Past ventures

During our 25 years of involvement with IT startups, we successfully co-founded or invested in these startups:

 

PEAK-IT (The Netherlands)LMV Peak IT

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

 

WorkstreampeopleWorkstreampeople

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

 

PEAK-IT (Sweden)LMV Peak IT

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

 

NeomaxLMV Neomax

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

 

Cityprofsmvp_logo_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 Professionalsmvp_logo_champion

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 IT Professionalsmvp_logo_qmagic

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

 

QExpertiseLMV Qexpertise

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

 

PortlandLMV Portland

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

 

WAPMagicLMV

Founded: In 1998 by Stefan Tieleman and Cok Mudde

Services: Services for Wireless Application Protocol

Offices: Naarden

Exit: Sold to Gilde

 

EXA Information Technologymvp_logo_exa

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 mvp_logo_magic

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

 

Macaw New MediaLMV Macaw

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 AutomatiseringsdienstenLMV Centric

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 AutomatiseringLMV

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