These 10 Dutch companies raised the country’s biggest funding rounds in 2024; all are currently hiring

The Netherlands is making waves in the startup ecosystem, and 2024 is already shaping up to be a positive year for funding rounds.

From tech companies to sustainability startups, Dutch businesses are drawing significant attention and investment from both local and international VCs.

According to the Quarterly Startup Report, around €424M was invested in Dutch startups in Q3 2024, nearly the same as in Q3 2023.

Despite a slight decrease from Q2 2024 (€427M), the total investment for 2024 exceeds €1.9B, surpassing the total for 2023.

According to the report, Dutch startups have received over €2B in investments so far in 2024, with a decrease in the number of deals compared to 2023.  

Well, besides funding, another good news is that most of the companies are now actively seeking new talent to join their teams.

These startups span various industries, such as AI, biomedical, software, and SaaS, showcasing the diversity and potential of the Dutch startup scene.

In this article, we have compiled a list of the biggest Dutch funding rounds in 2024. All of them are now looking to expand their teams.

Nebius

Founder/s: Arkady Volozh

Fund raised in 2024: €667M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Nebius is a technology company that provides the infrastructure needed for the global AI industry. This includes GPU clusters, cloud platforms, and tools for developers.

The company’s core business is an AI-centric cloud platform built for intensive AI workloads.

With proprietary cloud software architecture and hardware designed in-house (including servers, racks, and data centre design), Nebius gives AI builders the computing, storage, managed services, and tools they need to build, tune, and run their models.

NewAmsterdam Pharma

CEO: Michael Davidson

Fund raised in 2024: €461M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

NewAmsterdam Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to enhancing treatment for metabolic diseases where current therapies fall short.

The company aims to offer a safe and convenient option for lowering LDL cholesterol.

In its phase 3 studies, NewAmsterdam is evaluating obicetrapib, a low-dose oral CETP inhibitor taken once daily.

This treatment, which can be administered alone or in combination with ezetimibe, aims to improve statin therapy for patients with elevated LDL cholesterol who have not had adequate responses to existing treatments.

Picnic

Founder/s: Michiel Muller, Frederik Nieuwenhuys, Joris Beckers, and Bas Verheijen

Fund raised in 2024: €355M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Picnic is an online supermarket. The company quickly became a household name in the Netherlands, and their small electric vans were a familiar sight. 

Before its launch in late 2015, Picnic operated in stealth for three years with a team of 30 specialists, focusing on streamlining the delivery of groceries to homes without unnecessary intermediaries. 

With Picnic, the customer can choose the most convenient delivery time, tracked through the Picnic shopping radar down to the minute. 

Nearfield Instruments

CEO: Dr. Hamed Sadeghian

Fund raised in 2024: €135M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Nearfield Instruments, a spin-off of the Dutch research institute TNO, addresses the complexities of advanced semiconductor manufacturing with process control solutions, including the QUADRA 3D metrology system. 

QUADRA offers non-destructive, high-throughput, high-resolution metrology capabilities and is validated and deployed in high-volume manufacturing by major chip manufacturers worldwide.

Nearfield is headquartered in Rotterdam, with offices in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Mews

Founder/s: Richard Valtr

Fund raised in 2024: €101.39M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Mews is a cloud-based property management system (PMS). The Dutch company, with its cloud-based system, integrates with numerous tech solutions.

Currently, it manages over 350,000 hospitality spaces for 5,000 global clients, including Strawberry Hotels, The Social Hub, and Airelles.

Moove

Founder/s: Ladi Delano

Fund raised in 2024: €96.2M

Hiring: Yes| Apply here

Moove is a mobility fintech that democratises access to vehicle ownership for mobility entrepreneurs.

This African-born and and Amsterdam-headquartered company uses a unique credit scoring method on ride-hailing apps to provide financial services to previously excluded customers.

The company operates in nine markets across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Its vehicles have completed over 30 million trips financed by Moove.

DataSnipper

CEO: Vidya Peters

Fund raised in 2024: €92.53M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

DataSnipper is an intelligent automation platform for audit and finance.

The company addresses the labour-intensive nature of auditing by providing an intelligent automation platform.

It aims to boost auditors’ productivity by automating repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on more complex and valuable aspects of their work. 

The company claims that its technology not only enhances efficiency but also reduces the risk of errors.

Citryll

CEO: Eduardo Bravo

Fund raised in 2024: €85M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Citryll is pioneering a transformative approach to treating immune-mediated inflammatory diseases by targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs).

NETs are web-like structures composed of DNA, histones, and antimicrobial proteins, released by neutrophils to trap and degrade pathogens.

Excessive NET formation can contribute to tissue damage and chronic inflammation in various immune-mediated inflammatory disorders.

The Dutch company recently completed its first-in-human Phase 1 trial, which included successful repeat dosing of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.

Phase 2a trials are set to take place for both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

Cradle

CEO: Stef van Grieken

Fund raised in 2024: €69.5M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Cradle‘s AI platform enables scientists to accelerate the discovery and development of improved proteins by making engineering better proteins significantly easier, faster, and more cost-effective.

Cradle’s method greatly cuts down on the number of experimental rounds needed compared to traditional methods.

Companies using Cradle’s software have seen up to a 90 per cent reduction in rounds.

However, the company’s AI can offer new and unexpected solutions, boosting the chances of success for a project.

Axelera AI

Founder/s: Fabrizio Del Maffeo and Evangelos Eleftheriou

Fund raised in 2024: €63.5M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Axelera AI claims to be developing the world’s most efficient and sophisticated edge AI solutions. It offers Edge AI solutions through its Metis AI platform.

Last year, the company officially unveiled the new Metis AI Platform, a holistic hardware and software solution to accelerate computer vision processing at the Edge.

The company’s hardware and software solution would compress the AI processing capabilities of an entire server into a single chip at a fraction of the power consumption and expense of existing AI technologies.