Axivate Capital

Axivate Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in early-stage investments, buy-outs, and growth capital for mature companies. Established in 2011, the firm targets sectors such as digital media, e-commerce, internet, and leisure, focusing on companies with innovative business models and strong growth potential. Axivate Capital primarily invests in online vendors, e-consultancy, social media, and travel agencies, especially within the European market, with a particular emphasis on the Netherlands. The firm typically commits between €0.1 million and €5 million per investment, taking both majority and substantial minority stakes. Axivate Capital is known for its hands-on approach, leveraging the extensive experience and networks of its team, which comprises seasoned entrepreneurs and professionals. Although the firm does not manage its portfolio companies directly, it offers tailored support to help them scale and achieve their growth objectives. The firm generally aims for exits within four to seven years.

Andreas Ezinga

Partner

Taco Kievit

Partner

18 past transactions

Naq

Seed Round in 2023
Naq is a developer of a cybersecurity platform designed to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in highly regulated industries across the UK and Europe. The company focuses on transforming compliance into a competitive advantage by simplifying and automating processes related to cybersecurity, compliance, and due diligence. Naq's platform enables SMEs to navigate complex regulatory frameworks, such as GDPR and ISO27001, allowing them to become legally compliant while safeguarding against cyber threats and data-related incidents. By streamlining these compliance efforts, Naq empowers businesses to concentrate on growth and enhance customer trust, ultimately closing deals more efficiently.

Get-e

Venture Round in 2020
Get-e is a company that specializes in global ground transportation management, providing a streamlined solution for pre-booking and paying for taxi services alongside flight tickets. By allowing customers to share their travel details in advance, Get-e facilitates a more relaxed travel experience. The company operates a comprehensive ground transportation network across multiple countries, catering primarily to the needs of businesses and airline crews. Get-e's services prioritize convenience and adhere to stringent security standards, ensuring that clients receive reliable and safe transportation options.

Mews

Seed Round in 2016
Mews is a cloud-based hotel property management system designed to streamline hotel operations and enhance guest experiences. Founded by former hoteliers, Mews provides a next-generation hospitality platform suitable for hotels, hostels, and apartments. Its innovative features include smart automation for online check-ins, payment processing, booking management, and staff training, allowing property owners to improve both operational efficiency and guest satisfaction. Serving over 5,000 properties across more than 85 countries, Mews stands out for its extensive range of integrations with various hospitality technology providers, making it a comprehensive solution in the industry. In recognition of its capabilities, Mews was awarded Best Property Management System at the 2024 HotelTechAwards.

StyleLounge

Venture Round in 2016
StyleLounge is a meta-search engine platform that specializes in fashion and accessories, providing users with a convenient way to compare prices from various well-known brands and retailers. By allowing customers to input their desired product, color, and price range, StyleLounge streamlines the shopping experience, enabling users to quickly discover their favorite items across multiple shops. The platform also accommodates users who have specific brand preferences by presenting tailored options that align with their tastes. Ultimately, StyleLounge simplifies the fashion shopping process, ensuring that users can easily find and purchase items while potentially saving money on top brands.

DigitalAudience

Seed Round in 2016
DigitalAudience is a technology company that specializes in identity resolution and audience targeting for online advertising. By connecting online ad campaigns to the CRM databases of premium publishers, DigitalAudience enables clients to create customized audiences for platforms such as Facebook and DoubleClick. The company focuses on transforming CRM data into an anonymous database, ensuring privacy while maximizing marketing effectiveness. Its platform facilitates the integration of valuable data sources with clients' first-party data, allowing for enhanced onboarding, collaboration, and activation strategies. Founded by Ruben Niet and Wouter Theijsmeijer, DigitalAudience aims to further develop its product and expand its operations in the Netherlands and potentially internationally.

Qualizorg

Private Equity Round in 2016
Qualizorg operates in the healthcare sector, focusing on the collection, management, and analysis of quality data for healthcare providers in the Netherlands. The company develops analytical tools and software that quantify the quality of care by utilizing relevant patient information. This data is essential for benchmarking healthcare services and aids insurance companies in identifying qualitative partners. By providing insight into quality indicators, Qualizorg supports healthcare providers in enhancing their services and improving patient outcomes.

