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Best Smart Cities Companies in Netherlands

The 46 best Smart Cities companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dazzletek.

46companies tracked
$36Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
15have raised
Sources & further reading
  • ResearchAndMarkets.com
  • MarketsandMarkets

Ranked: Best Smart Cities companies in Netherlands

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Dazzletek
Develops a lighting control system for building and street lighting
$24M230 mo agoLate StagePeter Adema
Owner
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2Energyworx
Provider of SaaS and big data-based energy data management and analytics
$8M61 mo agoAcquiredErik Wijk
Co-Founder
2012WordPressMySQLPHP+19——
3Civity
Provider of a data platform providing network solutions for smart cities
$984K87 mo agoFunding RaisedJeroen Moonen
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2013———
4Munisense
Builds sensors and sensor data platform for smart cities
$660K134 mo agoSeedHans Mulder
Founder / director
2008—4 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
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5Monotch
Provider of smart mobility solutions
$655K31 mo agoFunding RaisedMenno Malta
Founder & CEO
2016——2 launchs
6NavInfo
Provider of 3D printing and 3D scanning services
$589K46 mo agoFunding RaisedPatrick Cheng
CEO
2011WordPressMySQLPHP+17—1 partnership
7SolarSwing
Provider of solar-based products for use in buildings
$391K90 mo agoSeedSam Kin
Founder
2011———
8FIGO
SaaS-based end-to-end mobility as a service solution for corporates
$292K13 mo agoSeed—2019WordPressMySQLPHP+29——
9Tvilight
Provider of commercial street lighting solutions
$108K117 mo agoAcquiredHeide Jeuken-Dahmen
Chief Executive Officer
2011WordPressMySQLPHP+1619 patents
Wireless mesh lighting control and routing systems with integrated motion detection
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Top 12 Smart Cities companies in Netherlands

#1
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 7 employees
$292.4Kraised
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SaaS-based end-to-end mobility as a service solution for corporates. The platform offers solutions that include dashboard solutions, mobile applications, and more. Their app is available for both Android and iOS devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Angel—
  • Dec 2022Seed$292.4K
Investors
Shamrock Ventures
#2
Acquired · Houten, Utrecht · founded 2012 · 65 employees
$8.2Mraised
▾

Provider of SaaS and big data-based energy data management and analytics. It provides a platform for gathering data using APIs, storage, and flexibility to have data in value context-driven data points. The analytics engine ensures that unique actionable insights are isolated and highlighted. It is used by utility companies to understand the behavioral insights of the consumers and create customized pricing plans.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 11.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Series B$6M
  • Jul 2020Series A—
  • Nov 2019Series A$1.1M
  • Oct 2016Series A—
Founders & team
Erik WijkCo-FounderMarcel SmitCEO
Investors
EDP Ventures, henQ, Eneco, SET Ventures, ENGIE New Ventures, Free Electrons
#3
Funding Raised · Wagenberg, North Brabant · founded 2016 · 18 employees
$654.6Kraised
▾

Monotch provides smart mobility solutions. Offers 'Traffic Live Exchange (TLEX)', a cloud-based platform & APIs that bi-directionally connect with roadside infrastructure (vendor independent) to deliver real-time traffic information to relevant companies/authorities. Additionally, the company also offers 'The Talking Parking Platform', an end-to-end solution (consumer-facing app, management dashboards) that enables municipalities/parking operators to offer real-time online booking capabilities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 7.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$654.6K
Founders & team
Menno MaltaFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa, BOM
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpHello ElementorElementorGoogle Tag Manager
#4
Late Stage · Breda, North Brabant
$24Mraised
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Develops a lighting control system for building and street lighting applications. The system includes a lighting control module (installed in the luminaire) called Mira, a gateway called Antares, and a software control module called Regulus. The Regulus module connects to Google Maps (or an image of a plant/building) to keep track of all lights in a network and can control lighting systems based on lighting requirements (requirements sent to it by connected light sensors in the luminaire location).

Founders & team
Peter AdemaOwner
#5
Funding Raised · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2011
$588.7Kraised
▾

Provider of 3D printing and 3D scanning services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 8.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. PAX Technology) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$588.7K
Founders & team
Patrick ChengCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpHello ElementorWp RocketElementor
#6
Funding Raised · Zeist, Utrecht · founded 2013
$983.5Kraised
▾

Provider of a data platform providing network solutions for smart cities. The platform has the capability to connect providers of data from sensors, proprietary systems or other platforms with data requesters. Allows users to collect, store & access data securely and enables to describe, maintain & visualize the data or information products in a structured manner.

