Cafè M

What Cafè M does

Cafè M (legal name "Cafè M", trading as "CAFE M in der KTV") is a privately operated, single-location café and bar located at Elisabethstr. 10 / Ecke Ulmenstr. in the Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt (KTV) district of Rostock, Germany. The venue operates as a café-by-day / bar-by-night hybrid, with a menu centered on espresso-based coffee, a notable specialty in tea varieties including Indian Masala Chai, breakfast and weekday brunch, snacks, evening cocktails, wine, and weekly drink specials. Pricing is unit-based and pay-as-you-go (no subscription, membership, or pre-paid model disclosed), with promotional specials on specific weekdays (e.g., Wednesday wines at €3.00, Saturday cocktails at €3.50) and student discounts in the morning.

The company's target customers are university students in Rostock and KTV neighborhood locals who want an affordable, centrally located gathering spot; there is no evidence of B2B or off-premise sales channels such as delivery, takeaway apps, catering, or wholesale. Go-to-market is exclusively physical/retail at the single storefront, with a free Blogger-based content channel (posts dated June 2011 covering coffee varieties, tea education, travelogue content, and daily food specialties) cross-shared to Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, and customer discovery historically supported by reviews on the Qype local-recommendations platform. There is no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, no management team disclosures, no certifications, and no patents or trademarks in the source data — consistent with an independent neighborhood establishment whose scale is bounded by its physical footprint and local catchment.

The operating model is therefore labor- and footfall-driven rather than scale- or technology-driven. The business has no app, no documented API, no AI or ML components, and no proprietary software product — the only "technology stack" is a basic blog CMS and standard social accounts. Revenue is generated entirely through on-premise food and beverage transactions in a single location, with no delivery, online ordering, or omnichannel extension visible. Legal status is private, domiciled in Germany, and per firmographic data the establishment employs 14 people.

Name

Cafè M

Legal name

Cafè M

Website

https://cafemktv.blogspot.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cafè M is a single-location café and bar in Rostock's KTV district serving coffee, specialty teas including Masala Chai, breakfast, brunch, snacks, and evening cocktails to local residents and university students via walk-in trade.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cafe and Bar Services

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Neighborhood Cafes (THAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Espresso Bars & Coffee Bars (THAFADAD)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee shop
• Cafe bar service
• Breakfast brunch
• Tea varieties
• Cocktail bar

Headquarters

HQ city

Rostock

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cafè M is a single-location cafe and bar in the KTV (Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt) district of Rostock, Germany, serving coffee, espresso-based drinks, a diverse selection of teas including Indian Masala Chai, breakfast and brunch, snacks, cocktails, wine, and daily food specialties. The venue operates as a hybrid cafe-bar with weekday promotional drink specials and offers student discounts in the morning.

Product overview

Cafè M is a single-location cafe and bar in Rostock's KTV district. The establishment offers a menu centered on coffee and espresso-based drinks, various teas including Masala Chai, breakfast and brunch service (weekday brunch available), evening snacks, cocktails, wine, and daily food specialties. The venue operates as a cafe-bar hybrid with promotional drink specials on specific weekdays.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cafè M Cafe and Bar Service

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Coffee Fellows: German specialty coffee and café chain offering espresso-based drinks, breakfast, and light food in a casual neighborhood setting. Highly comparable as a mid-market German café concept competing for the same student and young-professional customer base that Cafè M serves.
• Café Extrablatt: German café-bar chain combining daytime coffee and breakfast service with evening bar offerings including cocktails and long drinks. The closest direct comparable to Cafè M's café-bar hybrid model.
• Balzac Coffee: German coffee shop chain operating neighborhood cafés with a focus on espresso drinks, breakfast offerings, and casual seating. Directly comparable in format and target audience to Cafè M's daytime café operations.
• Segafredo Zanetti Espresso: Italian-origin coffee bar concept with German locations serving espresso-based drinks, light food, and aperitivo offerings. Comparable as a coffee-led neighborhood venue that also captures evening beverage occasions.

Broad incumbents

• McCafé: Café concept operated within McDonald's restaurants in Germany, serving espresso-based drinks, baked goods, and breakfast items. Comparable as a low-friction German coffee destination but part of a much larger QSR operator.
• Tchibo: Major German coffee retailer with physical café points-of-sale in addition to its grocery and non-food business. Comparable as a German coffee-led consumer brand but operates at significantly greater scale and breadth than Cafè M.
• Lavazza: Italian coffee brand with branded café bars and retail presence in Germany. Comparable in espresso-led product focus and café-bar format, though operating as a global brand rather than an independent neighborhood venue.
• Starbucks: Global coffee chain with presence across Germany including Rostock. Competes for the same coffee-and-café occasions but at much larger scale and with a standardized, premium-priced offering that contrasts with Cafè M's independent, student-priced positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caf%C3%A8-m

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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