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Funding and advertised pay are reported in USD; filed accounts retain their stated source currency and basis.

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THE THE NETHERLANDS EDITION 2026

the Netherlands’s
investment industry industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping investment industry in the Netherlands. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Investment Industry illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the Netherlands’s investment industry leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Investment Industry company highlights in the Netherlands, snapshot 2 September 2026
Company
Archer Hotel Capitalarcherhotelcapital.com$434.2M
APGapg.nl$11.66M170
Slimmer AIslimmer.ai$4.35M61
BigCircle Venturesbigcircle.ventures$2.32M
Climate KICclimate-kic.org$2.23M409
Crosspringcrosspring.com$738.7K
Dutch Game Gardendutchgamegarden.nl$174.11K
RocketDNArocketdna.com$110.5K
Flow Tradersflowtraders.com4 roles654
Emendo Capitalemendocapital.com2 roles
Kyllakylla.com2 roles
Primevest Capital Partnersprimevestcp.com2 roles40
ER Capitalercapital.nl1 roles
Hogenhouckhogenhouck.nl1 roles
JSA Taxjsa-tax.com1 roles
Sonneborghsonneborgh.nl1 roles23
ABP Pensioenfondsabp.nl602
BpfBOUWbpfbouw.nl
Brookzbrookz.nl
IGNEigne.nl
IKEA Foundationikeafoundation.org457
Jumbojumbo.com85,000
Marktlinkmarktlink.com207
Novaturenovature.com350
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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Recorded evidence only

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Investment Industry industry KPIs in the Netherlands

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

2 September 2026
Hiring participation5.5%

28 of 510 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation2.7%

14 of 510 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share98.8%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$120.25K

Midpoint of 23 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 98.8% of disclosed capital, while 97.3% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the Netherlands investment industry has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the Netherlands investment industry
$0$125.07M$250.14M$375.2M$500.27M2016: $282.82K20162017: $984.43K20172018: $1.01M20182019: $142.67K20192020: $438.83M20202021: $020212022: $020222023: $86.01K20232024: $259.84K20242025: $2.32M2025
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Annual investment industry funding and company formation in the Netherlands
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$282.82K201
2017$984.43K252
2018$1.01M251
2019$142.67K182
2020$438.83M415
2021$0410
2022$0220
2023$86.01K81
2024$259.84K52
2025$2.32M31
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Archer Hotel Capital95.2%
  • APG2.6%
  • Slimmer AI1.0%
  • Other companies1.2%

Funding by stage

35 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel2 5.7%
Series A–B0 0.0%
Series C+ / PE2 5.7%
Grants, debt & other31 88.6%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Netherlands; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Netherlands; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the Netherlands investment industry market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Segment data unavailable0

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Segment data unavailable

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

0companies
0%have hiring activity

0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsflowtraders.com ↗

Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in Eli Lilly and Company in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $356,000.

IPO activityrodamco-eu.com ↗

Rodamco Asia and ING Real Estate announce today that ING Real Estate (B) B.V. or one of its group companies intends to make a recommended public offer of EUR 18.00 (cum dividend) in cash per share for all issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Rodamco Asia N.V.

Mergers & acquisitionscvcdif.com ↗

In an announcement this week, CVC DIF confirmed it's in talks to snap up an 88 percent stake in Celeste from Infravia.

Mergers & acquisitionsapg.nl ↗

APG, on behalf of its pension fund client ABP and Swiss pension fund partners, has agreed to acquire a 37.5 percent stake in NorthC from Antin Infrastructure Partners.

Mergers & acquisitionsdsm.com ↗

DSM (Heerlen, Netherlands) to sell its South Haven, Michigan operations

Mergers & acquisitionsing.com ↗

At the moment, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo and Raiffeisen, a local and Austrian-owned entity, would have submitted their proposals to BBVA.

Mergers & acquisitionstrustmoore.com ↗

The British private equity firm IK Partners has acquired a majority stake in Trustmoore.

Mergers & acquisitionsnnip.com ↗

the takeover of NN Investment Partners

Funding roundskompas.vc ↗

Last week early-stage industrial VC KOMPAS VC closed its €150M second fund.

Mergers & acquisitionsicelakecapital.com ↗

RSM Ebner Stolz has advised IceLake Capital (IceLake) with a Financial Due Diligence in the context of the transaction as part of the majority acquisition of quattron GmbH (quattron) and NEXTRAIL GmbH (NEXTRAIL).

