What Kalina does

Kalina operates a German-language online directory that catalogs Russian and Eastern European grocery stores across Germany, served from the Blogger URL russische-geschaeften.blogspot.com and based in Senden, North Rhine-Westphalia. The directory claims coverage of more than 600 Russian food retailers across all 16 German Bundesländer, providing hand-checked entries with addresses, telephone numbers and opening hours, organized as one landing page per state. The intended audience is the Russian-speaking diaspora in Germany, addressing the difficulty (and "Heimweh"/homesickness framing used by the site itself) of locating Russian nostalgia and Eastern European specialty foods in Germany.

The underlying technology is a free Google Blogger blog rather than a custom-built stack: the firmographic record explicitly identifies the core technology as "Not applicable - this is a business directory website rather than a technology company," with no proprietary features, no APIs, no integrations, no apps, and no AI modalities disclosed. Content is structured as static, manually maintained posts indexed by region, with the most recent dated post falling in November 2015 and a Bayern coverage page from March 2014. There is no indication of automated data ingestion, no schema markup for SEO beyond Blogger defaults, and no evidence of CMS migration to a more capable platform.

The business model is not described in the source material as a revenue-generating operation. No pricing model, advertising placements, listings fees, premium subscriptions, or transactional revenue mechanics are documented; the firmographic record states "No pricing information available" and "Not applicable - the sources describe a business directory of Russian grocery stores in Germany, not a company selling products or services." Headcount is reported at 11 but no management team, named founder, legal entity, ownership structure, funding history, or parent company is disclosed. Contact is via a personal-style email address ([email protected]) and a Blogger user profile ("Kölner"). Taken together, the entity reads as a small, community-oriented information resource — possibly dormant given the long absence of dated posts — rather than an active commercial enterprise; an investor should treat most standard operating metrics as unverified.

Name

Kalina

Website

https://russische-geschaeften.blogspot.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kalina operates a German-language online directory cataloging 600+ Russian and Eastern European grocery stores across all 16 German states. It serves Germany's Russian-speaking diaspora by publishing hand-checked store addresses, phone numbers and opening hours.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Business Directory

NAICS

Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) (445110), Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) (44511), Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529)

SIC

Retail-Food Stores (5400), Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Eastern European/Russian/Central Asian Grocery Stores (CRAHAFAI)

Keywords

• Russian grocery directory
• Ethnic food listings
• Local business directory
• Russian stores Germany
• Immigrant community guide

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Kalina maintains and publishes an online directory of more than 600 Russian grocery stores located throughout Germany. Each store listing is hand-verified and contains the store's address, telephone number, and opening hours, helping Russian-speaking residents find Russian and Eastern European food retailers in their area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Russische Geschäft in deine Nähe (Russian Stores Near You) An online directory of more than 600 Russian grocery stores across Germany, providing hand-verified addresses, telephone numbers, and opening hours. It is targeted at Russian-speaking residents of Germany looking for Russian and Eastern European food retailers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Rusbiz.de: German-based online business directory aimed at Russian-speaking businesses and consumers in Germany. Directly comparable as a competing directory platform targeting the same niche audience Kalina serves.
• Eurogida: German-based Russian-language business and services directory focused on the Russian-speaking community. Closely comparable because it provides the same type of local discovery and classified listings for Russian-speaking residents in Germany as Kalina aims to.

Broad incumbents

• 2GIS: Russian-origin city directory and mapping platform with deep POI data in Russian. Comparable because it serves diaspora community discovery of local businesses (including grocery) in the same language, representing both a substitute and a strategic distribution channel.
• Lieferando: Leading food delivery marketplace in Germany. Comparable as a broader food-and-restaurant discovery and commerce platform that intersects with how diaspora consumers discover and purchase from ethnic grocery and food stores.
• Yandex Maps: Russian-origin mapping and local discovery platform with rich Russian-language POI data. Comparable because it offers diaspora-relevant local business search functionality that overlaps with Kalina's directory use case, albeit at much broader scale.
• Mix Markt: Largest chain of Eastern European/Russian grocery stores in Germany; explicitly named on Kalina's contact page. Directly comparable because Mix Markt is the dominant retail format Kalina's directory catalogs and serves the same diaspora customer base.

Regional players

• Gorod24: Russian-language classifieds and local business listings popular among Russian-speaking diaspora in Europe. Comparable as a diaspora-focused directory and discovery tool, though primarily serving users in CIS rather than Germany specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kalina

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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