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Best Virtual Reality Companies in North Holland, Netherlands

The 33 best Virtual Reality companies in North Holland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Solice.

33companies tracked
$8.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · VIRTUAL REALITY × NORTH HOLLAND

Our analysis of 50 Virtual Reality companies

$3.3b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2019.

50companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2019funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Virtual Reality companies in North Holland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Solice
Developer of a blockchain-enabled VR metaverse
$4M57 mo agoSeedChristian
CEO
2021SentryNode.jsThree.js+11——
2Beyond Sports
Provides VR-based simulation for soccer matches
$2M101 mo agoAcquiredNicolaas Westerhof
Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder
2014Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+228 patents
Real-time sports simulation: virtual environment generation, tracking data validation, video streaming
—
3Force Field Entertainment
Developer of PC and console-based VR games
$1M111 mo agoAcquired—2015———
4Bravr
Developer of virtual reality system for mental readiness training purposes
$241K14 mo agoSeedKen Koontz
Co-Founder
2008———
5Doctor Kinetic
Patient rehabilitation platform through games with real time feedback
$19K160 mo agoSeedAndrew Olszewski
Co-Founder & CEO
2012———
6Bright River
Visual product content optimization and production solutions for e-tailers
—92 mo agoFunding RaisedJeroen Gerretsen
Co-Founder / Client Service Director
2006WordPressPleskApple iCloud Mail+37——
7theViewer
Platform for creating and visualizing VR tours
—100 mo agoSeries ADariusz Lozynski
Co-Founder
2016Cart FunctionalityJavaEnvoy+12——
8TheConstruct
Platform for visualization of virtual tours
—122 mo agoSeedDariusz Lozynski
Co-Founder
2015———

Top 8 Virtual Reality companies in North Holland

#1
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2008
$241.3Kraised
▾

Developer of virtual reality system for mental readiness training purposes. The system stimulates a stress response in participants through a virtual environment. It monitors heart rate variability and restricts audio and visual components as players get stressed. The system assesses how well players stay in control under pressure.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Seed$151.3K
  • Jun 2025Seed$90K
Founders & team
Ken KoontzCo-FounderPeter BarkerCo-FounderThijs DoornbosCo-Founder
#2
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 12 employees
$4.4Mraised
▾

Developer of a blockchain-enabled VR metaverse. It offers a cross-platform metaverse and marketplace comprising social, gaming, and crypto features. It enables users to entertain themselves with immersive experiences in a virtual world.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022ICO$629K
  • Dec 2021Seed$4.4M
Founders & team
ChristianCEO
Investors
Three Arrows Capital, Animoca Brands, Genblock Capital, DeFiance Capital, Alameda Research, Skyvision
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3Lit-Element
#3
Acquired · Alkmaar, North Holland · founded 2014 · 46 employees
$2.4Mraised
▾

Beyond Sports provides VR-based simulation for soccer matches and the application is developed by Triple IT. The application offers VR simulations based on real match data. Its offerings are: Custom Scenarios (custom training scenarios in consultation with clubs and coaches), Match Analysis (video of an entire match or specific match moments from any perspective) and Fan Experience (match highlights in VR). The company has partnered with a number of sports organizations including Football Club Ajax & PSV, Royal Dutch Football Association etc. Beyond Sports is also focusing on other sports such as American Football, Cycling, Hockey and Ice hockey.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 6.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: DIGITAL department
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Seed$2.4M
Founders & team
Nicolaas WesterhofChief Technical Officer & Co-FounderSander SchoutenCEO & Co-Founder
Investors
Triple, VentureOut
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsDocusign
#4
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 65 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Developer of PC and console-based VR games. It is a VR-based development studio that develops games with immersive experiences.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2017Series A$1.1M
Investors
mmventures
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpYoutubeWordpress Super CacheGravity Forms
#5
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2012 · 2 employees
$19.4Kraised
▾

Doctor Kinetic offers a platform that enables medical professionals to make specific cases for a training program. Provides functional rehabilitation in virtual reality which motivates patients with real-time feedback and scores to see from session to session. Offers reporting functions through the ability to scan a person (through the microsoft kinect sensor) 3D.

