Past ventures
During our 25 years of involvement with IT startups, we successfully co-founded or invested in these startups:
Founded: In 2005 by Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde and Maarten Cobelens
Services: Contracting of IT and financial staff; Managed Services
Offices: Naarden, The Hague
Exit: Sold to Marco Verver and Trigentis in 2012; over 400 employees
Founded: In 2009 by PEAK-IT and Gijs Geurts
Services: Software development, specializing in Microsoft Sharepoint and Lync
Offices: Rotterdam
Exit: Management buyout by Gijs Geurts
Founded: In 2007 by Cok Mudde and Guido Vervelde
Services: IT Contracting
Offices: Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg
Exit: Sold to Gerard Sanderink (Centric) in 2010; over 150 employees
Founded: In 2007 by Claudette Bosman, Cok Mudde and Guido Vervelde
Services: Contracting of IT staff
Offices: Almere
Exit: Management buyout in 2010; 120 employees
Cityprofs
Founded: In 2008 by Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde, Gitte Bosma and Lilian Meys
Services: Contracting of financial staff
Offices: Amsterdam
Exit: Joint venture with PEAK-IT in 2010; 35 employees
Champion IT Professionals
Founded: In 2008 by Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde, Michela van der Heijden, Joyce van Zuiden and Esther Meuleman
Services: IT contracting
Offices: Utrecht, The Hague, Amsterdam, Den Bosch
Exit: Merged with PEAK-IT in 2009; 60 employees
Qmagic Accounting Professionals
Qmagic Developers
Founded: In 2001 by Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde, Albert Oegema and others
Services: Contracting of IT and finance staff
Offices: Naarden, Zoetermeer
Exit: Sold to Centric in 2005; over 350 employees
Founded: In 2002 by Pieter-Jan Petermeijer, Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde and others
Services: Consultancy and implementation of financial systems (Exact, Accountview, MS Dynamics)
Offices: Zoetermeer
Exit: Management buyout in 2005; 25 consultants
Founded: By George van Brugge; Growth investment by Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde and others
Services: Software sales
Offices: Zoetermeer
Exit: Management buyout after realizing growth
WAPMagic
Founded: In 1998 by Stefan Tieleman and Cok Mudde
Services: Services for Wireless Application Protocol
Offices: Naarden
Exit: Sold to Gilde
EXA Information Technology
Founded: In 1997 by Cok Mudde, Guido Vervelde and others
Services: IT contracting and software development
Offices: Naarden, The Hague
Exit: Sold to Detron in 1999; over 350 employees
SupportMagic
Founded: In 1993 by Gudo Vervelde, Andree Kraaij, Cok Mudde and Albert Oegema
Services: Sales and implementation of helpdesk software by Magic Solutions
Offices: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London
Exit: Sold to Network Assoiciates in 1998
Founded: In 1994 by Maarten Sikkema, Gijs Geurts, Cok Mudde and Albert Oegema
Services: Multi-media and Internet development
Offices: Amsterdam
Exit: Management buyout in 1996
Centric Automatiseringsdiensten
Founded: In 1992 by Cok Mudde and Albert Oegema
Services: IT contracting
Offices: Leiden, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Eindhoven
Exit: Sold to Gerard Sanderink; over 350 employees; grown to over 6000 worldwide
Rijnhaave Automatisering
Founded: In 1985 by Cok Mudde and Albert Oegema
Services: IT contracting, software development, solutions for support
Offices: Leiden
Exit: Sold to Adri Reinders; 150+ employees; now part of BT
Linden Mobiles Ventures
Asterweg 19 D 5
1031 HL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Email: ventures@lindenmobile.com