Maptime

What Maptime does

Maptime is described in the available input data as "a regular map hack night in Berlin." It is classified as a for-profit private entity, founded in 2002, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and listed with 11-50 employees. Its only documented online presence is a hosted group on the Meetup.com platform at the URL https://www.meetup.com/Maptime-BER/, indicating that Maptime-BER operates as a community group inside the Meetup events platform rather than as a standalone product company. No proprietary technology, products, services, or operational details distinct from the hack-night format are documented in the source material.

The dominant source data — including product catalogs, pricing tiers, technology stack, and customer segments — describes Meetup.com, the global social-events platform that hosts the Maptime-BER group. Meetup.com is documented as a community-led growth platform with a free-membership model, a paid Meetup Pro tier for organizers, iOS and Android mobile applications, and a horizontal segmentation approach serving general consumers seeking social connection and group organizers. None of this platform-level architecture, monetization, or customer base can be reliably attributed to Maptime itself without further confirmation. Maptime's revenue model, customer base, pricing structure, and technology stack are not provided in the input.

Maptime-specific operational data is sparse across the source blocks: revenue is null with a note that "source data contains information about Meetup, not Maptime"; legal entity details, founded date, operating geographies, social profiles, and parent-company status are all empty; the management team field is empty except for an external reference to founder Alsino Skowronnek; no funding rounds, investments, M&A, partnerships, regulatory actions, or restructuring events are recorded. This means that, beyond the firmographic snapshot and the founder reference, the investment-relevant facts required to characterize Maptime as a standalone operating business are absent from the supplied material.

Name

Maptime

Website

https://meetup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Maptime is a regular map hack night in Berlin, Germany, classified as a for-profit private entity founded in 2002. It functions as a community group hosted on the Meetup.com platform for mapping and open-source cartography enthusiasts, with no additional product, revenue, or customer data documented.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Events

akta.pro primary industry

Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs) (BPAMANAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local & City Guide Content Aggregators (MPACAKAJ)

Keywords

• Map hack nights
• Community meetups
• Geospatial workshops
• Mapping community
• Local events

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Membership and Platform: Free membership for users to join groups and attend events. The platform monetizes through optional premium features for organizers via Meetup Pro.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Maptime operates as a regular map hack night held in Berlin, Germany. The community gathers individuals interested in maps and mapping through recurring in-person sessions, using the Meetup platform to organize events, manage RSVPs, and facilitate member discovery. Maptime functions as a grassroots community chapter rather than a commercial product company, leveraging the Meetup platform's existing infrastructure to host its activities.

Product overview

Meetup is a single, unified platform for organizing and discovering local and online events. The core product consists of the Meetup platform itself, complemented by a mobile app for iOS and Android, the Meetup Pro paid subscription tier for professional organizers, and the Meetup Events service covering both in-person gatherings across numerous interest categories and online virtual events. Membership is free with premium features available through Meetup Pro.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maptime Berlin Map Hack Night A recurring in-person community map hack night held in Berlin for individuals interested in maps and mapping topics. Event organization, RSVPs, and member discovery are facilitated through the Maptime Berlin group page on the Meetup platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Millions of members have formed connections and friendships through the platform

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• FOSSGIS e.V. The German-speaking association promoting free and open-source GIS software, including an annual FOSSGIS conference. A direct regional peer for Maptime Berlin, competing for the same local mappers, contributors, and event sponsors in the DACH market.

Broad incumbents

• CARTO: A location intelligence and spatial analytics platform with a developer and data-scientist community. Comparable to Maptime as a hub for practitioners working with maps, basemaps, and geospatial analysis.
• TomTom: A major mapping and navigation company with open APIs and a developer ecosystem. Overlaps with Maptime's audience on consumer and developer mapping tooling, and competes for the same community goodwill in Europe.
• Mapbox: A commercial mapping and location platform built on open data and developer tooling. Maptime's audience (mappers, GIS developers) overlaps with Mapbox's developer community, and Mapbox's community programs represent a structural alternative for sponsorship and engagement.
• HERE Technologies: A global mapping and location platform with significant open-data and developer programs. Represents a potential employer and sponsor for Maptime's audience and a benchmark for what scaled geo community investment looks like.

Emerging players

• Stamen Design: A design studio specialising in cartography and map-based data visualisation. Shares Maptime's craft focus on map design and storytelling, and would draw from the same talent pool Maptime aims to grow.
• GeoHipster: An independent publication and community for the geospatial industry. Directly comparable as a community-led media and event property for mapping professionals, and an alternative channel for the same audience Maptime targets.
• Mapillary (Meta): A street-level imagery and mapping platform with an active contributor community. Directly comparable community-of-mappers model and overlap with the open mapping ecosystem that Maptime serves.

Direct peers

• HOT (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team): A global volunteer-driven community applying open mapping to humanitarian and development work. Closely comparable to Maptime as a community of mappers contributing to and learning from open geo data, and a potential partner for joint hack events.
• OpenStreetMap Foundation: The canonical open-mapping community and data project. Maptime is thematically aligned as a community of map hackers building on and contributing to open geo data, and competes for the same volunteer and contributor mindshare.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meetup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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