Readmore

Series A in 2015
Readmore is a digital publishing platform that allows individuals, organizations, and small businesses to create and distribute their own digital magazines. The platform is accessible on various devices, including computers, smartphones, and tablets, making it versatile for users. Readmore is free to use, and it offers an advertising program that manages advertisements on behalf of publishers. This capability enables publishers to track readership analytics, providing valuable insights for marketing campaigns. Through its user-friendly interface, Readmore simplifies the process of digital publication, catering to a diverse range of content creators looking to engage their audience effectively.

StyleLounge

Series A in 2015
StyleLounge is a meta-search engine platform that specializes in fashion and accessories, providing users with a convenient way to compare prices from various well-known brands and retailers. By allowing customers to input their desired product, color, and price range, StyleLounge streamlines the shopping experience, enabling users to quickly discover their favorite items across multiple shops. The platform also accommodates users who have specific brand preferences by presenting tailored options that align with their tastes. Ultimately, StyleLounge simplifies the fashion shopping process, ensuring that users can easily find and purchase items while potentially saving money on top brands.

Undeveloped

Convertible Note in 2015
If you’ve ever tried to acquire the perfect domain name for your startup from another person, you’ll understand how difficult it is to negotiate the price and actually complete the sale. Undeveloped allows those that own domain names to list them for sale with an attractive landing page, rather than one laden with advertising and malware which is commonly found online. Buyers on Undeveloped can search through more than 50 million unused domains and get in touch with the seller directly instead of laboriously hunting for their contact details. It then facilitates the payment and transfer of the domain.

Feedback Company

Private Equity Round in 2014
Feedback Company specializes in customer review management software designed to capture and analyze online customer feedback. Their platform features a comprehensive product and company review module, which includes options for photos, snippets, and questions and answers. By translating genuine customer responses into actionable insights, Feedback Company helps clients enhance their online reputation, improve search engine visibility, and foster a customer-centric approach. Their technical solutions aim to optimize business processes and elevate both employee and customer satisfaction.

Opiness

Private Equity Round in 2014
Opiness is an online review platform based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, dedicated to providing consumers with valuable insights into various service providers. The company collects and aggregates customer reviews on a wide range of sectors, including childcare, automotive services, pharmacies, energy providers, and car insurers. By leveraging market research and customer feedback, Opiness enables users to evaluate and compare service providers based on real customer experiences. This approach helps consumers make informed decisions while fostering transparency in service quality across different industries.

Emerce

Private Equity Round in 2013
Emerce is a Dutch multichannel platform focused on digital business, media, marketing, venture capital, and technology. It serves as an information hub for decision-makers in e-business, providing inspiration and knowledge through its offerings such as the eGuide, 24/7 news, newsletters, webinars, a magazine, and events like Emergency e day and Digital Marketing Live.

Kinderkleding-tekoop.nl

Acquisition in 2013
Kinderkleding-tekoop.nl is an online children's clothing and baby clothes.It offers a wide selection of children's clothing for boys and girls, from large to small and from young to old.

Neckermann.com

Acquisition in 2013
Neckermann.com is operates an online shopping portal in the Netherlands. It provides customers a broad range of department store goods including over 150.000 products in various categories such as fashion, home, electronics, sports and leisure. Neckermann.com has its own consumer credit program, which is a clear USP. Besides consumer facing activities, Neckermann.com provides online fullfilment services for fashion brands and vendors. Neckermann.com is aiming to expand its B2B activities.

YourTablet

Private Equity Round in 2012
YourTablet is focuses on the rapidly growing tablet market with its webshop, B2B sales team and the Prestigio dealership. YourTablet is a true specialist offering a broad range of tablets and accessories, as well as excellent customer services.

Nieuws.nl

Private Equity Round in 2012
Nieuws.nl is a Dutch news provider based in Zeist, specializing in mobile and online delivery of national, international, local, and regional news. The company focuses on various topics, including automotive, entertainment, and sports, while placing special emphasis on local and special interest group news. To enhance its coverage, Nieuws.nl collaborates closely with local partners who co-own regional news pages, ensuring timely reporting from across the Netherlands. Furthermore, the company is actively seeking to expand its network of local reporters and special interest contributors to strengthen its news offerings and reach.

Tevreden

Private Equity Round in 2012
Tevreden.nl provides insight into customer experiences and work experience with targeted research, resulting in better performing organizations with optimal customer-oriented services. More and more organizations use our research solutions to improve internal processes on the one hand and external transparency as a marketing tool, accountability to stakeholders or to improve their image.
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