Our Founders

People with bold visions and the drive to see them realized.

  • Sanne & Feliks

    Bring your AI second brain to life with Melon.

    Built by ex-Palantir engineers, Melon is an AI built to help digitally-native young professionals upskill. Leveraging generative AI and knowledge graphs to become a true ‘second brain’, Melon helps professionals connect the dots and apply knowledge in daily life and on the job.

  • Marc, Cedric & Bernhard

    Accelerate your online business and boost your pre-sales KPIs with AI.

    Frontnow leverages generative AI to revolutionise e-commerce. Its products are designed to maximize conversion rates, increase order value and ultimately boost customer engagement.

  • Patrick, Igo & Marcel

    Powering up customer comms with an omnichannel inbox.

    Trengo streamlines all communication channels – social messaging, voice, email, chat, and SMS – into one powerful inbox.

  • Babak, David & Hannes

    Empowering the ‘Distributed Renewable Energy Movement’.

    Drem is building the leading platform for heat pumps to simplify the procurement and purchasing process of heat pumps for installers and homeowners.

  • Hans, Bas, Sander, Menno, Job

    AI-powered digital assistants to fuel efficiency.

    Neople is your fastest new employee to handle customer success operations, HR and knowledge management workflows.

  • Stijn & Jim

    Payments for the next 100M creators.

    Helio is a complete suite of web3 payment tools for merchants and creators. Built for a multi-chain world.

  • Maarten & Joachim

    Optimising energy consumption in buildings & facilities.

    Enersee is the go-to SaaS solutions for building managers who want to optimize their energy consumption.

  • Marnix, Jacques, Sander & Lucas

    Empowering curious minds.

    Studocu helps millions of learners to source and share the best student-created notes world-wide.

  • Tobias & Wolfgang

    Creating lasting memories.

    Konfetti is the go-to digital marketplace for local classes, activities, team-building experiences, and gifts.

  • David & Mikael

    Pushing for climate transparency with some of the bravest brands in food.

    CarbonCloud is the B2B SaaS that has automated the manual life cycle assessment and empowers various stakeholders throughout every organization in the food industry to target, track and improve climate performance.

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    David and Minck

    are transforming the timber trade.

    VonWood is the digital marketplace for professional timber, enabling businesses to buy directly from the sawmill.

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    Nils and Leon

    …are helping family finances prosper.

    Bling is a family fintech platform. Starting with children and parents, Bling involves the whole family in learning financial literacy and building wealth on the road to financial independence.

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    Lukas, Jens & Julius

    …are enabling Flutter frontend teams to collaborate.

    Widgetbook is the collaboration platform for Flutter frontend teams, allowing Flutter developers to catalog their widgets in one central library or book – Widgetbook.

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    Vegard, Chris & Jan

    …are reinventing customer relationship management.

    Breyta is a collaborative Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform that supports organizations in removing data silos and encouraging collaboration between stakeholders.

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    Mathieu, Wouter & Rick

    …are closing the skills gap

    Ag5 offers a B2B SaaS skills intelligence platform for the front-line worker industry. It allows teams to map the skills of their employees to ensure compliance and training, and plan around hiring and scheduling their workforce.

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    Lasse & Markus

    …are transforming the Western eCommerce.

    Blidz is a social shopping app that connects its users to shop for millions of quality-to-price products together.

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    Roman & Nikolai

    …are transforming employee finances.

    Circula brings expenses and corporate benefits together in a simple yet powerful all-in-one app for employees. Be it reimbursements, travel expenses, or lunch budgets, Circula has it covered.

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    Steven, Stefan, Hendrik

    … are matching billions of datasets in real-time.

    Tilo’s data infrastructure software TiloRes helps companies match data points from different sources and formats – serverless, in near real time and at immense scale.

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    Michiel, Sebastiaan, Victor, Dirk

    … are enabling the perfect hybrid working environment.

