Meet the Amsterdam startups that raised funding in Q3 2024; 11 of them are hiring now 

The capital city of the Netherlands continues to be the hotspot for innovation and entrepreneurship.

In Q3 2024, several Amsterdam startups successfully raised considerable funding, marking a period of growth, opportunity, and investors’ confidence.

This funding not only boosts the city’s growth reputation but also brings multiple opportunities for job seekers.

In this article, we have compiled a list of startups that have raised funds and some of them are now looking to expand their teams.

Roboat

Founder/s: NA

Funding in Q3: €550K

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Roboat aims to transform inland waterway transportation with advanced autonomous navigation systems, enabling ships to autonomously perceive, navigate, and perform complex tasks. 

Its AI-powered system handles heavy traffic in urban and inland waterways, serving new and retrofitted vessels for various applications like passenger transport, goods delivery, and waste collection, thereby reducing city logistics’ carbon footprint. 

PAIX Data Centres

CEO: Wouter van Hulten

Funding in Q3: €28M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

PAIX Data Centres is a developer and operator of pan-African data centres.

The company offers reliable cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services across Africa.

The Amsterdam company provides high-quality services to its customers, allowing them to securely house, protect, and connect their applications.

The data centers also facilitate connections to various telecommunication carriers, cloud platforms, internet service providers, and other customers.

Findest

Founder/s: Roel Boekel, Vincent Franken

Funding in Q3: €2.2M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Findest, a spin-off from VU University Amsterdam, is a technology scouting company that develops IGOR^AI to help customers like ASML, Philips, Unilever, and Shell find​ technologies ​for R&D challenges.

The Amsterdam company’s platform — R&D Universe is designed to revolutionise R&D departments by streamlining processes, driving substantial cost savings, and accelerating innovation projects.

The rising demand for advanced R&D across industries makes Universe an essential tool for new and existing Findest customers.

Lleverage

Founder/s: Lennard Kooy, Badr Eddial, Tom van Wees, Tim Beyer

Funding in Q3: €2M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Lleverage aims to make AI accessible to all software engineers, enabling them to build AI features without deep AI expertise.

The Amsterdam company does it through its low-code AI development and observability platform. It simplifies the creation, testing, and deployment of AI features.

The platform includes tools for building and testing prompts with various models, creating AI pipelines and workflows visually or through code, and monitoring and optimising performance.

Quatt

Founder/s:  Flipse, Marijn Flipse

Funding in Q3: €25M

Hiring status: Yes| Apply here

Quatt develops, manufactures, and installs the Quatt Hybrid, a hybrid heat pump driven by smart software.

The Amsterdam company recently introduced two add-ons to Hybrid – the “All-Electric” heat pump and its patented cooling system “Chill.” 

According to the company, these hybrid heat pumps don’t require any additional changes to the home. The boiler stays active to produce domestic hot water and supports the pump when it can’t meet heating demand.

Moonlit

Founder/s: Roderick Lucas and Dirk-Jan van den Broek

Funding in Q3: Undisclosed

Hiring status:  Yes| Click here

Moonlit.ai offers a comprehensive AI-driven legal research platform that continuously monitors legal activities across EU member states.

By leveraging AI, the platform enables users to search across multiple countries and languages, with each document delivering instant translations, summaries, and insights. Deloitte becomes a launching partner.

Hypherdata

Founder/s: NA

Funding in Q3: €850K

Hiring status: Yes| Click here

Hypherdata is a B2B Data Solutions platform to help Life Science companies overcome (new) AI/data complexities and obstacles.

The company operates by connecting data providers—those who have valuable data to offer with data seekers who need this data for various purposes such as research, analysis, and development.

HypherData serves clients in the life sciences industry, including pharmaceutical companies, research institutions, and healthcare organisations.

Churned

Founder/s: Francisco Blasques, Michiel Doornenbal and Maarten Doornenbal

Funding in Q3: €2.5M

Hiring status: Yes| Click here

Churned is an AI-driven Customer Success Management Platform. 

The Amsterdam company uses AI-driven predictive models to identify at-risk customers and upsell opportunities, helping subscription businesses boost retention and maximise revenue. 

