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Booking.com runs more than 1,000 concurrent experiments on its production booking flow through an in-house framework its Amsterdam engineers built in the late 2000s — a foundational piece of software that has been extended continuously but never rewritten. The case reveals how the most powerful systems in modern e-commerce are often the oldest.
Adyen processes payments for Uber, Spotify, eBay and Microsoft from a 17th-century Amsterdam canal house where engineers still share one long lunch table — and went public at €7 billion with fewer staff than a midsize hotel.
When we last interviewed Vidya Peters in 2023, she had just taken over the helm of one of Europe’s fastest-rising enterprise SaaS companies as the new CEO. Her vision for Datasnipper was clear, enable the company to solve the problem of connecting unstructured data across industries.
Helsinki-based Epassi acquires Amsterdam-based Alleo to build a unified employee benefits platform.
Amsterdam’s Healthplus.ai has raised €2.3M to develop further and expand its AI technology, designed to support hospitals in managing surgical care.
Amsterdam-based GoPhoto is set to acquire Capturelife, combining their digital photo platforms to support future growth.
Amsterdam’s Picnic has raised €430M funding to support its expansion plans and ongoing operations across multiple markets.
Bitfury has pivoted from its work in mining and incubation to an investment firm and launches $1B initiative to support ethical innovation.
Amsterdam’s Avanzanite raises €32M to support its expansion across Europe and strengthen its work with rare-disease medicines.
Amsterdam’s AKA Foods closes seed round at €14.8M and introduces a new system aimed at improving how food companies develop products.
Keen Venture Partners announces the first close of €150M fund focused on defence tech in Europe.
Amsterdam-based Geobirds secures investment from Graduate Ventures and Rockstart to scale its AI-driven transport intelligence platform across Europe.