Funding rounds
  • May 2019Grant (prize money)$657.1K
  • Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$326.4K
Founders & team
Jeroen MoonenCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
Europa, Total Specific Solutions
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpYoast SeoNginxWpml
#7
Seed · Leiden, South Holland · founded 2008 · 21 employees
$660Kraised
▾

Munisense builds wireless sensors and a sensor data platform under the brand INSIGHTNOW. The INSIGHTNOW sensors are used for collecting noise, water, street lighting data in cities as well as data from indoor establishments. The INSIGHTNOW data platform allows clients to view and analyze the data, as well as control street lighting in cities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 836 LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2015Seed$660K
Founders & team
Hans MulderFounder / director
Investors
InnovationQuarter
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityYoutubeBootstrapNginxCloudflareSlick
#8
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2011 · 1 employees
$390.8Kraised
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Provider of solar-based products for use in buildings. Their current product called SolarSwing Reflect is an interior shading system that consists of transparent vertical blinds. The blinds reflect all direct sunlight, while diffuse daylight is fully transmitted. Their upcoming product called SolarSwing Energy is a transparent solar panel that converts direct sunlight into electricity and usable heat, while all diffuse daylight gets transmitted into the building.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$57.3K
  • Jan 2015Grant (prize money)$333.5K
  • Mar 2013Seed—
Founders & team
Sam KinFounder
Investors
Government of the Netherlands, Climate KIC, Europa, YES!Delft, Village Capital
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGoogle MapsAthemes SydneyBootstrap
#9
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2011 · 25 employees
$107.5Kraised
▾

Provider of commercial street lighting solutions. Based on their patented presence detection solution, their products offer on-demand lighting. Their solution is suitable for both existing (PLL, SON, HID) as well as new LED outdoor lamps. The sensors are Zigbee based. They also offer software for controlling and setting the lights. Features include context-specific lighting levels, detection patterns, and lamp failure detection as well as an open platform that can interface with hardware from other providers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 14.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2016Series A—
  • Nov 2015Grant (prize money)$52.9K
  • Jun 2015Grant (prize money)$54.6K
  • 2012Seed—
Founders & team
Heide Jeuken-DahmenChief Executive Officer
Investors
Osram, Ponooc, EIC Fund, Europa, Climate KIC, YES!Delft
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceGsap
#10
Seed · The Hague, South Holland · founded 2017 · 9 employees
$59.2Kraised
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RoadEO is developing road quality monitoring and prediction platform by using sensor infrastructure such as smartphones and satellites to improve road comfort and safety. The company is developing data collection and analytics tool for road quality monitoring performed by public and private road authorities.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Seed—
  • Grant (prize money)$59.2K
Founders & team
Alex GunkelFounder
Investors
Copernicus Incubation, Techstars
#11
Acqui-Hired · Amersfoort, Utrecht · founded 1987 · 1600 employees
—raised
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Provider of tech-enabled traffic management solutions for connected vehicles. It offers a cloud-enabled service platform that connects with road users by using mobile networks and offers solutions for the connected vehicles to optimize the vehicular traffic, and real-time traffic updates for pedestrians and truck drivers. It also offers hardware like traffic light controllers.

Investors
Europa
#12
Seed · Amersfoort, Utrecht · founded 2013
—raised
▾

Mobiliteitsfabriek is a provider of a MaaS solution to the transit operators. The company aims to connect various public transport services and thereby enables passengers to plan & book services over a single platform. It enables users/employees to get access to different modes of public transport services such as public transport bicycles, refueling, parking, taxi services & more. The company also offers all forms of mobility-based services, employee dashboard, business chip cards & more. It has partnered with clients such as Greenwheels, Q-Park, Car2go, MTC, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Roeland CuijpersCo-Founder
Investors
Louwman Group
Tech stack
BootstrapNginxJquery MigrateJqueryFancyboxGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$36Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
14disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa6 rounds
Climate KIC2 rounds
YES!Delft2 rounds
5square1 rounds
All Mobile Fund1 rounds
Aurelia Ventures1 rounds
Avedon Capital Partners1 rounds
BOM1 rounds
Convent Capital1 rounds
Copernicus Incubation1 rounds