Funding rounds
  • 2013Seed—
  • Nov 2012Seed$19.4K
Founders & team
Andrew OlszewskiCo-Founder & CEOMichal SokolowskiCo-Founder
Investors
Netspider Capital, Startupbootcamp, Capital Mills
#6
Funding Raised · Haarlem, North Holland · founded 2006 · 226 employees
—raised
▾

Bright River provides visual product content optimization and production solutions for e-tailers. The company also offers solutions for image editing, 3D product visualization, product video editing, and more. Its visual content optimization tool collects & analyses product samples, competitors data, etc. using computer vision and eye track prediction technology and recommends & validate reports based on the knowledge database.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2019Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Jeroen GerretsenCo-Founder / Client Service DirectorDavid JonkersCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Pride Capital Partners, Mentha Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-JsCrazy Egg
#7
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2016
—raised
▾

theViewer, an offering of theconstruct, provides a platform for creating and visualizing virtual reality tours. It features Warp Editor, an online tool that allows the user to upload 360-degree images (spherical mono, stereo images, and cube maps) for converting them into VR tours. Additionally, the platform allows the user to review the created VR tours with co-workers, share them with end-customers, and embed the same on their website. It is compatible with both iOS and Android devices. Supported VR headsets include Daydream, GearVR, and Oculus Rift. The platform has a major use case in the real estate industry. Clientele includesWeWork, UXUS, DDOCK, Triumph, F13 Design Studio, and MATIC Animation. As of July 2018, the company offers three pricing plans with the basic starting from $ 37/user/month for creating up to three VR tours.

Funding rounds
  • 2018Series A—
Founders & team
Dariusz LozynskiCo-FounderPiotr JuchnowiczCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Data Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityClientjsClosure LibraryEnvoyFingerprintjs
#8
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 6 employees
—raised
▾

TheConstruct provides a platform for visualization of virtual tours. Users can upload their designs in VR and review it with co-workers, share with customers and embed VR tours on their website with theViewer. It supports iOS, Android, Daydream, GearVR and Oculus Rift.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Dariusz LozynskiCo-FounderPiotr JuchnowiczCo-Founder
Investors
Boost VC, Startupbootcamp

Funding & investor landscape

$8.1Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Startupbootcamp2 rounds
Alameda Research1 rounds
Alpha Ventures1 rounds
Animoca Brands1 rounds
Birdhouse1 rounds
Boost VC1 rounds
CMS Holdings1 rounds
Capital Mills1 rounds
Capital S1 rounds
DAO Maker1 rounds

Notable founders

Ken Koontz
Co-Founder · Bravr
Peter Barker
Co-Founder · Bravr
Christian
CEO · Solice
Nicolaas Westerhof
Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder · Beyond Sports
Sander Schouten
CEO & Co-Founder · Beyond Sports
Andrew Olszewski
Co-Founder & CEO · Doctor Kinetic
Michal Sokolowski
Co-Founder · Doctor Kinetic
Jeroen Gerretsen
Co-Founder / Client Service Director · Bright River
David Jonkers
Co-Founder & CEO · Bright River
Dariusz Lozynski
Co-Founder · theViewer
Piotr Juchnowicz
Co-Founder & CEO · theViewer
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 106,737 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Virtual Reality coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Netherlands

