Impact Hub Dresden

What Impact Hub Dresden does

Impact Hub Dresden (Impact Dresden GmbH) is a coworking space and center for sustainable change operating three physical locations in Dresden, Germany. Founded in 2016 as part of the global Impact Hub network, the company serves approximately 230 local members — predominantly freelancers, social entrepreneurs, impact-driven startups, and small-to-medium enterprises — alongside event attendees and program participants. Core offerings include tiered coworking memberships (Connect at €24.90/month through Fixdesk at €285/month), private team offices, bookable meeting and event rooms, day passes, and daily office rentals (€140/day). Supporting programs include SINN Sachsen, SINNkubator, Impact Tandem, Business, Baby!, and the Ökosysteme initiative, several of which receive public co-funding from BMWK/REACT-EU and the City of Dresden.

Name

Impact Hub Dresden

Legal name

Impact Dresden GmbH

Website

https://dresden.impacthub.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Impact Hub Dresden (Impact Dresden GmbH) is a coworking and social-innovation community operating three locations in Dresden, Germany. It serves ~230 members — freelancers, impact startups, and SMEs — through tiered memberships, offices, event space, coaching, and publicly co-funded programs as part of the global Impact Hub network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking and Shared Workspace Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Meeting & Event Space Services (Setup/Teardown) (BPABAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sponsorship, Exhibitor & Partnership Management Services (THAHACAK), Community Arts, Culture & Creative Placemaking Enterprises (BPAGALAO)

Keywords

• Flexible coworking space
• Private office rentals
• Meeting and event venues
• Social innovation programs
• Entrepreneurship coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Coworking & Office Memberships: Recurring monthly membership fees for flexible coworking (Trialflex, Partflex, Flexdesk, Fixdesk, Connect, Networker) and dedicated office/team desk rentals. Revenue is subscription-based with monthly billing. The solidarity pricing model charges higher rates to established companies to subsidize lower-cost access for startups and freelancers.
2. Day Passes & Event Space Rental: One-time day pass sales at €20 per day (bundles available) and hourly/daily rental of meeting rooms and event spaces. Additional revenue from the Day Office offering at €140/day net at the Galerie location.
3. Coaching & Consulting Services: Professional coaching and advisory services for individuals and organizations, including one-on-one coaching, team coaching, and transformation programs. Revenue recognized as professional services.
4. Programs (Business, Baby!; Impact Tandem; SINN): Structured support programs for social entrepreneurs and enterprises, some of which are government-funded or subsidized. Programs such as SINNkubator and Impact Tandem receive public funding (e.g., REACT-EU/BMWK) and may include participant fees where applicable.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Impact Hub Dresden sells flexible coworking memberships, dedicated private offices for teams, bookable meeting and event spaces, day passes, and professional coaching across three physical locations in Dresden. Beyond workspace, it runs mission-driven entrepreneurship programs such as SINNkubator (incubator for social innovators), Business, Baby! (mentoring for mother-founders), Impact Tandem (SME-startup co-innovation on sustainability projects), and the Innovation Challenge Design Thinking workshop, supported by public funding and corporate sponsors.

Product overview

Impact Hub Dresden operates as a coworking and innovation center with a multi-location portfolio across Dresden, Germany. The core offering consists of flexible coworking spaces and private offices at three locations (Hauptbahnhof, Galerie, Fetscherplatz), complemented by bookable meeting rooms and event venues. Membership tiers range from entry-level Connect to premium Networker, with options for daily passes and dedicated desks. The company runs multiple support programs including SINN Sachsen, Business Baby! (mentoring for mothers), and Impact Tandem (co-innovation between SMEs and startups). Community events like Community Breakfast and Cake Tuesday foster networking. Strategic partnerships include Wilderness International for environmental sustainability and Colliers for real estate referrals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SINN Sachsen: A future platform for social innovations in Saxony, part of Impact Hub Dresden's programs.
• Business, Baby!
• Impact Tandem
• SINNkubator

