
Wieger Wielinga - Managing Director, Omni Bridgeway

Harj Sandhu - Director and Co-Founder, NexAssure

Michael Hajdasinski - Founder and CEO, Saltrex
OUR VENTURES
All businesses essentially boil down to their people.
That is why excellent management teams are so important to us. We are hungry for energising partnerships with inspiring people; people who are determined to create a better future, together we can.

Access Hub
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure
Founded: 2015
Founder: Maxim Kostin
AccessHub provides customers with a truly secure and easy of use solution for remote communications, strong authentication and access control to digital assets, online resources and connected devices without passwords, complicated setting and involvement of any public services. AccessHub helps companies to create their own SecureZone – well-protected, isolated and fully
controlled environment on top of any existing infrastructure. It includes different services required for the protected communications with employees, customers and executives from everywhere at any time.
VenturesOne partnered with AccessHub via WorldStartup’s Accelerator Program 2015.

Agga Capital
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Cryptocurrencies and Algorithmic Trading
Founded: 2017
Partnered: 2017
Founders: Mark Offerman & Jesper Maassen
Agga is a rapidly growing proprietary trading firm focused on digital assets.
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have revolutionized investment, technology and human interaction. They open up a huge set of opportunities and brand new global market. Agga Capital believes in the power of digital assets, creating value for shareholders through quantitative trading.
They have developed a robust trading system designed to thrive in this new ecosystem. At it’s center, they have our optimisation engine that applies various methods to historical and actual market data. This allows them to be ahead of the market and maneuver the volatile landscape of digital assets without emotional or behavioural biases.

CLENSTA
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HQ: New Delhi, India
Industry: Biotechnology
Founded: 2016
Partnered: 2016 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Dr. Puneet Gupta
Clensta International is a biotechnology-based shareholding company with IIT-Delhi having its residency at the Biotechnology Business Incubation Facility at IIT-Delhi. The company envisions at providing innovative and easy solutions for day to day health and hygiene-related problems while aiming to reduce the ever-increasing problem of water shortage.
Clensta has already come out with a resource-friendly hygiene product line. These products are well on their way to be utilized in the defence and home healthcare sectors as well as various hospitals in and around the country. Clensta has already achieved milestones by saving nearly 6 million litres of water in a short span of time. It did so by introducing “Waterless Technology” based products.

Elcies
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness
Founded: 2013
Partnered: 2018
Founder: Jacq van der Steen
ELCIES is a data platform, designed to organize, monitor and personalize Fitness and Health data for the purpose of helping experts (Health, Fitness and Diet professionals) to automated and personalized their Services, Offers and Campaigns. It is an open platform that connects with more than a dozens Sport and Health devices, from Activity-trackers to Blood-pressure and Glucose monitoring devices.
VenturesOne partnered with ELCIES via WorldStartup’s Accelerator Program in 2018.

Evalk
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Artificial Intelligence and Security
Founded: 2018
Partnered: 2018 (via WorldStartup)
Evalk uses computer vision to automatically identify threats in existing security camera systems, and instantly alert the law enforcement. It drastically increases chances to prevent gun violence, and gives way more time to the police to respond to the call, and for residents to escape from violence as well.
VenturesOne partnered with Evalk through WorldStartup’s Accelerator Program in 2018.

Gibbon
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HQ: Singapore
Industry: Travel, Sustainability
Founded: 2018
Partnered: 2018 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Joanna Chen, Tyr Astaroth Ding
GIBBON is a travel rental platform connecting excess inventory from brands and retailers to travellers for a luggage-less travel experience. Their business model of renting clothes for travel has three profound utilities – sustainable for the environment, lighter on the wallet and lighter on the shoulders (travelers can have items delivered to their destination)

Geospatial Insight
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HQ: UK
Industry: Earth Observation
Founded: 2012
Partnered: 2017
CEO: David Fox
Geospatial Insight is one of Europe’s leading providers of independent research derived from the analysis of satellite & aerial imagery. A trusted provider of highly accurate, actionable intelligence, Geospatial Insight empowers global decision makers to consistently make the right calls.

Get On
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Marketing, SaaS
Founded: 2016
Partnered: 2017 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Michael Lek & Leroy Bek
Get On is a digital marketing coach that helps companies get a grip on their online marketing, helps them take advantage of Google SEO opportunities, manages company data and aids in the upkeep of online reputation management.
VenturesOne partnered with GetOn through WorldStartup’s Accelerator Program in 2017.

HAGUE FUND
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Quantitative Investments
Founded: 2012
Partnered: 2014
CEO: Patrick de Koning
Hague Fund is an actively managed investment fund with a focus on global volatility in the most liquid markets.
Entrepreneur Patrick de Koning founded The Hague Fund with the ambition to create an above average return with an investment strategy whereby no single transaction can lead to a significant loss, with no lockup period and no market predictions.
His idea stemmed from the global financial crisis in 2007, where portfolios that were not only significantly impacted by the large market fluctuation, could not be liquidated as a result of illiquidity of these markets. Confident that there had to be a way this could be done differently, he started the Hague Fund in 2012.
Following the successful validation of their investment strategy design, the Hague Fund has been live since April 2015.