How research on AR / VR / Metaverse is moving in the Netherlands

A read on the academic research around AR / VR / Metaverse — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 571 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201720212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 38% → 48% across 2017–2026.
top research entities
  • Delft University of Technology82
  • University of Twente51
  • University of Amsterdam48
  • Maastricht University46
  • Tilburg University43
leading researchers
Tim Hilken · Pablo César · Mathew Chylinski · Jonas Heller · Max M. Louwerse · Jiayan Zhao · Irene Viola · Dominik Mahr
▲ Breakthroughs78 · 14%
▲ 9%→13% share
▲1.4× share momentum1 median citations82% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (9%→13% of field), led by Virtual reality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Virtual reality7→37
  • Human–computer interaction3→22
  • Augmented reality2→13
  • Visualization1→5
Newly emergingComputer graphics (images) 0→7 · Computer vision 0→5
Landmark Mixed Reality with HoloLens: Where Virtual Reality Meets Augmented Reality in the Operating Room · 307 cites
◆ Advancements272 · 48%
▼ 82%→47% share
▼0.6× share momentum1 median citations86% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (82%→47% of field), led by Virtual reality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Virtual reality11→149
  • Human–computer interaction6→55
  • Augmented reality4→41
  • Task (project management)1→10
  • Haptic technology2→10
Newly emergingTraining (meteorology) 0→16 · Multimedia 0→16 · Perception 0→13
Landmark Augmenting the eye of the beholder: exploring the strategic potential of augmented reality to enhance online service exp · 604 cites
▼ Concerns152 · 27%
▲ 9%→26% share
▲2.9× share momentum2 median citations86% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (9%→26% of field), led by Virtual reality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Virtual reality8→81
  • Human–computer interaction5→32
  • Augmented reality4→19
  • Mixed reality1→7
  • Task (project management)1→6
Newly emergingContext (archaeology) 0→7 · Immersion (mathematics) 0→7 · Embodied cognition 0→6
Landmark Systematic review on the effectiveness of augmented reality applications in medical training · 648 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where ar vr 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.

Amsterdam116 · +0.31
Hot · Cloud computingAdvancing · Social psychologyOpportunity · Christian ministryConcern · Virtual world
Delft85 · +0.40
Hot · Human–computer interactionAdvancing · RobotOpportunity · Computer visionConcern · Data science
Groningen77 · +0.42
Hot · Virtual realityAdvancing · Data visualizationOpportunity · PsychotherapistConcern · Psychological intervention
Utrecht55 · +0.33
Hot · SurgeryAdvancing · Point cloudOpportunity · Exposure therapyConcern · Virtual reality
Maastricht46 · +0.31
Hot · 3d modelAdvancing · RehabilitationOpportunity · Virtual worldConcern · Augmented reality
Rotterdam42 · +0.35
Hot · MEDLINEAdvancing · OverlayOpportunity · VisualizationConcern · Virtual reality
Leiden37 · +0.42
Hot · Virtual realityAdvancing · Augmented realityOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Human–computer interaction
Nijmegen36 · +0.39
Hot · Medical educationAdvancing · Computer visionOpportunity · MultimediaConcern · Virtual reality
Eindhoven32 · +0.28
Hot · PedestrianAdvancing · PerceptionOpportunity · Physical activityConcern · Computer graphics (images)
Wageningen25 · +0.34
Hot · Virtual realityAdvancing · Human–computer interactionOpportunity · Augmented reality

Common questions

How many Virtual Reality companies are there in North Holland, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Virtual Reality companies headquartered in North Holland, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Virtual Reality companies in North Holland, Netherlands?
The Virtual Reality companies in North Holland, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $8.1M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Virtual Reality company in North Holland, Netherlands?
Solice is the highest-funded Virtual Reality company in North Holland, Netherlands, with $4.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Virtual Reality companies in North Holland, Netherlands are funded?
5 of the 33 Virtual Reality companies in North Holland, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Virtual Reality unicorns are there in North Holland, Netherlands?
None of the Virtual Reality companies in North Holland, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in North Holland, Netherlands Virtual Reality companies?
The most active investors in North Holland, Netherlands Virtual Reality companies on this list include Startupbootcamp, Alameda Research, Alpha Ventures, Animoca Brands, Birdhouse.
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