Acud Macht Neu

What Acud Macht Neu does

Acud Macht Neu (legally styled ACUD MACHT NEU, formerly Kunsthaus ACUD) is an independent, non-profit cultural institution headquartered at Veteranenstraße 21 in Berlin Mitte, Germany. Founded circa 1989, it operates a single multi-space venue comprising ACUD Galerie (contemporary art exhibition space), ACUD Club (music and event programming), ACUD Studio (workshop and creative practice space), and ACUD Backyard (the Summer Yard Café). The institution curates recurring exhibition series (including Echoing Futures, Karma Ltd. Extended, We Who Move The World Forward, and the forthcoming Tenants of Tender Armour), runs the Amplify Berlin music residency, and hosts panel discussions, radio shows, performances, and workshops. Its explicit programmatic mission centers marginalized communities — queer, bipoc, flinta, refugee, and exiled cultural workers — making the venue a hybrid arts institution, social platform, and community hub.

The organization monetizes through three identifiable streams: bar/café beverage and food sales (Summer Yard Café, Wednesday–Sunday), space rentals (Club, Studio, Galerie, Backyard for private events and exhibitions), and institutional cultural funding (project grants from Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin and base operational funding (Basisförderung) plus multi-sector funding programme support from the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt). Distribution is venue-first and largely domestic, with audience acquisition driven by Instagram, Facebook, a monthly email newsletter, YouTube (including German Sign Language exhibition introductions), and event-driven programming. Partnerships with Goethe-Institut im Exil and Project Space Festival extend programmatic reach without altering the single-location footprint.

The organization employs between 1 and 10 staff, with a named curatorial team of approximately ten curators and operational bar/café staff. No revenue, ARR, ticket pricing, or attendance figures are publicly disclosed; financial scale is inferred from grant-based funding, venue size, and headcount alone. ACUD has no technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, no API or SDK footprint, and no subsidiaries or parent entity — operating as an independent non-profit with no M&A, funding round, or leadership succession signals beyond a single recent bar manager departure.

Name

Acud Macht Neu

Legal name

ACUD MACHT NEU

Website

https://acudmachtneu.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Acud Macht Neu is a Berlin Mitte-based non-profit cultural institution operating a single multi-space venue (gallery, club, studio, café), programming exhibitions, music events, and community projects for marginalized communities including queer, bipoc, flinta, refugee, and exiled cultural workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Arts Center

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Venue & Facility Reservations (Private Rooms, Event Spaces) (HSACALAJ)

Keywords

• Contemporary art exhibitions
• Live music venue
• Community arts space
• Cultural programming events
• Arts nonprofit venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Bar/Café Revenue: The Summer Yard Café offers coffee, cake, and drinks Wednesday to Sunday, generating beverage and food service revenue.
2. Space Rentals: The venue offers spaces for rent including Club, Studio, Galerie, and Backyard for events, exhibitions, and performances.
3. Government Cultural Funding: Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin and Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Acud Macht Neu operates Kunsthaus ACUD, a multi-disciplinary cultural venue in Berlin Mitte comprising four distinct spaces: ACUD Galerie (contemporary art exhibition gallery), ACUD Club (live music and performance venue), ACUD Studio (workshop and creative production space), and the ACUD Backyard/Summer Yard Café. The venue delivers a regular program of exhibitions, concerts, talks, performances, theatre, film screenings, and community-oriented cultural projects, including the Amplify Berlin residency program. Programming is curated with a mission-driven focus on marginalized communities, including queer, bipoc, flinta, and refugee audiences.

Product overview

Acud Macht Neu (Kunsthaus ACUD) is a multi-disciplinary cultural venue and art gallery located in Berlin Mitte. The venue operates several interconnected spaces including the ACUD Galerie (exhibition space), ACUD Club (community-focused venue), ACUD Studio (creative workshop space), and ACUD Backyard (café). The institution hosts recurring exhibition series such as Echoing Futures, Karma Ltd. Extended, and We Who Move The World Forward, alongside music residencies, club programming, and community events. It functions as an open cultural space for contemporary art, performance, and social engagement rather than a technology platform or software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACUD Galerie: The gallery space of ACUD Macht Neu featuring exhibitions and art programming.
• ACUD Club
• Summer Yard Café
• Amplify Berlin

Products and services

• ACUD Galerie
• ACUD Club
• ACUD Studio
• Summer Yard Café (ACUD Backyard)
• Amplify Berlin

Quantifiable outcome

• 35 years of continuous operation as independent cultural venue
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and minor.

• Goethe-Institut im ExilflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration bringing visibility to displaced cultural workers including Ukrainian, Afghan, Syrian, and Belarusian artists in exile. ACUD serves as exhibition space and contact point for marginalized cultural workers, with exchange and networking as common goals.
• Project Space FestivalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Project Space Festival for lecture/performance programming, integrating ACUD into broader Berlin arts festival circuit.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• nGbK (neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst): Berlin artist-run exhibition space producing politically engaged contemporary art programming. Comparable independent, project-based gallery model in Berlin with grant-funded operations.
• Künstlerhaus Bethanien: Berlin-based international residency and exhibition venue for contemporary art. Comparable exhibition-and-community programming focused on international artists and social themes.
• Savvy Contemporary: Berlin-based independent art institution focused on discourses around migration, decolonization, and community. Highly comparable mission overlap with ACUD's programming around marginalized and refugee communities.
• Urban Spree: Berlin-based independent cultural venue combining exhibition space, concert hall, bar and artist residencies. Directly comparable to ACUD's Club/Studio/Galerie/Backyard multi-space setup serving alternative and underground programming.
• Silent Green: Berlin cultural venue in Wedding operating a Betonhalle concert/event hall, a film studio, café, and project spaces. Comparable multi-space cultural venue model focused on independent programming.
• Berghain / KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin): Berlin-based contemporary art and club-culture complex operating a gallery (KW) and nightclub (Berghain/Panorama Bar) in the same city as ACUD; shares the multi-format cultural venue model with exhibition and nightlife programming.

Broad incumbents

• KW Institute for Contemporary Art: Established Berlin contemporary art institution producing exhibition series and discursive programming; comparable as a curated exhibition-focused venue, but operates at a much larger institutional scale with separate funding base.
• Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW): Berlin federally-funded institution for international contemporary arts and discourses. Larger incumbent offering exhibitions, performances, and discussions on migration and global cultures, similar to ACUD's thematic programming but at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (Warsaw): Polish national contemporary art centre operating exhibition and performance programming. Comparable multi-format venue (gallery + performances) with publicly funded operations serving progressive artistic programming in a different country.
• Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt): Independent production house for performing arts, exhibitions and discourse in Frankfurt. Comparable independent, multi-disciplinary venue model serving progressive contemporary programming, though in a different German city.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/results?search_query=acud+macht+neu
• Facebookfacebook.com/AcudMachtNeu
• Instagraminstagram.com/acudmachtneu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acudmachtneu

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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