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Corporate Structure — JOYclub

Confidence: Verified for operating entity, HRB, directors, shareholders, addresses, VAT; Estimated for exact shareholding percentages and any IP-SPV carve-outs until paid Handelsregister extract obtained.

Entity tree

Shareholders (Gesellschafter, public via HR 3352):
  ├── Stefan Feig          (co-founder; "F" in F&P = Feig & Partner)
  ├── Thomas Alexander Rauh
  └── Oliver Zschau
              │  (% split not in free Northdata — paid HR extract needed)
              ▼
F & P GmbH  (Amtsgericht Hof HRB 3352; VAT DE219273003; LEI 391200ET9SJANBPCXI09)
Feldstr. 53, 95152 Selbitz (Sitz)  +  Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 12, 04107 Leipzig (Betrieb)
Geschäftsführer: Dr. Ingmar Ackermann, Frank Noack
              │  Operates / owns:
              ├── joyclub.de            (primary brand, DACH)
              ├── joyclub.com           (international / landing)
              ├── identity.joyclub.com  (SSO / account infra)
              ├── joyclub-shop.de       (merch / adult retail sideline)
              ├── JOYCE mobile app      (launched 2017, iOS + Android)
              └── fp.de                 (corporate recruiting site)

Entities

  • Operating entity: F & P GmbH — German private limited (GmbH), Amtsgericht Hof HRB 3352, incorporated 2003-01-17. Single-entity structure confirmed; no disclosed parent holding. Corporate purpose per register: "Creation and support of online portals and mobile apps. Provision of management tasks and services for investment companies." — Verified (Northdata).
  • Holding: None disclosed. Owner-managed ("unabhängig und eigentümergeführt" per fp.de). Working assumption: the three natural-person shareholders hold directly. Verified absence of parent in free register data; a single-entity GmbH owned by founders.
  • IP / trademark: "JOYclub" word + figurative marks — assume held by F&P GmbH directly (no separate IP SPV visible); EUIPO check needed for confirmation.

Officers

  • Geschäftsführer:
    • Dr. Ingmar Ackermann — acts as § 18 Abs. 2 MStV responsible party and NetzDG service agent; de facto CEO per fp.de media coverage.
    • Frank Noack — co-managing director.
  • Prokuristen / other authorized signatories: Not confirmed free tier. Unknown.
  • Beneficial owners (Transparenzregister): Same three individuals as shareholders in working assumption. A Transparenzregister extract is €4.50 and should be pulled in Phase 2 to confirm.

Addresses

  • Registered seat (Sitz): Feldstr. 53, 95152 Selbitz, Bavaria (Landkreis Hof / Upper Franconia). Small-town HQ is a legacy of Stefan Feig's original 1990 advertising agency. — Verified
  • Operating office (product, engineering, moderation): Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 12, 04107 Leipzig-Zentrum-Ost. Central Leipzig office; most of the 130+ FTE are here per fp.de recruiting pages. — Verified

WHOIS / infra

  • Domain joyclub.de: Active, German registrar, DENIC-managed. No free public WHOIS in DE ccTLD; confirm in Phase 2.
  • Domain joyclub.com: Active; likely privacy-protected registrant.
  • Hosting: Unknown specific provider; a 150-FTE German GmbH with TÜV cert is highly likely self-hosting or on Hetzner/AWS EU regions (GDPR-safe data residency expected — a material contrast to SpicyMatch's US-hosted EU user base).

Sources checked

  • joyclub.de/impressum (live — captured April 2026)
  • fp.de and fp.de/kontakt / fp.de/was-wir-machen/joyclub
  • Northdata F & P GmbH profile (HRB 3352, Amtsgericht Hof)
  • Wikipedia (en) JOYclub article
  • Grokipedia JOYclub
  • OMR Daily "Hidden Champion Joyclub" press article
  • t3n Joyclub-CEO interview (1532559)
  • Semrush / Similarweb public pages
  • Bundesanzeiger / Unternehmensregister references (not yet pulled)

Next actions for due diligence

  1. Paid Handelsregister extract for HRB 3352 (Amtsgericht Hof) — share register, % split, any pledges, latest Gesellschafterliste.
  2. Unternehmensregister Rechnungslegung search — pull 2021, 2022, 2023 (and 2024 if filed) Jahresabschluss: Bilanz, GuV, Anhang, Lagebericht.
  3. Transparenzregister legitimate-interest extract to confirm UBO.
  4. EUIPO + DPMA trademark search for "JOYclub" + "JOYCE" — confirm ownership sits with F&P GmbH.
  5. DSA transparency report search via EU transparency database (transparency.dsa.ec.europa.eu) — confirm filing status.
  6. Bavarian / Saxon Landesdatenschutzbeauftragter public decisions — check for any sanctions or proceedings.
  7. App-store publisher verification for JOYCE app — confirm F&P GmbH is the Apple / Google publisher of record.
  8. Bonität report (Creditreform / Bürgel) for payment history and any negatives.