hallig hanken by zukunft.unternehmen

What hallig hanken by zukunft.unternehmen does

hallig hanken is a coworking and event venue operated by ZUKUNFT.unternehmen gGmbH in a repurposed glass construction hall on the BÜFA industrial site in Oldenburg, Germany, spanning approximately 2,300 m² with 24 modular sea-container offices, open-plan coworking areas, meeting rooms, and event spaces that together accommodate roughly 200 workspace positions. The facility serves approximately 18 named resident companies spanning software, healthcare (medical cannabis, digital therapeutics), architecture, social services, and creative industries, alongside visiting members and event bookers; it also functions as an affiliated institute (An-Institut) of Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg and operates with the founding support of the Gertrud und Hellmut Barthel Stiftung.

The revenue model combines recurring workspace subscriptions (container rentals on monthly service agreements, coworking monthly passes at €200/month) with transaction-based fees for usage of meeting rooms (€20-50/hour), event venues (€300/4 hours to €500/day for the main 170-person space), and add-on services (business mailbox at €25/month, lockers at €10/month); a separate professional-services line delivers paid entrepreneurship workshops, coaching, project consulting, and moderation to corporate and university clients under Innovation Manager Leon Schmidt. Pricing is publicly disclosed in EUR and processed via Stripe or bank transfer, with no enterprise discount tiers; container pricing is quote-based. Distribution is entirely direct through the company's online shop (shop.hallighanken.de), on-site sales, phone, email, and Eventbrite for ticketed events.

Underlying technology comprises a digital access control system (mobile app plus NFC tags), a custom booking and e-commerce platform built and maintained by DeMa Software Solutions (also a resident company), Google Analytics for website traffic analysis, Eventbrite for event ticketing, and a content layer built around the 'Morgens halb 10' video podcast launched in 2020. The legal and capital structure (German gGmbH, foundation-backed, university-affiliated, no external equity funding disclosed) positions the organization as an institutional innovation hub rather than a venture-stage operator.

Name

hallig hanken by zukunft.unternehmen

Legal name

ZUKUNFT.unternehmen gGmbH

Website

https://hallighanken.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

hallig hanken operates a 2,300 m² coworking and event venue in Oldenburg, Germany, offering flexible workspace, 24 sea-container offices, meeting rooms, and entrepreneurship coaching. It serves founders, SMEs, and event organizers through a community-driven ecosystem backed by a regional foundation and university affiliation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking and Event Space Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFADAJ

Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Cafes & Coffee Shops

Keywords

• Coworking spaces
• Event venue rental
• Meeting room rental
• Entrepreneurship consulting
• Innovation workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Oldenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fixed Container/Desk Rental: Long-term rental of dedicated sea container workspace units and fixed desks. Residents sign service agreements (Mietvertrag über die Nutzung von Räumen) with monthly fees. This is the core recurring revenue stream. The agreement includes use of common areas, meeting rooms within allocated quotas, WiFi, utilities, and community access.
2. Coworking Day/Week/Month Passes: Flexible, short-term use of open-plan coworking desks. Offered at 25€/day, 100€/week, or 200€/month. Revenue is recognized per booking transaction. Unused monthly quotas do not carry over.
3. Meeting and Workshop Room Rental: Rental of dedicated meeting/group work rooms (Seminarraum ~20 persons, Workshop-Container ~15 persons, Pitch-Area ~50 persons, Silent Cube). Revenue is usage-based per hour or day. Quota-based free usage is included for some resident tiers.
4. Event Venue Rental: The Eventfläche (170 persons), Marktplatz (40 persons), and Pitch-Area (30 persons) are rented for corporate events, workshops, and public events. Priced at 300€ for 4 hours or 500€ per day for the Eventfläche. Additional cleaning fees apply. This is a significant per-booking revenue stream.
5. Additional Services (Post, Locker, Beamer, etc.): Add-on services including business postal address (25€/month), personal locker/spind (10€/month), projector and screen rental, audio system, and printing/copying. These are charged per the prevailing price list and represent incremental revenue.
6. Entrepreneurship Consulting, Coaching, Workshops & Training: ZUKUNFT.unternehmen offers paid workshops, trainings, project consulting, and coaching services around entrepreneurship, innovation, business model development, and prototyping. These are sold to external companies and organizations (e.g., corporate innovation programs, university entrepreneurship education). Leon Schmidt is the designated contact for these engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hallig hanken operates a coworking and event venue across roughly 2,300 m² of a repurposed glass construction hall in Oldenburg, Germany. It sells flexible workspace (daily, weekly, and monthly coworking passes), fixed sea-container offices, meeting and workshop rooms, a 170-person event space, and a quiet individual work pod, plus business mailbox and locker add-ons. Beyond space, it sells paid entrepreneurship consulting, workshops, coaching, project facilitation, and event moderation services. Customers include individual professionals, startups, SMEs, corporate event bookers, universities, and public institutions.

