raumzeit GmbH

What raumzeit GmbH does

raumzeit GmbH is a privately held German coworking and event venue operator headquartered in Hannover, founded in 2020 and led by Managing Director Michael Wessel (Geschäftsführer). The company operates two locations on Freundallee in the Bult district of Hannover — Freundallee 23 (F23) as the primary coworking hub and Freundallee 19 (F19) as a dedicated event hall — and serves freelancers, startups, SMEs, and corporate teams seeking flexible workspace, private offices, meeting rooms, and event venues. The product portfolio spans four coworking tariff tiers (Light freemium at €0/month, Teilzeit 3/7 at €150/month net, Flex Vollzeit at €230/month net, and Fix Vollzeit at €270/month net), private Team Offices from €810/month net, a graduated meeting room hierarchy (Coaching Room, Meetingroom S/M/L, Workshopraum XL up to 50 people), and a 200-person Eventhalle with full AV and catering support.

The underlying technology stack is conventional and SaaS-based: a WordPress website built with Elementor Pro, the Cobot membership and booking platform (Upstream-Agile GmbH) for self-serve sign-up, Stripe and PayPal for payment processing, ThinPrint for cloud printing, Borlabs Cookie for GDPR-compliant consent, and Meta Pixel/Conversions API plus Google Analytics/Tag Manager for marketing attribution. There is no proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or data flywheel; the entire operation is essentially a physical real-estate business wrapped in a thin SaaS orchestration layer.

The go-to-market is community-led and direct-to-consumer: acquisition flows through Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Xing, a MailChimp newsletter, local SEO, and a visible Community page featuring 20+ named member companies (TNG, Esri, Energie Niedersachsen, Holisticon, Finpal, S2F Consulting, Simmross Capital, and others). The revenue model blends recurring monthly subscriptions (desk plans, private offices) with transactional usage-based fees (meeting rooms, event hall, time passes) and small ancillary charges (lockers, postal addresses, monitor rentals). The company sells exclusively through direct channels — its own website and the Cobot member portal — with no resellers, aggregators, or marketplace listings.

Name

raumzeit GmbH

Legal name

raumzeit GmbH

Website

https://raumzeit.online

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

raumzeit GmbH operates two coworking and event-venue locations in Hannover, Germany, offering tiered desk memberships, private offices, meeting rooms, and a 200-person event hall to freelancers, startups, SMEs, and corporate teams. The bootstrapped, founder-owned company runs a community-led, self-serve model built on the Cobot platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking and Flexible Workspace Services

NAICS

Facilities Support Services (5612), All Other Support Services (561990)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Co-Living / Hybrid Extended-Stay Residences (THAGAEAK)

Keywords

• Coworking space
• Flexible workspace
• Meeting room rental
• Event venue hire
• Private office rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Hannover

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Monthly Membership Subscriptions (Desk Plans): raumzeit's primary revenue stream comes from recurring monthly membership fees across four tiers: CoWorking Light (free with 1 Flex Desk hour pass per month), CoWorking Teilzeit 3/7 (€150.00/month for 3 days/week access), CoWorking Flex Vollzeit (€230.00/month net for flexible full-time desk), and CoWorking Fix Vollzeit (€270.00/month net for fixed desk with 24/7 access). All plans include flatrate water, coffee, and tea; billing is monthly in advance.
2. Meeting, Workshop & Event Room Rentals: Revenue from renting out meeting rooms (Coaching Room, Meetingroom S, M, L, Workshopraum XL, Eventhalle, and Rotunde) on an hourly or daily basis. Meeting rooms range from €30.00–€120.00 net/hour depending on size and type. Event hall rental is priced at €162.50 net/hour or €1,300.00 net/day. Revenue is transactional and usage-based, billed per booking via the Cobot platform.
3. Private Office & Team Büro Rentals: Private, fully furnished, lockable office spaces rented on a monthly basis starting at €810.00 net/month (18m²). Includes ergonomic workstations, maintenance, cleaning, post reception, utilities, coffee, tea, and water. Additional services such as a representative business address and access to meeting/coaching/workshop rooms can be bundled. Revenue is a recurring subscription.
4. Ancillary Services (Time Passes, Extras): One-time or add-on revenue from half-day and full-day time passes (€15.47 and €24.99 respectively, including VAT), locker rental (€11.90–€17.85/month), postal address services (€23.80/month), monitor rental (€11.90/month), and firm logo on entrance screen (€11.90/month). These are either per-transaction or small recurring charges.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

