpoints (video bars, conference phones, headsets) and UC software, now part of HP; broad incumbent in the same UC&C / video-conferencing and meetings category that davit's Collaboration Center showcased.
• Shure Incorporated: Pro-audio equipment manufacturer (microphones, conferencing audio) widely specified into enterprise meeting rooms; broad incumbent whose products are typically deployed by integrators such as davit.
• AVI-SPL: Largest global AV systems integrator, focused on enterprise collaboration, meeting experience and UC deployments; broad incumbent with overlapping enterprise presentation/collaboration solutions but at much greater scale than davit.
• Biamp Systems: Professional AV manufacturer of conference-room audio, DSP and networked sound systems for enterprise and higher-ed; broad incumbent whose solutions overlap with the audio/communication-room deployments that anchored davit's portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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