Product overview

hallig hanken by zukunft.unternehmen operates as a coworking and entrepreneurship hub located in a former glass construction hall in Oldenburg, Germany, spanning approximately 2,300-2,700 m². The offering is organized around three core pillars: (1) Physical workspace solutions including Coworking (daily/weekly/monthly), Container fixed workspaces (24 sea containers), Eventfläche, Seminarraum, Workshop-Container, Pitch-Area, and Silent Cube; (2) Business address services including Firmenbriefkasten and Spind lockers; and (3) Entrepreneurship support services including Workshops & Trainings, Beratungen & Coachings, Projekte & Prozessbegleitung, and Impulse & Moderationen. The facility also hosts a Podcast series ('Morgens halb 10') and regular community events. The space accommodates 200 workspaces and is operated by ZUKUNFT.unternehmen gGmbH as an affiliated institute of Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coworking Day Pass Flexible open-plan coworking desk access on a daily basis at €25/day, providing access to communal amenities, WiFi, coffee/tea, and water. Designed for individual professionals and visitors who want short-term workspace in the hallig hanken community.
• Coworking Weekly Pass One-week open-plan coworking desk access at €100/week, providing the same communal amenities as the daily pass.
• Coworking Monthly Pass (Fixed Desk) Monthly subscription at €200/month for a dedicated fixed desk in the coworking space, including all communal amenities, WiFi, coffee/tea, water, and shared meeting room quotas.
• Container — Fixed Workspace Unit Long-term rental (quote-based monthly) of one of 24 dedicated sea-container workspace units, providing a private enclosed office for individuals or teams. Service agreement includes the business mailbox, communal access, meeting-room quotas, WiFi, utilities, and community access.
• Seminarraum Seminar room with separate staircase access, ~20-person seated capacity, available at €50/hour or €250/day. Includes WiFi, projector and screen (separate booking), and basic workshop materials.
• Workshop-Container Workshop room of approximately 55 m² converted from a sea container, seating up to ~15 persons. Quote-based pricing. Includes workshop materials and projector/screen available as add-on.
• Pitch-Area Flexible modular pitch and event area with rollable seating/tribunes, projector and screen, accommodating up to ~50 persons. Priced at €50/hour or €250/day.
• Silent Cube Quiet individual work pod for focused work, phone calls, or small-group breakouts in absolute silence. Priced at €20/hour or €100/day, located in the former glass construction hall.
• Eventfläche (Event Space) Large event space for corporate events and public events, accommodating up to 170 persons at €300 for 4 hours or €500 for a full day. Includes basic infrastructure (WiFi, seating); cleaning fees and AV/lighting equipment charges apply separately.
• Firmenbriefkasten (Business Mailbox) Monthly subscription at €25/month providing the hallig hanken address as an official business postal address for mail reception. Included free for container residents.
• Spind (Locker) Monthly subscription at €10/month for a personal storage locker within the hallig hanken facility, available for secure storage of personal belongings and work materials.
• Entrepreneurship Workshops, Coaching & Consulting Paid entrepreneurship consulting service line comprising workshops and trainings, one-on-one coaching, project and process facilitation, and event moderation. Customized to client needs and includes coaching for Niedersächsisches Gründungsstipendium accreditation. Sold to companies, universities, and public institutions by Leon Schmidt.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2300 m² facility with 24 sea container workspace units and 200 workspace positions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHallig hanken / ZUKUNFT.unternehmen gGmbH operates as an 'An-Institut' (affiliated institute) of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. The university connection provides scientific credibility, talent pipeline, knowledge transfer between academia and business, and a collaborative research environment. Prof. Dr. Alexander Nicolai holds the Chair of Entrepreneurship at the university and serves as the scientific director of ZUKUNFT.unternehmen. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jorge Marx Gómez (Wirtschaftsinformatik / Very Large Business Applications) is also affiliated.
