Good Hood

Good Hood GmbH is a German company best known as the operator of nebenan.de, described on its own website as Germany's largest neighbourhood platform. The company was founded in 2015 by Christian Vollmann, Till Behnke, Matthes Scheinhardt, Ina Remmers, Michael Vollmann and Sven Tantau, and is headquartered in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Its team of around 120 employees, drawn from 24 nationalities, builds and runs the nebenan.de service. nebenan.de is a free social platform that connects people who live near one another. Users register with their real name and address and are automatically assigned to their local neighbourhood, where they can post and read updates, offer or request help, use a marketplace to buy, sell, give away or swap items, join groups and events, and follow local news such as traffic or construction. The platform is available across Germany and also offers free apps for Android and iOS. According to the company, more than four million people are part of their digital neighbourhoods, over 15,000 neighbourhoods are connected, and 34 million reactions, replies and posts were recorded in 2024. The company positions itself around the social value of local community: strengthening relationships, fostering closeness both online and offline, and countering loneliness. It also maintains a philanthropic arm, the nebenan.de Stiftung, founded in 2017, which awards the German Neighbourhood Prize (Deutscher Nachbarschaftspreis). Good Hood is a private company; its leadership team includes managing directors Philipp Witzmann and Benita Krahforst.

Good Hood GmbH was founded in 2015 by Christian Vollmann, Till Behnke, Matthes Scheinhardt, Ina Remmers, Michael Vollmann and Sven Tantau. The founding team distributed the first invitations in their own neighbourhood, and nebenan.de went live that year. The idea was to help people in the same neighbourhood know, support and exchange with one another, both digitally and in real life. In 2017 the nebenan.de Stiftung was established and awarded the German Neighbourhood Prize (Deutscher Nachbarschaftspreis) for the first time. The company continued to grow the platform, which it describes as Germany's largest neighbourhood platform, connecting millions of users across more than 15,000 neighbourhoods. By 2024 the platform recorded 34 million reactions, replies and posts in a single year. Good Hood is headquartered in Berlin-Kreuzberg and employs around 120 people from 24 nationalities. The company is led by managing directors Philipp Witzmann and Benita Krahforst, who guide the further development of nebenan.de. nebenan.de remains free for private individuals, and local businesses and organisations can create free basic profiles.

• 2017

  nebenan.de Stiftung founded and awards the German Neighbourhood Prize for the first time.

• 2015

  Good Hood GmbH founded by Christian Vollmann, Till Behnke, Matthes Scheinhardt, Ina Remmers, Michael Vollmann and Sven Tantau; nebenan.de goes live.

Germany's largest neighbourhood platform, focused on real-name, address-based local community and social cohesion.

• nebenan.de

  Germany's largest neighbourhood platform, free for private users, with real-name and address-based registration.

• nebenan.de app

  Free mobile app for Android and iOS.

• nebenan.de Stiftung

  Non-profit foundation founded in 2017 that awards the German Neighbourhood Prize.

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2. 2Über uns | nebenan.denebenan.de
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5. 5Good Hoodwikidata.org