raumzeit GmbH operates two coworking and event locations in Hannover's Bult district (Freundallee 19 and 23) where it rents flexible workspaces, private offices, meeting rooms, workshop rooms, and a 200-person event hall to freelancers, start-ups, teams, and corporate clients on monthly subscriptions or hourly/daily bookings. The offering is fully furnished and all-inclusive (ergonomic workstations, high-speed WLAN, printing, coffee/tea/water flatrate, reception and post handling) with short cancellation terms and no minimum contract.

Product overview

raumzeit GmbH is a coworking space operator in Hannover offering a portfolio of workspace solutions including flexible coworking spaces with tiered tariff plans (Light, Flex Vollzeit, Fix Vollzeit, Teilzeit 3/7), private offices and team offices, and diverse meeting/conference rooms (Coaching Room, Meetingräume S/M/L, Workshopraum XL, Rotunde). The company also provides event and workshop spaces for corporate events, seminars, and workshops, plus special event hosting services like Christmas parties. Meeting spaces range from intimate coaching rooms for 3 people to workshop spaces accommodating up to 50 participants, with varying technology configurations including interactive touch displays, video conferencing, and presentation equipment. The company operates multiple locations in Hannover's Bult area, primarily at Freundallee 19 and 23.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CoWorking Space Flexible open-plan coworking space in Hannover offering flex desks, fixed desks, and part-time arrangements for freelancers, start-ups, and professionals. Access is controlled via monthly memberships (Light, Teilzeit 3/7, Flex Vollzeit, Fix Vollzeit) and time passes, with amenities including ergonomic workstations, high-speed WLAN, printing/scanning/copying, and coffee/tea/water flatrate.
• Private Offices & Team Offices Fully furnished, lockable private offices rented on a monthly basis starting at €810 net/month for 18 m², including ergonomic workstations, utilities, maintenance, cleaning, post reception, dedicated postal address, and coffee/tea/water flatrate. Designed for small teams and companies needing a flexible headquarters with 3-month cancellation notice.
• Meeting- & Tagungsräume (Meeting and Conference Rooms) Multifunctional meeting rooms of varying sizes (Coaching Room up to 3 persons, Meetingroom S up to 6, Meetingroom M up to 8, Meetingroom L up to 12) rented hourly or daily, equipped with conference tables, interactive touch displays, video bars for hybrid meetings, projectors, whiteboards, flipcharts, and high-speed WLAN. Pricing ranges from €30 net/hour (Coaching Room) to €90 net/hour (Meetingroom L).
• Event- & Workshopräume (Event and Workshop Spaces) Versatile event and workshop spaces with natural light and modern AV, including the Workshopraum XL (up to 50 persons, €120 net/hour or €900 net/day) and the Eventhalle at Freundallee 19 (up to 200 persons, €162.50 net/hour or €1,300 net/day). Furniture is customisable (banquet, standing, seminar, workshop arrangements), with projectors, screens, RGB lighting, audio systems, mobile HEPA air filter, and optional catering for corporate events, workshops, training, and conferences.
• Weihnachtsfeier (Corporate Christmas Party Events) Dedicated corporate Christmas party event service at raumzeit's Hannover locations, with venues accommodating 50–200 guests, customizable furniture arrangements, RGB lighting, modern AV equipment, and optional catering. Promoted as a flagship seasonal offering for companies in and around Hannover.