Notable founders

Erik Wijk
Co-Founder · Energyworx
Marcel Smit
CEO · Energyworx
Menno Malta
Founder & CEO · Monotch
Peter Adema
Owner · Dazzletek
Patrick Cheng
CEO · NavInfo
Jeroen Moonen
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Civity
Hans Mulder
Founder / director · Munisense
Sam Kin
Founder · SolarSwing
Heide Jeuken-Dahmen
Chief Executive Officer · Tvilight
Alex Gunkel
Founder · RoadEO
Roeland Cuijpers
Co-Founder · Mobiliteitsfabriek
Ruben Neut
Co-Founder · Sensorgage
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 76,566 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Smart Cities coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Netherlands

How research on Smart Cities is moving in the Netherlands

A read on the academic research around Smart Cities — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 413 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201720222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 34% → 50% across 2017–2026.
top research entities
  • Delft University of Technology116
  • Utrecht University41
  • Eindhoven University of Technology40
  • University of Twente31
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam29
leading researchers
Marijn Janssen · Stan Geertman · Albert Meijer · Bart van Arem · Liesbet van Zoonen · Serge Hoogendoorn · Negar Noori · Martin de Jong
▲ Breakthroughs75 · 18%
▲ 11%→22% share
▲2.0× share momentum2 median citations60% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (11%→22% of field), led by Smart city.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Smart city2→9
  • Variety (cybernetics)1→4
Newly emergingIntelligent transportation system 0→7 · Key (lock) 0→5
Landmark Privacy concerns in smart cities · 438 cites
◆ Advancements136 · 33%
▼ 34%→31% share
▼0.9× share momentum9 median citations47% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (34%→31% of field), led by Intelligent transportation system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intelligent transportation system5→17
  • Smart city7→18
  • Context (archaeology)2→8
  • Traffic congestion1→5
  • Transport engineering2→6
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→6
Landmark Urban Digital Twins for Smart Cities and Citizens: The Case Study of Herrenberg, Germany · 538 cites
▼ Concerns152 · 37%
▼ 46%→34% share
▼0.7× share momentum11 median citations47% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (46%→34% of field), led by Smart city.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Smart city16→43
  • Corporate governance7→18
  • Context (archaeology)5→15
  • Perspective (graphical)1→7
  • Intelligent transportation system3→8
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→8
Landmark Governing the smart city: a review of the literature on smart urban governance · 1,559 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where smart cities is researched across Netherlands

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Delft124 · +0.35
Hot · Intelligent transportation systemAdvancing · Cruise controlOpportunity · Traffic flow (computer networking)Concern · Smart city
Utrecht48 · +0.03
Hot · Corporate governanceAdvancing · Urban planningOpportunity · Set (abstract data type)Concern · Politics
Eindhoven43 · +0.28
Hot · ArchitectureAdvancing · Intelligent transportation systemOpportunity · InterdependenceConcern · Sustainability
Amsterdam41 · +0.09
Hot · Smart cityAdvancing · Service (business)Opportunity · Multimodal transportConcern · Citizen journalism
Groningen38 · +0.37
Hot · Cloud computingAdvancing · Big dataOpportunity · Corporate governanceConcern · Information and Communications Technology
Rotterdam31 · +0.11
Hot · Smart cityAdvancing · Knowledge managementOpportunity · SustainabilityConcern · Politics
Leiden9 · +0.03
Hot · Smart cityOpportunity · ConceptualizationConcern · Corporate governance
Nijmegen7 · -0.13
Hot · Smart city
Wageningen6 · +0.22
Hot · Smart city

Common questions

How many Smart Cities companies are there in Netherlands?
Radar tracks 46 indexable Smart Cities companies headquartered in Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Smart Cities companies in Netherlands?
The Smart Cities companies in Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $36M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Smart Cities company in Netherlands?
Dazzletek is the highest-funded Smart Cities company in Netherlands, with $24M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Smart Cities companies in Netherlands are funded?
10 of the 46 Smart Cities companies in Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Smart Cities unicorns are there in Netherlands?
None of the Smart Cities companies in Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Netherlands Smart Cities companies?
The most active investors in Netherlands Smart Cities companies on this list include Europa, Climate KIC, YES!Delft, 5square, All Mobile Fund.
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