Cobot Due Diligence
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Germany · www.cobot.me · 17 vendors
Upstream – Agile GmbH, operating as Cobot, provides web-based software for managing coworking spaces, office hubs, and flexible workspaces. The platform automates administrative tasks such as billing, bookings, membership management, and access control. This allows space managers to streamline operations and focus on fostering their communities.
Resilience scores
- Digital Sovereignty: 18
- Digital Resilience: 7
- Financial Resilience: 7
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Services catalogue
1 service in catalogue across 1 category; runs on 17 sub-vendors.
- Coworking management software
Insights
Last updated 2026-08-14 · revision 2
17 direct vendors, 177 subvendors
Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Germany: 2
- UK: 1
- Austria: 1
Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Germany: 3
- Denmark: 2
- United States: 130
Compliance
8 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.
GDPR (source) — Evidence found
Evidence: https://www.cobot.me/en/privacy-policy, https://www.cobot.me/en/imprint, https://www.cobot.me/en/features/ensure-compliance-with-ease, https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/kontakt.html
SOC 2 (source) — No public evidence
Evidence: https://www.cobot.me/en/features/ensure-compliance-with-ease, https://www.cobot.me/en/privacy-policy
EU AI Act (source) — No public evidence
Evidence: https://www.cobot.me/en/privacy-policy, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689
Financials
Three-year financials
- 2024:
- 2023:
- 2022:
Financial Resilience Score: 7/10
Cobot (Upstream – Agile GmbH) is a small, privately held, founder-led German SaaS company operating in the coworking-management niche since 2008. Although no public financial figures are available due to its small GmbH status under §267 HGB, multiple qualitative indicators point to a stable and resilient business. The company has been bootstrapped and founder-run for over 15 years, with the three co-founders still serving as managing directors, suggesting no venture-capital-driven burn pressure and likely consistent profitability or break-even operations typical of long-lived founder-run German SaaS GmbHs. The recurring SaaS revenue model, based on subscription pricing per active member, provides predictable ARR with low customer-acquisition volatility. Cobot's product is deeply integrated into customers' billing, access control, and daily operations, creating high switching costs and customer stickiness. Geographic diversification across 90+ countries reduces dependence on any single national market, and the company has strong brand equity as one of the earliest dedicated coworking-management SaaS providers. However, risks include concentrated end-market exposure to the coworking/flex-office sector, which is vulnerable to structural downturns (as seen during COVID-19 and the WeWork collapse in 2023). Cobot also faces competition from better-capitalised, venture-backed competitors like Nexudus, OfficeRnD, Andcards, and Optix. Additional risks include FX exposure (revenue in USD/GBP, costs in EUR), key-person concentration around three founder-directors, and limited financial transparency as a small GmbH.
Key strengths: Bootstrapped and founder-led since ~2008 with no VC pressure, Recurring SaaS subscription revenue model with predictable ARR, 15+ years of continuous operation and strong brand equity as pioneer, Geographic diversification across 90+ countries, Sticky product deeply integrated into customer operations with high switching costs, Survived COVID-19 disruption without publicly reported layoffs
Risk factors: Concentrated end-market exposure to coworking/flex-office sector, Competition from better-capitalised VC-backed competitors (Nexudus, OfficeRnD, Andcards, Optix), FX exposure with revenue in USD/GBP and cost base in EUR, Key-person concentration around three founder-directors, Limited financial transparency as small GmbH, Small scale relative to competitors limits R&D and sales spending
Revenue by geography
- Europe (incl. DACH): 55%
- Americas: 30%
- Rest of World: 15%
Revenue by product/service
- Cobot SaaS Subscriptions: 95%
- Add-ons, Premium Support & Integrations: 5%
Workforce by country
- Germany: 20
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