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[[File:betahaus façade.jpg|thumb|Betahaus Facade, first location in Kreuzberg]]
[[File:2011-05-13-hackathon-by-RalfR-001.jpg|thumb|Entry to betahaus Berlin with Hackathon]]
'''betahaus''' is a [[coworking]] space in [[Berlin]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20180823/what-are-berlins-most-affordable-co-working-spaces |title=What are Berlin's most affordable co-working spaces? |date=2018-08-23 |website=www.thelocal.de |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> and was started in January 2009 by the six founders Tonia Welter, Gregor Scheppan, Stephan Bielefeldt, Madeleine von Mohl, Max von der Ahé and Christoph Fahle, the official opening in Berlin took place in April 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/280929|title=Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator Program Invites MENA Entrepreneurs |last=Hariharan |first=Sindhu |date=2016-08-17 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en |access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> Thus, betahaus was a pioneer and the first under similar facilities in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.zeit.de/karriere/bewerbung/2014-12/co-working-soziales-netzwerk-we-work |title=Coworking: Karrierenetzwerk mit Büroanschluss |last=Weidner |first=Ingrid |date=2014-12-25|work=Die Zeit|access-date=2019-05-17|language=de-DE|issn=0044-2070}}</ref>
== Locations ==
betahaus has locations in [[Sofia]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kaviguppta/2016/07/15/where-to-work-the-10-best-coworking-spaces-on-earth/|title=Where To Work? The 10 Best Coworking Spaces On Earth|last=Guppta|first=Kavi|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> [[Hamburg]] and [[Barcelona]]. Well-known [[Startup company|start-ups]] that started here are, for example, Coffee Circle, Ezeep, GoEuro (Omio), car2go and [[Clue (mobile app)|Clue]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/betahaus-fuenf-jahre|title=„Wir dachten, wir hätten das Konzept des Coworking-Space erfunden“|date=2014-08-29|website=Gründerszene Magazin|language=de|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref>
== Bankruptcy ==
The locations in Hamburg and Cologne had to file for [[bankruptcy]]. While the Cologne location was closed, the Hamburg location could be saved.
betahaus again filed for insolvency in 2021, a proposal that was approved by the court in Germany in December, 2021. This allows betahaus to remain open even with debts to creditors and investors that will never be repaid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/2014/24/betahaus|title=Start-ups: "Wir sind nicht größenwahnsinnig genug"|last=Grabbe|first=Hanna|date=2014-06-05|work=Die Zeit|access-date=2019-05-17|language=de-DE|issn=0044-2070}}</ref>
== Business Model ==
The company generates 40 percent of its turnover through the workspaces it offers. 40 percent are taken with events and conferences and 20 percent with a public Café.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/1.1549766|title=Coworking Spaces: Geteilt und vernetzt|last=Martin|first=Anja|access-date=2019-05-17|language=de|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> An example of an event is the "Female-Founders-Breakfast", to which former minister for economy affairs [[Brigitte Zypries]] invited in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/gruenderinnen-fruehstueck-im-betahaus-wie-frauen-firmen-und-familiengruendung-verbinden/10210254.html|title=Wie Frauen Firmen- und Familiengründung verbinden|website=www.tagesspiegel.de|language=de|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> In 2009, the [[The Yes Men|Yes Men]] presented their film [[The Yes Men Fix the World|The Yes Men]] standing in a shopping cart in betahaus as part of [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlinale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tapmag.net/wordpress/2009/02/08/the-yes-men-fix-berlin/|title=The Yes Men Fix Berlin|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.betahaus.com/ Official Website]
*[https://coworkingradar.com/ Coworking Spaces]
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