Products and services

• Coworking Space and Offices Flexible coworking memberships and dedicated team offices for individuals, startups, and companies of 2-40+ persons across three Dresden locations (Hauptbahnhof, Galerie, Fetscherplatz). Includes community access, meeting rooms, event spaces, and global Impact Hub Passport benefits.
• Meeting Rooms Modern meeting rooms equipped with projector, whiteboard, Apple TV, flipchart, and video conferencing available for booking at all three locations, with tiered discounts of 15-50% for members.
• Event Spaces Event spaces for workshops, conferences, and larger gatherings with full technical equipment and optional catering, available at all three Impact Hub Dresden locations.
• Coaching Services Professional one-on-one coaching, team coaching, and transformation programs for individuals and organizations, supporting entrepreneurial and leadership development.
• Day Pass (Tagespass) Single-day coworking access at €20 net per day, with bundle options offering 20% discount for 10-pass purchases, designed for travelers and short-term users.
• Day Office (Tagesbüro / CUBE) Private daily office rental in CUBE spaces at the Galerie location, priced at €140 net/day, with access to kitchen, lounge, and telephone booths.
• Business, Baby! Mentoring Program Free mentoring program supporting mothers on the path to self-employment, providing structured guidance from August 2026 to February 2027.
• Impact Tandem Program Program supporting regional economic companies in implementing concrete sustainability projects through co-innovation partnerships between SMEs and impact startups, with a public Impact Tandem Demo Day.
• SINN Sachsen Platform Platform for social innovations in Saxony bringing together stakeholders to address social, ecological, and economic challenges through entrepreneurship, hosting the SINNkubator, SINN Innovationsbühne, and SINN Lunch & Learn formats.
• SINNkubator Incubation program for social innovators in Saxony, alternating between Dresden and Leipzig, offering networking, learning opportunities, and support for current participants and alumni.
• Innovation Challenge Workshop 2.5-day interactive Design Thinking workshop where participants work on real business challenges with experienced coaches, applying methods from Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Rapid Prototyping.
• Dresden Startup Ecosystem Job Board Job posting platform for the Dresden startup ecosystem where members with Connect Membership can post unlimited listings and external companies may post one free advertisement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 230+ local members across 3 Dresden locations; 24,250+ members globally across the Impact Hub network
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• Impact Hub Global NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Hub Dresden is a member of the global Impact Hub network comprising 86+ centers across five continents and 15,000+ members. The network enables members to work at other locations globally (up to 50% of time) and provides shared branding, cross-promotion, joint programs, and access to the global Impact Hub Association. The network is coordinated by Impact Hub GmbH and governed by the 'Locally rooted, globally connected' principle.
• Wilderness InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental partnership where each new Impact Hub Dresden member results in 4 m² of temperate rainforest (Toba Valley, Canada) being protected symbolically for one workspace. Existing members collectively protect 162 m² of wilderness. This partnership reflects Impact Hub's sustainability mission and differentiates its environmental commitment.
• Sparkassenversicherung Sachsen (SVS)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a supporter/innovation driver. Contributes to the Innovation Challenge initiative alongside other partners.
• Smart Systems HubsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a supporter. Smart Systems Hub Dresden is an innovation ecosystem partner that aligns with Impact Hub's mission in digital and sustainable transformation.
• digadesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a supporter on the partners page. digades is a Dresden-based technology company specializing in automotive electronics and embedded systems.
• recomineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a supporter. recomine focuses on sustainable resource recovery and recycling, aligning with Impact Hub's sustainability mission.
• ColliersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorColliers, a leading real estate services firm, is recommended by Impact Hub Dresden for members seeking larger office spaces beyond what the Hub provides. Impact Hub displays the Colliers logo and referral link on its office/team spaces page, suggesting a referral partnership.
• SINN SachsencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSINN Sachsen is the future platform for social innovations in Saxony. Impact Hub Dresden hosts SINN programs and events (SINNkubator, SINN Innovationsbühne, SINN Lunch & Learn), and the SINN team is listed as an event organizer using the Impact Hub spaces. SINN is a government-funded initiative that brings together social innovators across Saxony, alternating events between Dresden and Leipzig.
• sherpa.Dresden / PROGRESS Finanzplaner / Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden / Sparkassen-Versicherung SachsensupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative Innovation Challenge is a joint initiative of sherpa.Dresden, PROGRESS Finanzplaner, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, and Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, hosted at Impact Hub Dresden. The multi-day Design Thinking workshop is organized by these partners and delivered at the Impact Hub venue.
• ConsentmanagerminorOthersConsentmanager is a cookie consent management platform partner offering exclusive member deals (starting from €5/month for up to 40,000 pageviews). This is a member benefit partnership rather than a strategic alliance.
• HubSpotminorOthersHubSpot CRM and marketing platform is offered as a member benefit with discounts of up to 90% in the first year. A standard member benefit partnership.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)minorOthersAWS offers $500 in startup credits to Impact Hub members as part of the global Impact Hub member benefits program.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IWG (Regus, Spaces): IWG is the parent company of Regus, Spaces, HQ, and Signature — operating thousands of flexible-workspace locations globally. It serves a similar freelancer/SME/enterprise customer base with comparable meeting room and event space products, but at much larger scale and broader geographic coverage.
• WeWork: WeWork is the largest global coworking operator offering flexible offices, coworking, and meeting spaces to freelancers, startups, and enterprises. While much larger and broader, it competes for the same flexible-workspace demand that Impact Hub Dresden serves, particularly from freelancers and SMEs in Germany.