• Sirius Minds GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSirius Minds GmbH is listed as an An-Institut (affiliated institute) of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg and is a listed supporter/partner of ZUKUNFT.unternehmen and hallig hanken. The nature of the partnership appears to be in the broader ecosystem of university-affiliated innovation entities.
• BÜFA GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBÜFA GmbH & Co. KG is the owner of the industrial site where hallig hanken is located (August-Hanken-Str. 24, Oldenburg). Hallig hanken operates in a converted glass construction hall on the BÜFA grounds. The industrial setting provides the unique aesthetic, easy logistics access, and free parking for hallig hanken visitors. The partnership provides the physical infrastructure and site access for the hallig hanken operations.
• DeMa Software Solutions (Dennis Marschner)coreTechnology or IntegrationDeMa Software Solutions is the web development partner for hallig hanken and ZUKUNFT.unternehmen. They built and maintain the hallighanken.de website and the booking/shop platform (shop.hallighanken.de). They are also a resident company at hallig hanken, creating an embedded client-vendor relationship. Dennis Marschner is listed as the web developer in the impressum. They handle all custom software development for the hallig's digital infrastructure including the digital lock system, booking platform, and Ninox-based CMS.
• STARTUP MIGRANTSminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSTARTUP MIGRANTS is a startup support organization that organizes the Startup Preschool program, which is hosted at hallig hanken (October 2026 event). This is a recurring event partnership where hallig hanken serves as the venue host and co-promoter for the entrepreneurship program.
• STARTUP MIGRANTSminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSTARTUP MIGRANTS runs its Startup Preschool program at hallig hanken, bringing participants to the venue for a multi-day startup intensive. This generates event venue rental revenue and increases hallig hanken's visibility in the startup ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Design Offices: German premium coworking and flexible office operator with locations in multiple German cities — comparable workspace + meeting/event room offering.
• Betahaus: German coworking pioneer with community, events, and entrepreneurship focus — directly comparable Berlin-headquartered operator with similar programmatic DNA.
• impact Hub: Global network of mission-driven coworking and innovation spaces; matches hallig hanken's social/non-profit positioning and entrepreneurship support model.
• Factory Berlin: Innovation campus and coworking operator in Berlin combining workspace, event programming, and a curated founder community — directly comparable to hallig hanken's community-led, entrepreneurship-focused model.
• Mindspace: European premium coworking operator offering flexible workspace, meeting rooms, and event spaces across multiple cities — comparable workspace-as-a-service model.
• St. Oberholz: Berlin coworking space and café known for community-driven atmosphere and event programming — closely parallels hallig hanken's coworking + events + community ethos.
• NUMA: European innovation coworking and startup accelerator network offering workspace, events, and founder programming — comparable to hallig hanken's combined workspace + entrepreneurship coaching offering.

Broad incumbents

• IWG (Regus, Spaces): World's largest flexible workspace operator running Regus, Spaces, HQ, and other brands — broader incumbent with global portfolio that competes for the same SME and event-rental demand.
• WeWork: Global coworking and flexible office incumbent operating at scale; overlaps with hallig hanken's core offering but serves a broader enterprise client base without the mission-driven community focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hallig-hanken

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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