The Index
The Index
Explore Dutch-born entrepreneurs building around the world — by name, company, industry or current city.
32 entries
Locations indicate where founders are currently based. Dutch origin refers to their Dutch roots.
- 01
Duco van Lanschot
Co-Founder · Duna
Fintech & AI · Amsterdam
Building AI-native business identity and verification infrastructure with a team of Stripe alumni.
- 02
Mark Verhagen
CEO & Co-Founder · RIFT
Climate & Energy · Eindhoven
Turning iron powder into a circular industrial fuel for heavy heat.
- 03
Parya Lotfi
Co-Founder & CEO · DuckDuckGoose AI
AI & Cybersecurity · Delft
Deepfake detection software built out of a TU Delft student project.
- 04
Rien Kamman
CEO & Co-Founder · Source.ag
AI & AgTech · Amsterdam
Applying AI to greenhouse growing, one of the Netherlands' oldest export industries.
- 05
Stef van Grieken
Co-Founder & CEO · Cradle
AI & Biotech · Amsterdam
Machine learning for protein design, aimed at biologists rather than ML researchers.
- 06
Anne-Willem de Vries
Co-Founder & CEO · Silverflow
Fintech · Amsterdam
Rebuilding card processing infrastructure on a single cloud-native API.
- 07
Julia Veer
CEO & Co-Founder · Clay And Glow
Beauty & Consumer · Amsterdam
A single pink clay mask that became a retail skincare brand across the Benelux.
- 08
Saajan Mangrey
Partner — Middle East · Suits Finance
Finance & Advisory
Working with entrepreneurs on finance, legal and international business structures across the Middle East.
- 09
Christian Rood
Co-Founder & CEO · LeydenJar Technologies
Energy & Battery Tech · Leiden
Silicon anode battery technology, scaled out of Dutch research labs.
- 10
Stefan Nuijten
Founder · Aizy
AI & Marketing · Breda
AI-run paid advertising for small and mid-sized European businesses.
- 11
Bram Cisse
Founder & CTO · Capisoft
AI & Software · Amsterdam
Custom software and applied AI, scaled from Amsterdam to three Dutch offices.
- 12
Mahdi Abdulrazak
Co-Founder & CEO · Dawnguard
AI & Cybersecurity · Amsterdam
Shift-left security tooling built for software written with AI.
- 13
Eva Rosa Bian
COO & Co-Founder · Klearly
Fintech · Amsterdam
Payments infrastructure built specifically for restaurants and hospitality.
- 14
Michael Musandu
Co-Founder & CEO · Lalaland
AI & Fashion Tech · Amsterdam
AI-generated fashion models built to widen who sees themselves in retail imagery.
- 15
Samuel Onuha
Founder & CEO · ICON. AMSTERDAM
Fashion & E-Commerce · Amsterdam
Menswear built on a quiet luxury positioning, sold between Europe and the Middle East.
- 16
Ferdinand Grapperhaus
CEO · Next Sense
Climate & AI · Amsterdam
Using building physics and AI control logic to cut commercial real estate energy use.
- 17
Marnix Stokvis
Co-Founder & CEO · Aquablu
Consumer & Sustainability · Amsterdam
Smart water dispensers replacing bottled water in offices and hotels.
- 18
Nick Nijhof
Co-Founder · Hears
Consumer & E-Commerce · Amsterdam
Earplugs designed so that protecting your hearing does not ruin the sound.
- 19
Jamal Rozenblad
Founder · Zevoryx / Energievinden
AI & Technology · Dubai
Entrepreneur working across AI and automation, trading and the Dutch energy market.
- 20
Francisca Bruinsma
Founder · Francis by FB
Fashion & Consumer · Amsterdam
A bedroom webshop that became a leather bag label shipping to 51 countries.
- 21
Lennard Kooy
Co-Founder & CEO · Lleverage
AI & Automation · Amsterdam
An AI automation platform for teams that do not write code.
- 22
Noah Bruins
Founder · AECLÁT
Media & Marketing · Amsterdam
A boutique social media agency growing lifestyle brands organically.
- 23
Armin Vahabian
Founder · Fat Phill's
Consumer & Food · Amsterdam
A Dutch burger chain built on brand culture as much as food.
- 24
Albert Malikov
Co-Founder · Stacks
Fintech & AI · Amsterdam
Automating bookkeeping and financial admin with AI.
- 25
Deepak Veeregowda
Co-Founder & CEO · QT Sense
DeepTech & Biotech · Delft
Quantum sensing brought into biological measurement.
- 26
Boris Bijlstra
Co-Founder · Hubby eSIM
Travel Tech · Amsterdam
Making mobile data abroad a one-tap purchase instead of a roaming bill.
- 27
Jaap Rademaker
Co-Founder · SuperFlox
Climate & Industrial Tech
Clean combustion technology for industrial heat.
- 28
Tess Scholten
Founder · For You Agency
Creator Economy & Marketing · Amsterdam
Connecting brands with creators as a managed service rather than a marketplace.
- 29
Tess Bevers
Co-Founder · Novogaia
Biotech & AI
Applying computational methods to biological research and development.
- 30
Marc Broers
Founder · FindNFund
Fintech & Social Impact
Connecting funding to the projects and organisations that struggle to find it.
- 31
Jethro Tieman
Founder · FarmBizAfrica
AgTech & Social Impact
Building agricultural business tooling for African farmers from the Netherlands.
- 32
Bram Konings
Founder · Wealth Kings
E-Commerce & Education · Eibergen
Building an e-commerce education community around branded dropshipping and practical training.