ARCHIPOINT

What ARCHIPOINT does

ARCHIPOINT GmbH is a privately held German B2B services company founded in 1995 and headquartered in Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, operating with 21 employees under CEO Ray Preßler. The company operates two complementary platforms that connect building product manufacturers with architecture firms across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Its first platform, Kompaktmeetings (PointOfSale), delivers online video meetings conducted at architecture firms' workplaces where 10 industrial partners per session present products following the proprietary '3 P's' methodology (Product presentation, Project research/support, Prioritization). Campaigns of 200 meetings are sold at €6,200 per campaign (€31 per individual meeting) on an annual subscription basis, with structured reporting and 100% response-rate conversation logs delivered via OneDrive. The second platform, the ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE, is an annual physical architecture and construction trade show hosted on the BLUE RHAPSODY design ship (recognized with a BEA World Award GOLD as event location), which travels as a roadshow to three cities — Düsseldorf, Cologne and Frankfurt — over three days and accommodates up to 70 exhibitors on a multi-year contracted basis (€3,215-€3,315 per day per city, all three cities must be booked).

Underlying technology is modest: standard video conferencing for Kompaktmeetings, a web-based registration and event management system for the river cruise, and OneDrive-based lead management with real-time conversation reports. The company has no AI/ML capabilities disclosed and operates as a relationship-driven, human-mediated networking business rather than a technology platform. The GTM motion is sales-led and event-driven, targeting enterprise building product manufacturers as paying customers and architecture firms (segmented by size and geography) as the participating audience. The business is bootstrapped and founder-owned with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no public revenue disclosure; a related entity, ARCHIEVENT GmbH, operates from the same Neuss address and is also managed by Ray Preßler, likely housing the events-focused operations. Strategic momentum is steady rather than explosive: pricing for 2027 is published in advance with modest increases, partnerships with Pluspoint Riverevent extend the ship-based format into Belgium and the Netherlands, and the 30-year operating history supports a durable but small-scale niche position.

Name

ARCHIPOINT

Legal name

ARCHIPOINT GmbH

Website

https://archipoint.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ARCHIPOINT is a privately held German B2B networking company founded in 1995 that connects DACH-region building product manufacturers with architecture firms via online video Kompaktmeetings and an annual ship-based trade show (ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE) on the BLUE RHAPSODY.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture-Construction B2B Networking Services

akta.pro primary industry

Industry-Specific B2B Trade Show Organizers (THAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Exhibitor/Sponsor Management (Corporate Conferences) (THACAFAN)

Keywords

• B2B networking platforms
• Architecture trade shows
• Construction industry events
• Online industry meetings
• Building product marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuss

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Kompaktmeeting Campaign Fees: Industrial partners (building product manufacturers) pay campaign fees for Kompaktmeetings - annual subscription-style campaigns in DACH region. Each campaign includes 200 meetings with architecture firms, covering preparation, execution, and follow-up. Price is 6,200 EUR per campaign (200 meetings) for 2027, or 31 EUR per individual meeting participation.
2. River Cruise Exhibition Stand Fees: Industrial partners pay daily exhibition fees to participate in the ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE ship-based trade show. Fee is 3,215 EUR per day/city for 2026 (3,315 EUR for 2027). The roadshow must be booked in full (all 3 cities/days). 70 exhibitor booths available per event.
3. Professional Services: Training/briefing sessions for ARCHIPOINT architecture consultants by industrial partners, documentation services, and lead generation reports. The service includes exclusive portfolio composition with competitor protection for each participant.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ARCHIPOINT operates two B2B networking platforms connecting the construction industry with the architecture scene in the DACH region since 1995. The first is Kompaktmeetings (PointOfSale) — annual campaigns of online video meetings held at architecture firms' workplaces, each featuring 10 industrial partners for product presentations, project-based information exchange, and follow-up prioritization. The second is the ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE — a ship-based architecture/building trade show traveling as a roadshow to 3 German cities (Düsseldorf, Köln, Frankfurt) over 3 days, hosting around 70 exhibitors on the BLUE RHAPSODY design ship.