Direct peers

• Factory Berlin: Factory Berlin operates multiple innovation campuses in Berlin offering coworking, event spaces, and curated startup communities with strong corporate partnerships. It targets a similar tech and impact-oriented member base, though at larger scale and exclusively in Berlin.
• Mindspace: Mindspace operates premium coworking and flexible office spaces across major European cities including Berlin and Munich. It targets similar segments (startups, scale-ups, enterprises) with comparable subscription pricing models and serves as a direct competitor in the German flexible-workspace market.
• St. Oberholz (Berlin): St. Oberholz is a Berlin-based coworking space and café with a strong digital-nomad and startup community identity. It is comparable to Impact Hub Dresden as a community-driven, founder-led flexible workspace serving freelancers and early-stage ventures in Germany.
• betahaus Berlin: betahaus is one of Berlin's longest-running coworking and community spaces, offering flexible memberships, meeting rooms, and event venues with a strong focus on startup and creative communities — closely aligned with Impact Hub Dresden's community-and-programs approach.
• Impact Hub Berlin: Impact Hub Berlin is the Berlin chapter of the same global Impact Hub network that Impact Hub Dresden belongs to. Both operate the same mission-driven coworking, programs, and community model with similar pricing tiers and Impact Hub Global Passport participation.

Emerging players

• AHK Startup Lounge (Berlin): AHK Startup Lounge is a Berlin coworking and event space operated by the German Chamber of Commerce, focused on connecting startups with corporates. It shares Impact Hub Dresden's emphasis on corporate-startup matchmaking and event-driven engagement.

Regional players

• SpinLab Leipzig: SpinLab is a startup accelerator and innovation hub in Leipzig offering coworking space, mentorship, and corporate-startup collaboration programs. It is highly comparable to Impact Hub Dresden as a regional Saxony-based innovation ecosystem player; the SINN Sachsen program even rotates between Dresden and Leipzig.

Others

• Social Impact gGmbH (Bonn): Social Impact is a German social enterprise support organization operating innovation spaces and impact programs. While not a coworking operator per se, it is closely comparable to Impact Hub Dresden's social-innovation program portfolio (Impact Tandem, SINNkubator) and shared mission of supporting impact-driven founders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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