Munich Startup: Many already know Shareyourspace from our previous interviewsBut tell me again: who are you and what do you do?
Tobias Wagner: Our company Shareyourspace is a Munich-based Proptech dedicated to the mission of “Boosting Flexibility and Sustainability.”
Keyword flexibility: In a constantly changing world, fewer and fewer people and companies want and can enter into a long-term space commitment: The need for spatially and temporally flexible Office space is huge, but the office market is rigid due to long-term, complex leases. Space is almost never "tailor-made" – rarely at the time of leasing, and even more rarely over time. Companies, organizations, and businesses change, and premises don't evolve with them. What's needed is a comprehensive, cost-effective offering of space that's flexible in terms of both time and location.
The solution lies in the existing inventory: It is important to make existing space (whether owned or rented) available and utilize it more intensively! Offices, workstations, conference, meeting, and training rooms are generally not occupied 24/7, but are unused on average up to 70 percent of the time. For example, due to vacancy, part-time work, out-of-office days, too much space, or temporary vacancies. With Shareyourspace, we have launched a digital marketplace for everyone who Workspaces based on the Airbnb principle offer or book. From the self-employed to multinational corporations. Whether for just an hour or several years.
Shareyourspace wants to bring more sustainability to the real estate industry
Furthermore, the most powerful lever imaginable for greater sustainability in the real estate industry is being used, the second part of our mission. The most sustainable building is the one that doesn't need to be built in the first place thanks to better use of existing buildings.
Furthermore, workplaces and mobility are intertwined. The best commute is a short one, i.e., the one to the office-as-a-service "around the corner." Sharing significantly improves sustainability in offices, workplaces, and work-related mobility.
Munich Startup: Why should startups in particular know you?
Tobias Wagner: Startups – and scaleups too – work best in spaces that fit their needs! On Shareyourspace, they find these spaces whenever and wherever they need them. Based on rental period, budget, amenities, size, location, and, in the case of coworking, with the right community and the right host.
In addition, startups in particular have neither the time nor the expertise to deal with the complexities and peculiarities of the traditional office market. With Shareyourspace, it's much easier: search, book, and pay. It's all a digital process.
Preferential conditions for startups at Spaces4Scaleups
Munich Startup: Why are you involved with Spaces4Scaleups?
Tobias Wagner: Because the objective, the project, the partners and the team of the City of Munich's economic development agency are top-notch. Spaces4Scaleups is what it takes to quickly and efficiently supply innovative, young companies with space – the right workspace for the next growth leap – to supply. To preferential conditions. A special workspace service instead of chains of gross floor area measurements, hundred-page leases, and a host of real estate agents. We are delighted to be able to provide the offer and booking platform for the project with our marketplace.
Munich Startup: Why should space providers participate in Spaces4Scaleups?
Tobias Wagner: Because the space providers gain direct access to a difficult-to-reach target group – startups and scaleups. Because these companies can become the major tenants of tomorrow. Because the innovative companies that are the focus of Spaces4Scaleups enrich the offered location and its tenant community, thus making the property more attractive to traditional tenants. Because the space provider can make itself and its offering visible and profile itself without the need for a broker. Because Munich, and thus the Munich real estate market, benefit from the economic policy contribution. Because Spaces4Scaleups is a good label for marketing – "Do good and talk about it." Because Spaces4Scaleups focuses on ESG (Editor's note: Environmental Social Governance, i.e. environmental, social and corporate governanceg) pays off. And because Spaces4Scaleups is an excellent answer to vacancy and oversupply of space.