Its prescriptive models recommend specific actions to retain customers and increase lifetime value, automating the process for optimal efficiency.

The company claims that its platform enables businesses to target the right customers with the right messages, at the right time and through the right channels, all at scale.

Bazoeki

Founder/s: Suzanne van der Vliet and Joris Kuijper 

Funding in Q3: €450k

Hiring status: Yes| Click here

Bazoeki is a platform for buying good puppies.

The Amsterdam platform checks every breeder and provides approved breeders with personal software to ensure transparency in their practices, including details about their experience, breeding program, and the health tests conducted on the parent animals.

Furthermore, Bazoeki is dedicated to guiding and informing new owners to help them make well-informed choices.

Talk360

CEO: Hans Osnabrugge

Funding in Q3: €1.27M

Hiring status: Yes| Click here

Talk360 is an international calling app from South Africa and the Netherlands.

The Amsterdam-based company offers affordable international calls to any mobile or landline.

This platform will integrate local payment methods, currencies, and over 1 million cash points, enabling 500 million African consumers to access digital services. 

Brineworks

Founder/s: Gudfinnur Sveinsson and Dr. Joseph Perryman

Funding in Q3: €2M

Hiring status: Yes| Click here

Brineworks has developed seawater electrolysis technology that enables sustainable and affordable extraction of CO2 and H2 from the ocean.

According to the company, the electrolyser provides a clean, decentralised, and self-sufficient energy solution.

It can power engines without relying on the grid or being affected by geopolitical conflicts over fossil fuel supplies.

Mews

Founder/s: Richard Valtr

Funding in Q3: €90M

Hiring status: Yes| Click here

Mews has developed its cloud platform — Mews Hospitality Cloud to streamline operations for modern hoteliers, transform the guest experience, and create more profitable businesses.

Recently, the company also added product functionalities, from its AI-driven smart search to provide users with a context-rich intelligent assistant, to its next-generation Mews Kiosk solution which has seen hotels cut check-in times by a third. 

Avidicure

Founder/s: NA

Funding in Q3: €37M 

Hiring status: No

Avidicure develops AVC-Boosters, supercharged antibodies that boost NK cell function at the tumor, activate the full immune system, and provide broad resistance to the tumor microenvironment. The company closed a seed round of €37M led by EQT Life Sciences.

longform.ai

Founder/s: Paul Groth, Pim Stouten

Funding in Q3: €300K

Hiring status: No

longform.ai is developing a platform that deploys generative AI to extract insights from large amounts of audio data.

The Amsterdam company combines a unique technology pipeline with curated sources and AI-generated data, delivering relevant and valuable insights to its customers.

Ziemi

Founder/s: Luci Santema,

Funding in Q3: Undisclosed

Hiring status: No

Ziemi aims to improve cycling safety through its biomotion lighting technology. The technology enhances cyclist visibility by illuminating their moving legs, making them 3 to 5.5 times more recognisable in low-light conditions and reducing the risk of side accidents.

The Amsterdam company’s solution offers 250-degree visibility and USB rechargeability, which helps cyclists feel safer on the road and addresses the rising number of cycling accidents.

Uncover Legal

Founder/s: Caroline Zand-Korteweg, Ingrid van de Pol-Mensing

Funding in Q3: Undisclosed

Hiring status: No

Uncover Legal provides AI-driven technologies for case analysis and support in the legal sector.

The Amsterdam company focuses on increasing the efficiency and accuracy of lawyers and legal professionals in an increasingly digital market.

Epum

Founder/s: Royden Cooper and Spencer Staff, Leonardo Costa, Tomasz Pietruszka and Marvin Mc Cutchan

Funding in Q3:  €1.47M

Hiring status: No

Epum is building a property research platform with customisable AI applications to turn any commercial real estate development company into a data science company.

The company’s platform includes the largest real-time dataset of urban zoning and planning activity across the United States.

Based on this dataset and proprietary algorithms, the platform offers a powerful commercial real estate development site selection solution, which evaluates local demand drivers, zoning, ownership profiles, demographics, competitive supply, land area, topography, traffic data, and more to identify plus support ideal acquisition opportunities.

