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Amsterdam's startup ecosystem shows a strong concentration in financial technology. The city is home to numerous companies developing software for banking, payments, and financial services.

This landscape includes heavily funded companies like data center provider Yondr Group, with $1.1B in funding. Fintech is also well represented by companies such as Mambu, which has raised €387M.

Below is our list of 68 Amsterdam startups worth keeping an eye on.

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Framer builds an interactive design tool for creating professional websites. Teams use the platform to publish responsive sites with advanced animations directly from a visual canvas.

Year Founded2015
FoundersJorn van Dijk, Koen Bok
Funding Amount$161M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsAccel, Meritech Capital Partners, AngelList, Foundation Capital, Designer Fund

Mambu builds a true SaaS cloud banking platform that helps financial institutions create modern lending and banking services. Their composable approach gives companies the flexibility to build new financial products and experiences quickly.

Year Founded2011
FoundersEugene Danilkis, Frederik Pfisterer, Sofia Nunes
Funding Amount€387M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries E
Top InvestorsBessemer Venture Partners, TCV, EQT, Tiger Global Management, Point Nine

Backbase developed its Engagement Banking Platform to help financial institutions accelerate their digital transformation. The unified system allows banks to replace outdated legacy software and build modern, customer-focused digital services.

Year Founded2003
FoundersGerbert Kaandorp, Jouk Pleiter
Funding Amount€120M
Startup SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top InvestorsMotive Partners, Vietnam Maritime Commercial Bank

bunq builds a digital banking platform centered on giving users more control over their money. The European neobank simplifies personal and business finances with tools for easy budgeting, saving, and international payments through its mobile app.

Year Founded2012
FoundersAli Niknam
Funding Amount€366.9M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsPollen Street Capital, Raymond Kasiman, Ali Niknam

Finom built an all-in-one financial management platform designed for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Their service integrates a business account with invoicing and accounting tools, allowing users to manage their finances in one place.

Year Founded2019
FoundersAlena Valovaya, Andrew Petrov, Andrey Varikov, Iakov Novikov, Ivo Dimitrov, Konstantin Stiskin, Oleg Laguta, Sergey Petrov
Funding Amount$307.5M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsGeneral Catalyst, Headline, Northzone, Target Global, AVP

Oneleet builds an all-in-one cybersecurity platform to help companies automate their security and compliance tasks. The service combines continuous penetration testing with other security tools to provide a comprehensive defense against cyber threats.

Year Founded2022
FoundersBryan Onel, Erik Vogelzang, Ora Onel
Funding Amount$33M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeries A
Top InvestorsY Combinator, FPV Ventures, Dawn Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, Network.VC

DataSnipper developed an AI-powered intelligent automation platform that operates directly within Excel. It helps audit and finance teams accelerate their workflows by automatically extracting and cross-referencing financial data from any document.

Year Founded2017
FoundersJonas Ruyter, Kai Bakker, Maarten Alblas
Funding Amount$100M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsInsight Partners, Index Ventures, MONASHEES

Polars develops a high-performance, open-source DataFrame library for data manipulation in Rust and Python. Their tool uses the Apache Arrow Columnar Format to deliver a fast and memory-efficient engine for data processing.

Year Founded2020
FoundersChiel Peters, Ritchie Vink
Funding Amount$21.6M
Startup SizeFounding Team (1-10)
Last Funding StatusSeries A
Top InvestorsAccel, Bain Capital Ventures, Thomas Wolf, Bob van Luijt, Jeroen Tas

Nebius AI develops a cloud platform specifically for AI workloads, providing scalable access to high-performance NVIDIA GPUs. Their service is designed to make it more cost-effective for companies to train large language models and deploy complex AI applications.

Year Founded2022
FoundersArkady Volozh
Funding Amount$1B
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top InvestorsIsrael Innovation Authority

Yondr Group develops, owns, and operates hyperscale data centers for businesses around the world. They provide end-to-end services to meet the growing data capacity and technical real estate needs of their clients.

Year Founded2019
FoundersDave Newitt, Miles Redding, Peter Jones
Funding Amount$1.1B
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top InvestorsInternational Finance Corporation, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Apollo, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

58 Additional Amsterdam Startups Worth Following

The top 10 are just a small slice of what’s happening in Amsterdam right now. The city is full of founders working on everything from AI and energy to biotech, and together they've raised billions of dollars. Some of these companies are early in their journey, while others are already scaling up. Here’s a look at the other startups that are shaping Amsterdam's tech scene.

StartupIndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedLast Funding Round
Sympower logo SympowerEnergy2015$76.8MSeries B
Factris logo FactrisFintech2017$222.9MDebt Financing
Brineworks logo BrineworksEnergy2023$12MSeed
Bird logo BirdCloud2011$1.1BSeries C
Dashmote logo DashmoteAI2015$9.3MSeries A
Bynder logo BynderAI2013$22.2MSeries A
Leyden Labs logo Leyden LabsBiotech2020$315.2MVenture Round
Apheon logo ApheonEnterprise2005
Bitfury Group logo Bitfury GroupCrypto2011$170MVenture Round
Weaviate logo WeaviateAI2019$67.7MSeries B
Starlink logo StarlinkMedia2018
Recharge logo RechargeRetail2015$118.1MDebt Financing
AxonIQ logo AxonIQInfrastructure2017$6MSeries A
Aito logo AitoMobility2012$19.6MVenture Round
Stacks logo StacksOther2024$10MSeed
Hivello logo HivelloHardware2022$2.6MSeed
Hotmart logo HotmartMarketing2011R$735.3MSeries C
Scenic Biotech logo Scenic BiotechSecurity2017$37.6MSeries A
beSirius logo beSiriusAI2022$4.8MSeed
Airtel Mobile Commerce BV logo Airtel Mobile Commerce BVHardware2010$550MSecondary Market
TestGorilla logo TestGorillaEducation2019$81.2MSeries A
myTomorrows logo myTomorrowsHealthcare2012$22.2MVenture Round
Affidea logo AffideaHealthcare1995$200MDebt Financing
BUX logo BUXFintech2014$115.8MSeries C
LUMICKS logo LUMICKSBiotech2014$97.9MDebt Financing
Piano logo PianoAnalytics2010$330MDebt Financing
VectorY logo VectorYBiotech2020$160MSeries A
Rockfield Real Estate logo Rockfield Real EstateFintech2014$550MDebt Financing
Elsevier logo ElsevierMedia1880Private Equity
Thorizon logo ThorizonEnergy2018$42.5MSeries A
Monumental logo MonumentalManufacturing2021$23.2MSeed
Catawiki logo CatawikiRetail2008$22.6MPrivate Equity
SELANA logo SELANAHardware2019$2.2MSeed
Equip logo EquipMedia2022$2.1MPre-Seed
InfinitSpace logo InfinitSpaceSaaS2020$4.4MSeed
NOWATCH logo NOWATCHHardware2020$8.7MSeries A
Flow logo FlowFintech2018$4.8MSeed
Aidence logo AidenceAI2015$14.1MSeries A
PayEye logo PayEyeSecurity2019$9.6MConvertible Note
Spaceti logo SpacetiAI2016$5MVenture Round
Pearl Semiconductor logo Pearl SemiconductorHardware2020$4.5MSeed
Talk360 logo Talk360Media2016$8.4MSeed
Brickblock logo BrickblockFintech2017$5MConvertible Note
Storyteq logo StoryteqMarketing2017$1.2MSeed
Obenan logo ObenanAI2023$1.2MSeed
Userguest.com logo Userguest.comMarketing2018$3.2MSeed
Finst logo FinstCrypto2022$4MSeed
Glaspoort logo GlaspoortInfrastructure2021$1.2BDebt Financing
Land Life Company logo Land Life CompanyMedia2013$11.9MSeries A
Kepler Vision Technologies logo Kepler Vision TechnologiesAI2018$5.4MVenture Round
Labfresh logo LabfreshFashion2017$2.7MEquity Crowdfunding
transferz logo transferzEnterprise2020$6.5MDebt Financing
Stack logo StackEnterprise2019$5MSeries A
Solar Monkey logo Solar MonkeyEnergy2014$5.2MVenture Round
The Fabricant logo The FabricantMedia2018$14MSeries A
Picnic logo PicnicRetail2015$1.3BSeries E
Authic Labs logo Authic LabsCrypto2021$1.7MSeed
Roam.ai logo Roam.aiMobility2017$1.6MSeed

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