    Workwize provides a B2B procurement platform for (home) office equipment. It allows employees to purchase pre-curated items of various suppliers specifically aimed at (home) office supplies and equipment. Their SaaS platform allows HR and Finance departments to easily assign budgets, onboard and off-board employees and track the various assets of the company.

  • Michelle & Michael

    … are revolutionising ABM (Account Based Marketing) through proven AI insights.

    Ocean.io is the platform that helps companies navigate through the noise so they can save time, effort and money by only pursuing the right prospects.

  • Faris & Sameh

    … are opening up music as an asset class to retail investors.

    Sonomo is the platform to invest in music. Become an investor in your favorite song or artist, and get a share of the future streaming revenues.

  • Warszawa, Polska. 10.03.2021r. Jarosław Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak, Marek Rogoziński – twórcy firmy Authologic. Fot. Adam Tuchliński / Tuchliński Studio

    Jarek, Krzysztof & Marek

    … are building a single API for ID verification.

    Authologic aggregates various online ID Verification methods into one single API. Think Stripe for ID verification. 

  • Johannes, Chris & Moritz

    … are trailblazing new ways of working.

    Seatti allows companies to manage their hybrid office and connect their flexible workforce. 

  • Michael & Daniel

    …are building the content API for digital experiences at scale.

    Hygraph is a GraphQL-native Headless CMS. Engineering and content teams use this backend-only content management system to deliver omnichannel content from one single source.

  • Patrick & Benedikt

    …are perfecting the art of conversation.

    Bao is a next-generational conversation intelligence platform for sales teams. Bao helps you continuously improve sales conversations with AI. 

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    Mikael & Johan

    …are building the simple way to play.

    Heja is the home for sports teams of all ages. Teams use Heja to organize and communicate with players, coaches, families, and supporters.

  • Taco & Benjamin

    …bring you: the fun way to meet.

    Mibo is a video conferencing and events platform for the adventurous. They provide virtual worlds with 3D avatars to make online meet-ups feel like real life – but better.

  • Warszawa, Polska. 10.03.2021r. Jarosław Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak, Marek Rogoziński – twórcy firmy Authologic. Fot. Adam Tuchliński / Tuchliński Studio

    Gary & Bram

    …are building the knowledge and training platform for SMEs.

    Whale centralizes processes, standard operating procedures, and tribal knowledge.

  • Warszawa, Polska. 10.03.2021r. Jarosław Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak, Marek Rogoziński – twórcy firmy Authologic. Fot. Adam Tuchliński / Tuchliński Studio

    Nils-Erik & team

    .…are setting a new standard for digital contracting. Precisely is the user-friendly contract management platform for enterprises and disruptors.

    One user-friendly platform for all contract needs, Precisely services some of the world’s largest companies in digitizing their contracts.

  • George, David, Ika, Zviad & Dachi

    …bring you: the “Operating System for the Internet.”

    Stack re-defines how we use the internet through a tab-less browser that helps users focus, be more productive, and achieve workplace zen.

  • Warszawa, Polska. 10.03.2021r. Jarosław Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak, Marek Rogoziński – twórcy firmy Authologic. Fot. Adam Tuchliński / Tuchliński Studio

    Yves & Hans

    …are building the Customer Data Platform to supercharge teams.

    Journy.io provides contextual and behavioral intelligence to existing tools and workflows – for customer-centric excellence.

  • Taco & Bram

    …are harnessing the power of community.

    Open Social’s open-source community building platform helps purpose-driven companies – like NGOS, governments, and other organizations – to build and manage their networks.

  • Warszawa, Polska. 10.03.2021r. Jarosław Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak, Marek Rogoziński – twórcy firmy Authologic. Fot. Adam Tuchliński / Tuchliński Studio

    Leslie, Bram & Joeri

    …are bridging the gap between customer needs and business goals.

    Hello Customer provides an end-to-end customer feedback platform to deliver on customer expectations and turn customer centricity into growth.

  • Valeri, Gregory & Brik

    …are behind the one-tool to rule all content marketing.

    Storychief’s content operations platform streamlines content creation, distribution, marketing, and analysis.

