On its way to become the tech startup capital of Europe, the Netherlands has managed to increase its major tech deals year after year raising Euro 429 million with 152 major deals in 2015. The future looks very promising and we are sure that we will be hearing more from the Netherlands very soon.
Here are 7 other great tech startups in the Netherlands:
Amsterdam-based startup helps neighbors connect with each other by sharing things. In case you are looking for something that you need to use just for a couple of hours and you don’t want to buy it, Peerby can help you with that. Not only does this startup help the environment by making people use their resources in a smarter way, but also saves people a lot of money by allowing them to borrow something they know they will not need in the long run.
Initially developed as a messenger tool back in 2009, Peerby was founded by Daan Weddepohl in 2011. So far the startup has raised over $2 million in seed funding by XAnge Private Equity, Sanoma Ventures, Techstars, etc. Available on Android as well as on iOS, the app has over 100,000 members in over 20 European cities. Among its partners are Ashoka, Sanoma Ventures, Techstars, Green Challenge, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Mixpanel, OBI4Wan, OuiShare, etc.
Headquartered in Utrecht, Snappcar allows people to share cars among car owners and decrease the number of cars idle every day. Founded by Victor van Tol and Pascal Ontijd in 2011, SnappCar raised €500,000 in crowd funding. With 10-20 employees, one of the company’s products is Peer2Peer auto parts. Snappcar was expanded in April 2015 with the acquirement of Danish company MinBilDilBil.
Amsterdam-based 3D printing service platform 3D Hubs was founded by Bram de Zwart and Brian Garret in 2013. Once again, this is also a small company with a total amount of employees of around 30, but that does not stop this startup company to have a large network over hundreds of countries all over the world. So far the company has a network of over 16,000 locations in 140 countries.
Users first need to upload their 3D design, choose a 3D print service, and pick up their order or get it shipped to their location. The average order time as rated by 3D Hubs customers on the company’s official site is only 2 days. The company raised $4.5 million in series A funding in September 2014 by Balderton Capital, DOEN, Zeeburg, etc.
Quiver 
Based in Amsterdam Quiver won the Dell for Entrepreneurs award in 2015 and has been gaining a lot of popularity during the last couple of years. As a file protection startup, Quiver puts all its users in control allowing them to manage and share their files with confidence.
“Our aim is so that you are confident that if you share an important picture, document or file, that no one can copy it or take advantage in a way they aren’t supposed to. Our intent is to give you high grade security with a consumer grade user interface and usability,” according to Quiver official website.
With partners like Accenture, Nalta Consultancy, etc, Quiver takes security seriously and is considered as the next generation tool of sharing.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Elasticsearch had its first stable release on February 2, 2016. Created by Shay Banon in 2004, the company provides real-time data insights for any company that uses it. “We believe getting immediate, actionable insight from data matters. As the company behind the open source projects — Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats — designed to take data from any source and search, analyze, and visualize it in real time, we are helping people make sense of data,” according to Elasticsearch official website. The company was founded in 2012 raising $70 million in Series C funding in June 2014.
On a mission to make innovation smart, simple, and sticky, Collaborne’s goal is to drive various organizations “to become more innovative, agile, and customer-centric by empowering their people to apply design thinking practices to address daily challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities.”
With headquarters in Amsterdam, Collaborne was founded in 2013, and was recently featured in the list of 50 startups to watch and nominated for the Deloitte Technology Fast50 Award. “We are honored to be selected for the Deloitte Technology Fast50 Rising Star Award,” Collaborne Co-founder and CEO Moodi Mahmoudi, said. “This is further validation of Collaborne’s differentiated offering in the rapidly growing enterprise digital and collaboration software space,” Mahmoudi added.
Among Collaborne clients are Vodafone, World Economic Forum, Port Authority of Rotterdam, City of Amsterdam, AES Energy, etc.
Amsterdam-based Freenom, formerly known as Freenom registry, is the world’s first and only free domain provider according to Freenom official website. With the mission to “bring people online and help countries develop their digital economy,” Freenom makes it easier for any of its customers, whether they are a company or an individual, to build websites for free by combining free domains with the latest website building tools.
“Using the latest AnyCast Cloud technology, Freenom guarantees the stability and performance of all the domains it manages. And with strategic trusted security partners such as Twitter, Internet Identity, Kaspersky and more than 40 others, we can deliver state of the art anti-abuse technology to keep free domains safe and secured for all internet users.” according to Freenom.
Founded in 2012, free domain provider Freenom currently offers over 20 million active domains. Raising around $ 3 million in Series A funding, Freenom plans to continue developing and expanding its operations.
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