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 184 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
48
Mergers & acquisitions
34
Earnings
27
Asset acquisitions
22
Fundraising
12
Company announcements
11
Buyback
10
Contracts
9
Regulatory
3
New products
3
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

Rodamco ↗

OFS · Euronext Amsterdam1 reports

Leadership moves

24 tracked people moves

Frank Drouet

Appointment Chief Executive for Asia-Pacific

Joseph Kerkor

Appointment Head of Emerging Markets Credit Trading for EMEA

Rodamco ↗
Mr Ton de Boer

Appointment Managing Director

Cauê Todeschini

Appointment Global Lead for Trade and Commodity Finance

Maarten Koning

Promotion Global Head of Private Markets

APG ↗
Sarah Winbur

Promotion Director

APG ↗
Malavika Nambiar

Promotion Assistant Portfolio Manager

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Managing General Agent (MGA)

Insurance

Leonardo

Brand visual identity

Workforce actions

1 companies with reported reductions

1,000 rolesdigitalisation

Litigation

1 tracked suits

Company
ing v industrial and commercial bank of china

trade finance loss disputeCivil · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

6companies
29period observations
36.0%median reported growth

Median across 12 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
ING VenturesHSBC Turkish businessAnnounced2026-05-29Not stated in snapshot
Flow TradersEli Lilly and CompanyAnnounced2026-05-03$356.0K
Queensley Holdings LimitedRodamco ↗Announced2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
APGnorthcAnnounced2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot
CVC DIFcelesteAnnounced2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot
Flow TradersiShares MSCI Japan Value ETFAnnounced2026-04-06$17.4M

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

1 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 17-posting snapshot covers 16 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Investment Associate3
Senior Manager Investment Management Fsi Regulatory2
Senior Investment Professional2
Investment Analyst2
Chief Investment Officer / Cfo1
Investment Buyer Renewable Heat1
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

9 postings specify a level.

unspecified
8
senior
5
manager
2
lead
1
intern
1

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 17 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Asset Management
1
Investment
1
Financial
1
Cold Calling
1
Salesforce
1
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

316 founders and chief executives across 288 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

35 profiles with education records.

Erasmus University Rotterdam
5
University of Amsterdam
4
INSEAD
4
London School of Economics and Political Science
2
Utrecht University
2
Columbia Business School
2
University of Cambridge
2
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
2

Prior employers

12 profiles with prior-work records.

McKinsey
5
Morgan Stanley
3
Boston Consulting Group
2
Goldman Sachs
2

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

53,691 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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53,691articles in the measured year
15,338articles in 2026Q1
79.4%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Investment Industry coverage across Netherlands · articles per complete quarter

05,76011,52017,27923,0392021Q2: 8,3262021Q22021Q3: 8,6102021Q4: 7,9432022Q1: 9,1592022Q2: 9,6782022Q22022Q3: 8,6592022Q4: 9,6922023Q1: 9,3052023Q2: 10,3622023Q22023Q3: 9,4272023Q4: 10,1462024Q1: 10,7032024Q2: 11,6472024Q22024Q3: 12,4972024Q4: 11,6542025Q1: 20,0342025Q2: 11,8072025Q22025Q3: 11,7102025Q4: 14,0282026Q1: 15,3382026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q28,326
2021Q38,610
2021Q47,943
2022Q19,159
2022Q29,678
2022Q38,659
2022Q49,692
2023Q19,305
2023Q210,362
2023Q39,427
2023Q410,146
2024Q110,703
2024Q211,647
2024Q312,497
2024Q411,654
2025Q120,034
2025Q211,807
2025Q311,710
2025Q414,028
2026Q115,338

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
19,738 positive · 315 neutral · 6,674 negative
2022
28,146 positive · 451 neutral · 8,552 negative
2023
29,994 positive · 481 neutral · 8,732 negative
2024
35,875 positive · 482 neutral · 10,112 negative
2025
45,700 positive · 528 neutral · 11,294 negative

Leading coverage topics

Investment Industry coverage across Netherlands · ranked by full-period article count.

New Product Launches And Innovations5,354 articles in the full recorded period
1,364 recent · 1,124 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations5,119 articles in the full recorded period
1,367 recent · 1,104 prior
Technology Adoption And Digital Transformation4,380 articles in the full recorded period
1,110 recent · 916 prior
Supply Chain Management Practices2,436 articles in the full recorded period
880 recent · 533 prior
Accounting And Financial Management Software2,357 articles in the full recorded period
813 recent · 663 prior
Digital Transformation In Operations2,308 articles in the full recorded period
1,005 recent · 537 prior
Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments2,302 articles in the full recorded period
546 recent · 591 prior
Industry Awards And Recognition Announcements2,219 articles in the full recorded period
442 recent · 517 prior
International Political Relations2,175 articles in the full recorded period
972 recent · 351 prior
Company Expansions And New Market Entries2,022 articles in the full recorded period
669 recent · 364 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Investment Industry coverage across Netherlands

KeywordRecentPriorChange
financial control software51933953%
financial reporting tools39025553%
stock performance21315042%
financial forecasting systems206102102%
financial scenario planning20612861%
general ledger software19713249%
strategic analysis18012149%
geopolitical alliances16227500%
corporate strategy16277110%
payroll management systems15760162%
payment system integration123205-40%
intuitive painting7153-95%
payment api development70145-52%
non-representational art9123-93%
payment processor setup57115-50%

Event and signal lenses

Investment Industry coverage across Netherlands

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

53,539 classified articles

financial accounting software, accounting management systems, accounting compliance systems

34.4% critical · 47.5% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

15,157 classified articles

avant-garde rock, conceptual rock albums, complex rock narratives

31.9% critical · 60.8% positive
Rising

Growth

23,071 classified articles

earnings report, quarterly financials, quarterly results

26.0% critical · 60.4% positive

Investment Industry coverage across Netherlands. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Investment Industry in the Netherlands: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 2 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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