Product overview

ARCHIPOINT operates two distinct networking platforms connecting the construction industry with the architecture scene: (1) Kompaktmeetings (PointOfSale) — online video-based architecture meetings held at architects' workplaces, featuring 10 industrial partners per session with full campaign management including scheduling, briefings, and lead reporting; and (2) ARCHIPOINT River Cruise — a physical architecture trade show hosted on a design ship traveling to multiple cities as a roadshow, featuring 70 exhibitors in a single exhibition space with professional presentations offering continuing education credits. Both platforms emphasize personal networking and market penetration across the DACH region, with over 30 years of industry experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kompaktmeetings (PointOfSale) Annual campaign of online video meetings held at architecture firms' offices or home offices. Each Kompaktmeeting session connects architects with 10 industrial partners (building product manufacturers from different trades) for product presentations, project-based information exchange, and follow-up prioritization. ARCHIPOINT manages appointment scheduling, briefing, execution, and post-meeting documentation across the DACH region (DE-1 small offices 5-20 employees, DE-2 large offices 21-100+, AT Austria, CH Switzerland), with each campaign covering 200 meetings.
• ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE An annual architecture and construction trade show held on the BLUE RHAPSODY design ship as a roadshow traveling to 3 German cities (Düsseldorf, Köln, Frankfurt) over 3 consecutive days. Approximately 70 exhibitors present building product innovations in a single exhibition space, with 3 professional presentations per day offering continuing education credits. Visitors access the event by obtaining voucher codes from exhibitors or directly from ARCHIPOINT.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70 exhibitors per river cruise event
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Pluspoint Riverevent (Belgium)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for extending river cruise events to Belgium. Enables 6 or 9-day exhibition formats combining German cities with Belgian locations.
• Pluspoint Riverevent (Netherlands)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for extending river cruise events to the Netherlands. Enables combined exhibition formats across multiple countries.
• BLUE RHAPSODY (Event Ship)coreOthersThe Blue Rhapsody design ship serves as the exclusive venue for ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE events. Awarded BEA World Award GOLD as event location. The ship features exclusive onboard kitchen and accommodates 70 exhibitor booths.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Architect@Work: International curated trade-show format specifically designed for architects and interior designers, with exhibitor selection and visitor curation closely mirroring ARCHIPOINT's model. Operates across multiple European countries, making it the most direct comparable in terms of curated B2B trade-show positioning for the architecture community.
• Pluspoint Riverevent: Belgian/Netherlands-based organizer of river-based events and trade shows; ARCHIPOINT's stated cooperation partner for extending ARCHIPOINTRIVERCRUISE into Belgium and the Netherlands. Uses a similar floating-venue concept in adjacent geographies.

Emerging players

• Material Bank: Digital sampling and material-specification platform for architects and interior designers. Targets the same architecture-firm buyer as ARCHIPOINT with a tech-enabled, lower-friction sampling model that could complement or disintermediate some of ARCHIPOINT's product-discovery value proposition.
• Detail Magazine / Detail Business Information: Architecture-focused media and events business serving the same architectural community in DACH. While primarily publishing, it runs industry events and roundtables that compete for architects' attention and for industrial-partner sponsorship budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Exhibitions (RX Global): One of the world's largest trade-show organizers, with construction and architecture-relevant shows across Europe. While much larger, it pressures industrial-partner event marketing budgets and provides a comparable reference for event-driven B2B trade-fair monetization.
• Koelnmesse (Cologne trade fair organizer): Operates multiple construction/architecture-relevant trade fairs (Orgatec, imm cologne, spoga+gafa). Geographically overlaps with ARCHIPOINT's Köln stop and provides a benchmark for trade-show scale and exhibitor economics.
• Heimtextil (Messe Frankfurt): Leading international trade fair for home and contract textiles, serving architects and interior designers in the DACH region. Comparable exhibitor-target audience (architects/specifiers) and pricing model.
• BAU Munich (Messe München): World's leading trade fair for architecture, materials, and systems held biennially in Munich. A much larger incumbent serving the same building-products-to-architects value chain that ARCHIPOINT targets, but at a vastly broader scale and portfolio.
• Orgatec (Koelnmesse): International trade fair for the modern working world, organized by Koelnmesse in Cologne (one of ARCHIPOINT's river-cruise cities). Overlaps in the architecture-and-build community and competes for the same industrial-partner trade-show euros.
• Light+Building (Messe Frankfurt): Leading biennial trade fair for lighting and building services, organized by Messe Frankfurt in the same DACH region ARCHIPOINT serves. Overlaps with ARCHIPOINT's industrial-partner base (lighting, facade, electrical).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/archipointrivercruise

Compliance1 record

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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