Café Connect

What Café Connect does

Café Connect is the contact, information, and counseling center for children and youth operated by the Abteilung Kinder und Jugend (Department for Children and Youth) of the Stadt Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany. Founded in 2012 and headquartered at Bahnhofstraße 2 in Radolfzell's city center, it functions as the city's municipal open youth work facility, serving children and teenagers aged approximately 10-21 through drop-in café hours, structured programs (teen activities, girls' work, babysitter courses), recreational offerings (summer holiday program, annual multi-day youth trips), and civic participation initiatives including the Jugendgemeinderat. The organization is staffed by three full-time employees plus a Bundesfreiwilligendienst volunteer, supported by a broader reported total of 12 personnel, and coordinates with over 15 local partners including five schools, Lollipop KinderKulturZentrum, Mehrgenerationenhaus Diakonie, DRK, DLRG, and Kreisjugendring Konstanz.

The service portfolio is delivered primarily through in-person channels: a physical café open Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons, partner-hosted programming at schools and community sites, and outdoor venues such as a skate park used for the recurring Bodensee-Skate-Cup. A single digital touchpoint, the third-party Frei-Zeit! online booking portal at unser-ferienprogramm.de/radolfzell, handles activity registration. There is no proprietary technology platform, no mobile app, no API, and no disclosed data assets; distribution is community-led via Instagram (@cafe-connect-radolfzell), the website, printed monthly flyers, and direct school outreach.

Café Connect does not operate as a commercial business. All services are provided free of charge to youth and families. Funding flows from the municipal budget of the Stadt Radolfzell, a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts, with no private equity, venture capital, grant diversification, or fee-for-service revenue disclosed. The go-to-market motion is community-based open youth work rather than sales; reach is built through school partnerships, community events, and word-of-mouth within a single city. The entity is not investable in the conventional PE/VC sense and is presented here for completeness as a public-sector social infrastructure asset.

Name

Café Connect

Legal name

Stadt Radolfzell (Abteilung Kinder und Jugend)

Website

https://cafe-connect-rz.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Café Connect is a municipal youth services center in Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany, operated by the city's Children and Youth Department. Founded in 2012, it provides free in-person programming, counseling, and recreational activities to children and teenagers aged 10-21.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Radolfzell am Bodensee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Government Funding: Funded by the Stadt Radolfzell (City of Radolfzell) through the Abteilung Kinder und Jugend (Children and Youth Department). Operations are financed through public municipal budgets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Café Connect is a municipal contact, information, and counseling center for children and youth in Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany, operated by the City of Radolfzell's Department for Children and Youth. It provides an open youth work space with regular drop-in hours, structured programs (teen activities, girls' work, babysitter training), recreational offerings (summer holiday program, youth trips), youth participation initiatives (youth council), and community services (pocket money job exchange, skate competitions). All services are provided free of charge to children, teenagers, and families in the Radolfzell area.

Product overview

café connect is a unified youth services center operated by the City of Radolfzell's Department for Children and Youth. Rather than a technology platform, it provides a comprehensive portfolio of in-person youth services including an open youth café, structured programs (teen activities, girls' work, babysitting courses), recreational offerings (summer holiday program, youth trips), youth participation initiatives (youth council, youth projects), and community services (pocket money exchange/job board, skate competitions). Services are offered through dedicated spaces and coordinated by a team of three full-time staff plus volunteers. The Frei-Zeit! online booking portal complements the physical offerings for activity registration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Café Connect Youth Café

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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 and minor.

• Lollipop - KinderKulturZentrumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of children's cultural programs. Lollipop offers Bundesfreiwilligendienst positions in partnership with café connect. Close coordination on youth programming including holiday activities and cultural events.
• Stadtbibliothek Radolfzell (City Library)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on youth programming and reading/educational initiatives for young people in Radolfzell.
• Mehrgenerationenhaus Radolfzell (Diakonie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation on babysitter courses and babysitter matching service. Mehrgenerationenhaus maintains the babysitter registry and café connect provides the training through youth education coordination.
• DRK Ortsgruppe Radolfzell (German Red Cross)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on youth emergency preparedness and first aid training programs.
• DLRG Gruppe Radolfzell e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on water safety and swimming programs for youth.
• Ratoldus-GemeinschaftsschulecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOne of five partner schools providing youth education coordination services and after-school programming.
• Teggingerschule WerkrealschulecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner school receiving youth education support and programming.
• Friedrich-Hecker-GymnasiumcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner high school for youth education coordination and career guidance programs.
• Jugendgemeinderat RadolfzellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth council representing adolescent interests in municipal governance. Café connect provides staffing support and meeting space for monthly public sessions.
• Kreisjugendring KonstanzminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-level youth ring organization providing resources and coordination for youth work across the Konstanz district.
• b.freeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner for youth outreach and mobile youth work programs.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. Catholic welfare organization in Germany operating youth services, family counseling, and community programs through regional Caritas associations. Comparable as a major national provider of social and youth services with similar public-sector partnerships and community-based delivery model.
• AWO Bundesverband e.V. Major German welfare organization operating hundreds of facilities nationwide including youth centers, counseling services, and after-school programs. Comparable as a large-scale operator of youth social services in Germany, though as part of a much broader welfare portfolio covering all age groups.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Protestant welfare organization in Germany providing youth services, family support, and community programs including the nationwide Mehrgenerationenhaus network. Comparable as a large-scale provider of social and youth services, and directly connected to Café Connect through the local Mehrgenerationenhaus Radolfzell partnership.

Regional players

• Mehrgenerationenhaus Radolfzell (Diakonie): A multi-generation center operated by Diakonie in Radolfzell that co-operates with Café Connect on babysitter courses and babysitter matching services. Comparable as a community services provider in the same city, but with a multi-generation focus rather than youth-specific programming.

Direct peers

• Lollipop - KinderKulturZentrum: A children's cultural center in Radolfzell that jointly operates children's cultural programs with Café Connect and offers Bundesfreiwilligendienst positions in partnership. Both organizations serve Radolfzell youth with overlapping program portfolios including holiday activities and cultural events, making them directly comparable local youth services providers.
• Kreisjugendring Konstanz: County-level youth ring organization for the Konstanz district that provides resources and coordination for youth work across the region. Functionally comparable to Café Connect as a public-sector youth services intermediary, operating at a broader geographic level but with the same mandate of supporting youth programs and partnerships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/cafe-connect-radolfzell
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caf%C3%A9-connect

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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