Duco van Lanschot
Co-Founder · Duna
Building AI-native business identity and verification infrastructure with a team of Stripe alumni.
View profile →The Dutch Founders
DUTCH ROOTS.
GLOBAL AMBITION.
A curated index of Dutch-born entrepreneurs building companies, creating brands and shaping industries around the world.
01/The Index
The Dutch Founders
Discover Dutch-born entrepreneurs building across technology, commerce, finance, media, energy, fashion, health and more — wherever they operate.
- 01
Duco van Lanschot
Co-Founder · Duna
Fintech & AI · Amsterdam
Building AI-native business identity and verification infrastructure with a team of Stripe alumni.
- 02
Mark Verhagen
CEO & Co-Founder · RIFT
Climate & Energy · Eindhoven
Turning iron powder into a circular industrial fuel for heavy heat.
- 03
Parya Lotfi
Co-Founder & CEO · DuckDuckGoose AI
AI & Cybersecurity · Delft
Deepfake detection software built out of a TU Delft student project.
- 04
Rien Kamman
CEO & Co-Founder · Source.ag
AI & AgTech · Amsterdam
Applying AI to greenhouse growing, one of the Netherlands' oldest export industries.
- 05
Stef van Grieken
Co-Founder & CEO · Cradle
AI & Biotech · Amsterdam
Machine learning for protein design, aimed at biologists rather than ML researchers.
- 06
Anne-Willem de Vries
Co-Founder & CEO · Silverflow
Fintech · Amsterdam
Rebuilding card processing infrastructure on a single cloud-native API.
02/Featured
Founders to watch
A short editorial selection from the wider index.
Mark Verhagen
CEO & Co-Founder · RIFT
Turning iron powder into a circular industrial fuel for heavy heat.
View profile →Parya Lotfi
Co-Founder & CEO · DuckDuckGoose AI
Deepfake detection software built out of a TU Delft student project.
View profile →Rien Kamman
CEO & Co-Founder · Source.ag
Applying AI to greenhouse growing, one of the Netherlands' oldest export industries.
View profile →03/Explore by industry
Categories
The index is organised by the industries Dutch-born founders are shaping around the world.