Amberscript
Series A in 2021
Amberscript is a company that specializes in providing SaaS solutions for converting audio and video content into text and subtitles through advanced speech recognition technology. Founded in 2017 and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amberscript leverages user-generated data to enhance its speech recognition engines, particularly for European languages. Its services include an online text editor and access to human transcribers, ensuring that transcripts achieve 100% accuracy. By automating the transcription process, Amberscript enables customers to efficiently transform various audio and video formats, such as interviews, meetings, and television shows, into accessible text without the manual labor typically associated with these tasks.
Founded in 2014, BUX is a fintech company headquartered in Amsterdam. It specializes in commission-free investing through its intuitive mobile platform, making stock trading accessible to both first-time and experienced investors.
Roamler is a crowdsourcing and on-demand task platform that connects independent professionals with businesses to perform tasks, collect real-time data, and manage communities across multiple locations. Its mobile apps support field marketing, in-store audits, and in-home IoT installations and repairs, enabling brands to assemble a flexible mobile workforce for tasks such as capturing store conditions, product availability, promotions, and price, and for real-time data collection and insights. The platform includes services for various sectors including FMCG, consumer electronics, retailers, telecom, utilities, real estate, and security, with applications focused on retail execution and customer care. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Roamler operates across Europe and the Americas, providing scalable IT architecture to expand into multiple geographies and verticals.
Hubs, formerly known as 3D Hubs, is an online platform established in Amsterdam in 2013 that specializes in custom part manufacturing. The company connects users to a global network of manufacturing services, including CNC machining, 3D printing, injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication. Hubs aims to streamline the manufacturing process by allowing engineers and purchasers to upload their designs and receive instant quotes, thus facilitating efficient quote management and order tracking. Since its inception, Hubs has produced over 7 million parts and was acquired by Protolabs in January 2021.
Virtuagym
Series B in 2018
Virtuagym B.V. is a fitness technology company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2008. It operates an online platform that provides a comprehensive suite of services for fitness businesses and their clients. The platform features a modular and scalable software infrastructure that includes an integrated mobile application, offering functionalities such as exercise guidance, personalized training programs, nutrition plans, progress tracking, online coaching, and management tools for staff and members. Additionally, Virtuagym facilitates scheduling, online sign-up, payment processing, and access control, enabling fitness businesses to manage operations efficiently while enhancing client engagement and coaching experiences.
GASTROFIX
Series B in 2017
GASTROFIX GmbH is a technology company based in Berlin, Germany, that specializes in developing cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) systems for Apple devices, including iPads, iPods, and iPhones. Established in 2011, GASTROFIX offers its POS solutions across a wide range of sectors within the hospitality industry, catering to establishments such as restaurants, bars, cafes, food trucks, and catering services, as well as retail environments and hotels. The company's innovative system is designed to streamline operations and enhance customer service in various settings, including fine dining and franchise chains. GASTROFIX also has additional locations in Hamburg, Germany; Wien, Austria; Schoenbuehl, Switzerland; Deurne, the Netherlands; Oslo, Norway; the United Kingdom; and Ireland. As of early 2020, GASTROFIX operates as a subsidiary of Lightspeed POS Inc.
Riaktr (formely Real Impact Analytics)
Series A in 2016
Riaktr is a Belgian scale-up founded in 2009 and backed by first class investors (Fortino, Endeit, GIMV).
We started as a service company under the name ‘Real Impact Analytics’.
At the time, Big Data was the new big thing, driving important corporate investments. Yet, too often such investments were not yielding the desired returns.
Since day one, we pursue a clear mission: leverage the value of telecom data.
We do this by starting from the field to build user-centric frameworks driving results. We resist the ‘black box’ principle by putting data at the service of human intelligence and bringing teams together under a collaborative approach.
Our brand Riaktr, adopted in 2018, symbolizes our pivot from a services business to a product company.
Today our software products address two major questions faced by telcos:
- How can I optimize my network CAPEX investments?
- How can I optimize my Sales & Distribution operations?
Behind the scenes, we are a team of computer scientists, engineers and business consultants based in the heart of Brussels, with a local presence close to our clients in South-Africa and Brazil. We have worked in many countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.
We work with six of the ten biggest telecom groups to revolutionize the telecom and Consumer Goods industries.
Roamler is a crowdsourcing and on-demand task platform that connects independent professionals with businesses to perform tasks, collect real-time data, and manage communities across multiple locations. Its mobile apps support field marketing, in-store audits, and in-home IoT installations and repairs, enabling brands to assemble a flexible mobile workforce for tasks such as capturing store conditions, product availability, promotions, and price, and for real-time data collection and insights. The platform includes services for various sectors including FMCG, consumer electronics, retailers, telecom, utilities, real estate, and security, with applications focused on retail execution and customer care. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Roamler operates across Europe and the Americas, providing scalable IT architecture to expand into multiple geographies and verticals.