Nest Egg

Founder/s: NA

Funding in Q3: Undisclosed

Hiring status: No

NestEgg offers homeowners a flexible and innovative method to access home equity, enabling them to unlock capital without selling or moving.

Through NestEgg’s platform, homeowners can sell a percentage of their home’s future value to investors, maintaining ownership and residency while receiving immediate funds. 

This appeals particularly to elderly homeowners seeking to supplement retirement income or finance expenses while staying in their homes.

Hydryx

Founder/s: Anthonie Jacobson and Joren Tangelder

Funding in Q3: €350K

Hiring status: No

Hydryx is developing systems to capture methane from landfills and convert it into green electricity.

Landfills are a major contributor to the climate crisis, accounting for around 20 per cent of global methane emissions—a potent greenhouse gas.

The Dutch startup aims to address this by developing a system that not only captures methane but also converts it into green electricity, thereby making the electricity grid more sustainable.

Swipework

Founder/s: Niek van de Schootbrugge, Maarten ter Velde, and Ferran Rohaan

Funding in Q3: €650K

Hiring status:  No

Swipework is on a mission to transform the hiring process by using video profiles and AI-driven matching to connect job seekers with employers, enhancing the efficiency and personalisation of job searches.

Watermeln

Founder/s: Jeff Wezel and Jasper Baltus

Funding in Q3: €3.5M

Hiring status: No

Founded in 2018 by Jeff Wezel and Jasper Baltus, Watermeln provides temporary green electricity to places that do not have access to the grid or have insufficient capacity.

The company offers sustainable solutions for power supply at locations without (or with limited) grid connection, such as festivals, construction sites, and loading docks.

Currently, Watermeln’s rental fleet consists of three WM-200 units, each with a capacity of 200 kW.

Balthazar

Founder/s: Dejan Davidoviky and Konstantin Mertsalov

Funding in Q3: €300K

Hiring status: No

Balthazar is a SaaS platform from Amsterdam that makes the R&D process easier, faster, and less expensive for new technologies.

The platform gives the flexibility needed to develop next-gen technologies and deals with key trade-offs like data tracking, collaboration, and integrating custom logic into R&D workflows.

Tailored for high-tech prototypes and products, the platform connects the physical world and AI in the cloud, making Balthazar the foundation for self-driving labs.

TrustXchange

Founder/s: Nicolaes Tollenaar and Caspar Walhout

Funding in Q3: €350K

Hiring status: No

TrustXchange is developing a platform that facilitates the reuse of Know-Your-Customer (KYC) data between gatekeepers.

With the solution developed by TrustXchange, a gatekeeper can digitally return the KYC file to the customer after it has been reviewed and verified.

This provides the customer with a digital “KYC passport” that it can then share with other institutions at the touch of a button.

As a result, other institutions do not have to repeat the process and charge the customer again.

Userguest

Founder/s: Gudfinnur Sveinsson and Dr. Joseph Perryman

Funding in Q3: €2M

Hiring status: No

Userguest is a hotel tech startup that is dedicated to maximising direct revenue.

The Amsterdam startup aims to bridge the gap between hotels and emerging technologies by enhancing their online performance. 

The company offers a tool that combines technology, marketing expertise, and sales techniques to support hotels in increasing direct bookings. 

Userguest’s solution features personalised notifications, social proof messages, smart pop-ups, an interactive dashboard, and automated data-driven recommendations, all designed to improve user experience and boost conversion rates.

Pluq

CEO: Pieter Zijlema

Funding in Q3: €50M

Hiring status: No

Pluq offers organisations Charging-as-a-Service, financing, installing, maintaining, and managing electric car charging points on private parking lots at no cost to the organisation. 

This service enhances visitor satisfaction, promotes a sustainable image, and generates revenue, all while eliminating the need for upfront investments in charging solutions. Pluq covers installation and maintenance costs, allowing organisations to focus on their core development. 

CarePay

CEO: Pieter Prickaerts

Funding in Q3: €10M

Hiring status: No

CarePay is a health insurance platform focused on enhancing accessibility and efficiency by connecting insurers, healthcare providers, and individuals in real-time. 

The platform aims to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and provide secure, data-driven insights, addressing critical issues related to data access and quality in healthcare.