Quantifiable outcome

• Flexible workspace plans with 14-day cancellation notice (vs. typical office lease terms of months to years)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cobot (Upstream-Agile GmbH)coreTechnology or IntegrationCobot, operated by Upstream-Agile GmbH (Harzer Straße 39, 12059 Berlin; later listed as Adalbertstraße 7-8, 10999 Berlin), serves as raumzeit's membership management, booking, and billing platform. All member registrations, plan management, meeting room bookings, and payment processing for monthly subscriptions and time passes are handled through Cobot. This is a foundational operational partnership underpinning raumzeit's entire self-serve sales model.
• Stripe Payments Europe Ltd.coreTechnology or IntegrationStripe processes all credit card payments (MasterCard, American Express, VISA) on the Cobot platform. Stripe is the primary payment service provider for transactional bookings and monthly membership billing.
• MailChimp (Intuit Inc.)coreTechnology or IntegrationMailChimp is used for newsletter distribution and email marketing. Subscriber email addresses and engagement data are processed on MailChimp's servers in the USA. A Data Processing Agreement is in place with MailChimp. MailChimp provides analytics on open rates, bounce rates, and unsubscribes at a group level.
• Meta Platforms Ireland (Facebook, Instagram)coreGTM or Marketing Partnerraumzeit operates a Facebook Fanpage and an Instagram account for community engagement, event promotion, and brand visibility. Meta's Facebook Pixel and Conversions API are integrated on the website for marketing optimisation and ad targeting. Joint controller arrangements are in place for the Facebook Fanpage (Page Insights).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Spaces (IWG): Spaces, part of IWG plc, is a global flexible workspace provider offering coworking, private offices, and meeting rooms. While Spaces operates at significantly larger scale than raumzeit, it targets the same flexible-workspace customer in Germany and competes for enterprise tenants.
• WeWork: WeWork is the global leader in coworking and flexible office space, with a presence in major German cities. Its product (flex desks, dedicated offices, meeting rooms, event spaces) overlaps directly with raumzeit's, even though raumzeit operates at a significantly smaller, single-city scale.
• Industrious: Industrious is a premium flexible workspace provider offering coworking, private offices, and meeting rooms with a hospitality-driven service model. Its enterprise-grade positioning and 'workplace as a service' approach are comparable to raumzeit's all-inclusive value proposition.
• Hoffmann Automobile / Regus-style regional franchises: IWG's Regus brand is the global incumbent in serviced and flexible offices, with a presence in many German cities. While typically more traditional and corporate than raumzeit, it sets the competitive pricing and contract benchmarks against which raumzeit must position.

Regional players

• St. Oberholz: St. Oberholz is a renowned Berlin-based coworking café and workspace operator with a strong community and event focus. While geographically distinct from raumzeit's Hannover base, it shares a comparable emphasis on community building, café, and event programming.
• WorkIn: WorkIn operates flexible office and coworking spaces in German mid-sized cities. Its product mix (flexible desks, team offices, meeting rooms) directly parallels raumzeit's, and it competes in regional German markets where Hannover's mid-sized-city profile is most relevant.

Direct peers

• Mindspace: Mindspace operates design-led coworking and flexible office spaces across Europe, including Germany. It offers private offices, team suites, meeting rooms, and event spaces under a subscription model closely comparable to raumzeit's product portfolio, and competes for the same SME and enterprise tenant base.
• WorkRepublic: WorkRepublic is a German coworking and flexible-office operator offering desks, private offices, and meeting rooms in multiple German cities. Its product portfolio, target customer (SMEs, freelancers, corporate teams), and pricing tiers are closely comparable to raumzeit's.
• Office Club: Office Club operates a German coworking and serviced-office network with a similar mid-market, multi-room offering (desks, offices, meeting rooms). Comparable in scale and customer mix to raumzeit, it competes for the same flexible-workspace demand in the German SME market.
• Design Offices: Design Offices is a German coworking, meeting, and event space operator with multiple locations across Germany. Its mix of coworking desks, meeting rooms, and event/workshop venues mirrors raumzeit's product set, with comparable target customers in mid-sized German cities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/raumzeitHannover
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/raumzeithannover
• Instagraminstagram.com/raumzeithannover
• Pinterestpinterest.com/raumzeithannover

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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