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    Max, Jasper, Max & Robin

    …bring you: the toolbox for telematic intelligence.

    Route42 is a transport intelligence platform for data-driven fleet and asset management.

  • Moritz & Benjamin

    …are behind Europe’s largest fitness and wellness network.

    Urban Sports Club offers one unlimited membership for a healthy and more active lifestyle.

  • Sven & Jean-Pierre

    …are building the new way to print.

    Happy Printing is a global, online printing franchise. They provide a unified online platform, brand, marketing tools, and more to a global network of local printers.

  • Joran, David, Wouter & David

    …are building the money saving app.

    Dyme’s personal finance management toolkit helps people manage their finances and save money, from subscription management to contract negotiation.

  • Roemie & Anca

    The social platform for digital creators.

    Creative Fabrica’s marketplace connects creatives and provides resources, like digital assets, tools, and inspiration, for projects of all kinds – from web design to knitting.

  • Janneke & Kars

    The classroom of tomorrow.

    LessonUp is an online teaching platform to create, share, and deliver interactive and engaging educational content.

  • Mark, Jesse & Roy

    Building Europe’s largest production facility – without an actual factory.

    Batchforce is an on-demand manufacturing service that delivers the right capabilities at the fastest lead times, through intelligent sourcing and procurement technology.

  • Sjuul, Thijs & Thijs

    The solution to fast fashion.

    United Wardrobe is a social marketplace that empowers users to sell, buy, and swap secondhand clothing and accessories. Acquired by Lithuanian Unicorn Vinted in 2020.

  • Rob, Stefan & Robert

    The ultimate feed management & PPC tool.

    Channable empowers e-commerce sellers to manage data feeds, automate PPC campaigns, and attract new customers, all in one tool.

  • Serge & Camille

    Europe’s largest fitness and wellness network.

    OneFit – part of Urban Sports Club – offers one unlimited membership for a healthy and more active lifestyle.

  • Roland, Joost & Geert

    The “Deep Content Understanding” platform for video.

    Media Distillery’s AI technology understands what’s inside video – in real time and at an unparalleled scale.

  • Sven, Marijn & Gion

    The business credit for big ambitions.

    Floryn’s online marketplace enables SMEs to receive financing in 24-hours from professional and institutional investors.

  • Tonnis & Marcel

    The supply-chain platform for modern manufacturing and wholesale.

    Tradecloud empowers customers to make their global supply chain more predictable, automate operational processes, and focus on exceptions.

  • Geert-Jan

    Design for everyone.

    Flinder’s makes special interior products, inspiration, and interior advice accessible for everyone through their affordable e-commerce and brick-and-mortar showrooms.

  • Sander & Martijn

    The print button for the internet.

    Peecho provides an effortless print-on-demand service. With global print network, Peecho provides access to the most premium and professional printers world-wide.

  • René & Marco

    The place for truly special objects.

    Catawiki is Europe’s fastest growing online auction marketplace for collectibles and rare items – carefully curated by in-house experts and sold world-wide.

  • Lucas & André

    The digital logistics manager for SMEs.

    Cheapcargo is an independent platform for comparing and booking shipments that promises the best deal on every shipment.

  • Mark & Alan

    The NPEX stock exchange brings entrepreneurs and (institutional) investors together for financing and returns.

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    Iens Boswijk

    Acquired by Tripadvisor in 2015.

    IENS – now “The Fork by Tripadvisor” – was a popular restaurant review and booking platform.

  • Warszawa, Polska. 10.03.2021r. Jarosław Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak, Marek Rogoziński – twórcy firmy Authologic. Fot. Adam Tuchliński / Tuchliński Studio

    Gilles, Alexandre, Yves & Cédric

    Radio + Autonomy = Radionomy.

    One of the largest user-created online radio networks in the world, Radionomy’s platform helps anyone create, broadcast, and monetize their own online radio station.

  • Martijn Bennis

    The national image bank. De Nationale Beeldbank is the largest stock photo database for anything and everything Dutch.

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