Spil Games
Venture Round in 2011
Spil Games B.V., founded in 2001 and based in Hilversum, the Netherlands, specializes in the development and publication of mobile and web portal games. The company's diverse portfolio includes platforms such as girlsgogames.com, agame.com, and mousebreaker.com, catering to a wide audience of individual players worldwide. Spil Games has established itself as a significant player in online gaming, achieving over 300 million installs, primarily through organic growth. The company focuses on adapting its successful web games for mobile platforms, with notable titles like Operate Now: Hospital and the Troll Face Quest series garnering millions of installs. Spil Games also provides advertising options, enhancing its revenue streams. As a subsidiary of Azerion BV, the company continues to innovate and expand its offerings in the gaming industry.
Improve Digital
Series A in 2011
Improve Digital is a technology company that focuses on creating real-time advertising platforms for digital media owners, including content providers and broadcasters. The company's technology enables these clients to efficiently monetize their video, mobile, and web advertising inventory through an automated ad marketplace. By offering tailored enterprise solutions, Improve Digital helps media owners optimize their programmatic advertising strategies and maximize revenue while retaining control over their inventory and user data. With a client base that includes over 250 of the world's leading media owners and supports 160,000 advertisers monthly, Improve Digital maintains a strong presence across Europe, with offices in key cities such as London, Amsterdam, Munich, Antwerp, Milan, Barcelona, and Paris. As a subsidiary of Swisscom, the company is positioned to drive smart and responsible digital business practices for its enterprise customers.
MetrixLab
Venture Round in 2008
MetrixLab is a global market research agency headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The company specializes in transforming data from various sources, including surveys, social media, and enterprise systems, into actionable insights. MetrixLab offers a wide range of services such as digital and cross-media campaign tracking, advertising pre-testing, website usability testing, creative testing, brand tracking, packaging, and e-commerce optimization. By leveraging these insights, MetrixLab assists both global and local brands in enhancing their innovation efforts and improving customer engagement, ultimately fostering sustainable and equitable growth.
Centralpoint.nl
Venture Round in 2008
Centralpoint.nl was founded in 2002 by Sebastiaan Hooft and Brian Speelman and has since grown into an online business IT provider in the Netherlands with a turnover of 120 million euros. It is their mission to fulfill all IT needs for mid and small size companies.
Hyves
Venture Round in 2008
Hyves is a prominent social networking site based in the Netherlands, primarily serving a Dutch audience. Established in 2004 by Raymond Spanjar, Koen Kam, and Floris Rost van Tonningen, Hyves has drawn comparisons to American platforms like Facebook and MySpace. By May 2010, the platform had amassed over 10.3 million accounts, reflecting substantial growth with an increase of more than two million members in just 18 months. In addition to its social networking features, Hyves has evolved into a leading gaming platform, further diversifying its offerings and enhancing user engagement within its community.
Albumprinter
Venture Round in 2007
Albumprinter is involved in the development of software, production, and marketing of photo books. The company creates and sells photo books, canvas prints, diaries, calendars, and greeting cards to both B2C and B2B markets worldwide.
Albumprinter was founded in 2003 by Hans Veldhuizen and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a factory in The Hague. The company serves European markets with multiple consumer brands such as Albelli in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and Spain; Albelli UK and Bonusprint in The United Kingdom; Onskefoto in Sweden; and FotoKnudsen and Allfoto in Norway.
Unamic/HCN
Venture Round in 2007
Unamic/HCN is a provider of outsourced customer contact services, operating from its offices in the Benelux and offshore locations in Turkey and Suriname. The company specializes in supporting businesses in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets to enhance their turnover and profitability through effective customer processes. Its offerings include interim management, training, financial services, and advisory services focused on client processes, loyalty, and retention. Over time, Unamic/HCN has established itself as one of Europe's larger care providers for inbound and outbound sales activities.
Eyeworks
Venture Round in 2006
Eyeworks is a film production company founded in 2001 by Reinout Oerlemans and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It specializes in the development, production, and distribution of both scripted and non-scripted television content across a wide array of genres, including fiction, documentary, drama, entertainment, game shows, human interest, lifestyle, and reality programming. Eyeworks has successfully produced various popular shows, such as Celebrity Splash!, Extreme Weight Loss, and Test The Nation, which have aired in over 150 countries, showcasing the company's extensive reach and commitment to delivering quality content to audiences worldwide.
Aethon, founded in 2005 and based in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, operates as an employment agency focused on connecting students and young professionals with health institutions, municipalities, and housing associations. The company specializes in providing flexible staffing solutions, ensuring continuity, flexibility, and affordability for its clients. Aethon also emphasizes employee development by investing in targeted and practical training programs, aiming to create sustainable staffing solutions that address the specific needs of the organizations it serves.