Berner Generationenhaus

What Berner Generationenhaus does

Berner Generationenhaus is a Swiss non-profit organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in Berne, operating as a multi-purpose intergenerational community venue. Its stated activities span four functional pillars: exhibitions and cultural events, social services, a café-bar, and rentable meeting rooms — collectively positioned to connect different generations through shared everyday use of the facility. The short_description from firmographics explicitly identifies the "generations" framing as the organizing concept of the venue, suggesting the programming is designed around cross-generational encounter rather than a single age-cohort audience.

The organization's revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the available data. As a non-profit, the operating budget is presumed to be funded through a mix of café-bar and meeting-room rental income, ticket/event revenue, social-services contracts (likely municipal or cantonal), exhibition partnerships, and donations — but no breakdown, donor list, or financial figures are present in the input. The company_type field marks it as non_profit, ipo_status is private, and the headcount band is 51-100 employees, which is a meaningful operational footprint for a single-site community venue in Switzerland.

Technology, distribution channels, partnerships, management team, and product details are entirely absent from the input data — one referenced source consists only of a website loading/verification page with no substantive content. As a result, this description is grounded strictly in the firmographics-level facts available; deeper claims about go-to-market, pricing, or operating model would not be supported by the supplied evidence.

Name

Berner Generationenhaus

Website

https://www.begh.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Berner Generationenhaus is a Berne-based Swiss non-profit founded in 2014 that operates a community venue connecting generations through exhibitions, events, social services, a café-bar, and meeting rooms for everyday public use.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Center Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAGALAM

Hybrid Meetings & Tech-Enabled Conference Hotels

Travel & Hospitality/Lodging & Accommodation/Convention & Conference Hotels

SECONDARYMPAGAIAC

Bars & Pubs (Non-Music)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Nightlife & Live Music Venues (Clubs, Bars)

Keywords

• Community center services
• Intergenerational programs
• Social services
• Cultural exhibitions
• Public meeting spaces

Headquarters

HQ city

Berne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Berner Generationenhaus is a non-profit community hub in Berne, Switzerland that connects generations through cultural exhibitions, public events, social services, a café/bar, and meeting rooms. The organization functions as a shared everyday-life venue where families, youth, seniors, and other community members can access cultural programming, social support, hospitality, and gathering spaces under one roof.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Exhibitions Cultural exhibitions hosted at the Berner Generationenhaus venue, designed to bring together community members of different ages and to engage the public in intergenerational dialogue.
• Events Public events organized at the Berner Generationenhaus venue, supporting community engagement and intergenerational connection activities.
• Social Services Social services provided through the Berner Generationenhaus, supporting community members and contributing to the organization's intergenerational mission.
• Café/Bar On-site café/bar at the Berner Generationenhaus, serving as a hospitality offering for visitors and a social gathering space for community members.
• Meeting Rooms Meeting rooms available at the Berner Generationenhaus venue for community use, group gatherings, and small events.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Dampfzentrale Bern: Cultural center in Bern that hosts exhibitions, events, concerts and has an on-site gastronomy offering; directly comparable as a Bern-based multi-purpose cultural venue with similar programming mix to the Generationenhaus.
• PROGR Bern: Center for cultural production in Bern offering exhibitions, events, studios and meeting/event spaces; closely comparable as a multi-purpose Bern venue serving cultural and community programming.

Regional players

• Kulturzentrum Kaserne Basel: Established cultural center in Basel hosting concerts, theater, exhibitions and community events; comparable as a Swiss multi-purpose cultural venue with overlapping programming, though operating in a different city.
• Rote Fabrik Zürich: Long-standing cultural center in Zürich offering concerts, theater, exhibitions and a restaurant/gastronomy operation; comparable in its combination of cultural programming and on-site food service in a Swiss urban setting.
• Cabaret Voltaire Zürich: Zürich cultural venue hosting exhibitions, events and a café/bar; comparable in offering a hybrid cultural/exhibition-and-hospitality venue model, though in a different Swiss city and with a more niche artistic focus.

Broad incumbents

• Pro Senectute Schweiz: Swiss national foundation providing social services, advisory and community programming for older adults; overlaps with the Generationenhaus's intergenerational social-services mission and Bern footprint, though it operates at national scale.
• Pro Juventute Schweiz: Swiss national foundation supporting children, youth and families through counseling, programs and community services; comparable in its non-profit social-services mandate that pairs with the Generationenhaus's intergenerational concept.
• Caritas Schweiz: Swiss non-profit providing social services, integration programs and community support; thematically comparable to the Generationenhaus's social-services component, though operating at national scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BernerGenerationenhaus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/berner-generationenhaus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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