The Netherlands is an innovative playground for aspiring tech entrepreneurs and startups. The country plays a major role in the European business ecosystem and offers better solutions leaving a positive impact.
The Hague is a city in the Netherlands for aspiring entrepreneurs. Being the international city of peace and justice, The Hague offers a range of possibilities to impactful startups and scaleups. It is here that the Dutch government hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 in an attempt to bolster the growth of scaleups in the country.
The government makes inspiring policies for startups and scaleups in the Netherlands. Having said that, here we detail some fast-growing startups in The Hague in 2019 as sourced from Dealroom.
Sabern
CEO: Niels Bouwman
Funding: €2 million
Valuation: €14 million – €20 million
Founded year: 1990
Why its hot: Sabern is a fast-growing SaaS company in the Netherlands. It is a leading provider of Marketing Resource Management and Marketing Asset Management software solutions. Sabern is specialised in software as well as application development for digital asset management, brandportals, automated publishing, and product information management. Its popular cloud marketing platform is Brandifyer, which is used to create, use and publish branded content.
Doculayer.ai
Founders: Richard Smit
Funding: €3 million
Valuation: €12 million – €18 million
Founded year: 2017
Why its hot: Doculayer.ai is an intelligent content platform involved in processing and managing unstructured information including scanned documents and images. The company uses Artificial Intelligence and machine learning technologies for this purpose. The Doculayer.ai platform can automatically analyse, enhance, enrich and improve the findability of large quantities of data. It platform integrates seamlessly with business applications and processes.
Finturi
Founders: Johannes Brouwer
Funding: €2 million
Valuation: €8 million – €12 million
Founded year: 2018
Why its hot: Finturi is a blockchain startup focusing on helping businesses grow by providing them a new way of invoice financing. It operates with a mission of solving cash flow issues that businesses face. With technologies including Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain, Finturi aims to simplify the process of raising working capital.
Tykn
Founders: Tey Al-Rjula, Khalid Maliki, Jimmy Snoek
Funding: €1.2 million
Founded year: 2017
Why its hot: Tykn is a digital identity management platform offering an innovative identity registration system for both private and public companies. They can efficiently share, verify, and request digital identity credentials via the platform. Users will get a digital identity wallet and an app that work on all mobile device and let them digitally access services in a secure manner. Tykn operates with the aim to create a future of opportunities for all.
Robot Robots Company
Founders: Martin Roos
Funding: €5 million
Valuation: €20 million – €30 million
Why its hot: Robot Robots Company (RRC) is the largest service robot builder in the Benelux with ambitions to scale up globally. The company wants to make the world better for future generations. RRC realises is the umbrella organisation of three operating companies – Robot Security Systems (RSS), Robot Care Systems (RCS) and Robot Engineered Systems (RES). Its team comprises specialists in Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and related fields.
eVision
Founders: Neil Currie
Funding: €2.4 million
Valuation: €128 million
Founded year: 2008
Why its hot: eVision is a global leader in industrial operational risk management software for chemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, and other high-precision and high-risk industries. Its solution lets customers reduce risk, increase safety, improve control over operational processes, and deliver efficiency. In late 2018, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory acquired eVision for $145 million.
Ampyx Power
Founders: Richard Ruiterkamp
Funding: €2.1 million
Valuation: €7 million – €11 million
Founded year: 2008
Why its hot: Ampyx Power operates with the mission to accelerate the energy transition by unlocking sustainable energy sources. Ampyx Power has developed Airborne Wind Energy System, which is a tethered aircraft capable of withstanding more powerful and higher winds. This company uses smaller foundations and lesser materials and delivers off-shore repowering and cost-effective harvesting of wind energy among other benefits.
YAPILI
Founders: Enya Séguin
Funding: €1.4 million
Valuation: $6 million – $9 million
Founded year: 2014
Why its hot: YAPILI is an online, peer-to-peer mhealth platform connecting people in Africa with licensed physicians across the world. It provides remote health advice, follow-up, and secure access to medical history. The ultimate aim of YAPILI is to provide access to quality healthcare for people in developing nations. Early adopters in Africa can use the app and online platform for free. Earlier this year, YAPILI was named “Best Social Impact Startup” at the Southern Africa Startup Awards 2019.
Camptoo
Founders: Martijn Peeters, Roel Sadza
Funding: €650k
Valuation: €3 million – €4 million
Founded year: 2014
Why its hot: Camptoo lets people share the joy and fun of travelling with a motorhome or caravan at their own pace. The company lets users rent a caravan or motorhome and also list their RV for others. Camptoo has been awarded the most promising technology startup in the Netherlands in 2017 by Deloitte Fast 50.
The New Farm
Founded year: 2017
Why its hot: The New Farm has transformed from being a business building to one with great potential. The central theme of The New Farm includes innovation, sustainability, and urban agriculture. Focusing on vertical farming, this company has space on the ground floor for catering and retail concepts.
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