JustPremium
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: New Media
Founded: 2012
Partnered: 2013
CEO: Eric Visser
JustPremium is the No.1 global marketplace for rich media and high impact advertising, reaching over 250 million unique visitors in more than 25 countries every month.
Founded in 2012 by Eric Visser & Harmen Tjaarda, the platform offers a comprehensive Managed Service from creating to delivering brand experiences. Brands and agencies can access premium inventory, available on the web and on mobile, through programmatic
“We believe programmatic advertising is the future.”
JustPremium Brands, agencies and trading desks can access top-tier, premium inventory, available on the web and mobile, in the Justpremium Marketplace, with over 2500 selected publishers in US, Europe, Latam, and MENA.

Kids Worldwide Factory
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Entertainment
Founded: 2006
Partnered: 2006
CEO: Edward de Jager
Kids Worldwide Factory is a global entertainment content and branding partner, who believes that kids learn best through play.
“We are focused on creating and distributing socially responsible multimedia content for kids worldwide.”
Kids worldwide Factory offers a turnkey solution for brands in making the connection between Creative & Commercial & Retail & Licensing & Design & Multi-media & TV.
They help brand owners realise their goals and dreams by translating proven concepts into custom and inspiring licensing programs which lead to unique brand awareness and revenues.

LuxuryHotelCompany
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Entertainment
Founded: 2015
Partnered: 2020
CEO: Jan Wegenaar
An overcapacity booking solution for luxury hotels, LuxuryHotelCompany utilizes intelligent data-driven marketing techniques to match hotels with guest profiles. Their approach gives hotels reservations on-demand and year-round, while simultaneously providing customers with highly discounted and tailor made luxury experiences.

Managing Agency Partners
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HQ: UK
Industry: Insurance
Founded: 2000
Partnered: 2000
CEO: James Denoon Duncan
Managing Agency Partners Ltd (MAP) is a leading underwriting agency in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.
MAP is new, confronting risk head on. They are gross-line underwriters, intent on charging the appropriate technical price, and committed to delivering personal service from a decision-maker.
“Something personal is invested every underwriting decision we make.”
With the support of their third party capital providers, the syndicate has increased its underwriting capacity from £140 million in its first year of underwriting to £416 million for the current year of account.
With a focus on the technology of the next era, MAP distinguishes itself by being fresh and forward-thinking, consistently delivering bespoke products.

MOBYTRON
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: FinTech
Founded: 2009
Partnered: 2014
CEO: Paul de Groot
Mobytron, the financial games company, has redefined trading, making gamers into traders. Fast, simple and exciting – Not just for a few financial wizards, but fun and ease for everyone, globally.
“We’re on a mission to make finance as fun and challenging as games, using the latest state of the art technology.”
– Paul de Groot, Founder & CEO Mobytron
Founded in 2014, Mobytron released their social trading game, MobyTrader, on the App Store and on Google Play in April 2016. MobyTrader is the next generation of trading – high speed, high reward, one-click trading.

MODELME3D
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Urban Planning
Partnered: 2020
Co-Founders: Burton Hamfelt and Samuel Alvarado
ModelMe3D is a 3D interactive modeling platform that transforms buildings, infrastructure, natural environment and future projects as “click-on” 3D objects revealing levels of detail. With an intuitive interface, ModelMe3D unleashes and facilitates the collective intelligence, creativity, decision-making and investment needed for building sustainable future visions and higher values. It aims to create new ways of exchanging knowledge and data between planners, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public.


NAÏF
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Cosmetics
Founded: 2012
Partnered: 2019
CEO: Jochem Hess & Sjoerd Trompetter
When Jochem Hes and Sjoerd Trompetter had children in 2013, they discovered that even in skincare products for babies there are ingredients that are harmful. Together they founded Naïf: a reliable skincare brand for babies, children and women without chemicals, parabens, microplastics or allergens. Naïf makes skincare products with ingredients that are friendly to people and the environment.
Naïf also strives for sustainable and 100% recycled packaging and a transparent raw material plan. At the moment, 80% is made from bioplastic. The target? Zero waste in 2021. Their products are used in daycare centres, hospitals and hotels including the Four Seasons Hotels. The products are also sold online through their own webshop and numerous online points of sale.

NexAssure
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HQ: Hong Kong
Industry: Insurance
Founded: 2011
Partnered: 2011
CEO: Anthony Hobrow
NexAssure is a specialty insurance provider serving Asian Pacific countries by providing expert reinsurance solutions and consulting services across many industries for financial protection, warranty, and specialty niche products.
“We provide an excellent experience by understanding client’s needs and wants faster, better and more complete than our competition”

PAZTIR
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
Founded: 2017
Partnered: 2019
CEO: Andrej Sobotkiewicz
Paztir has the mission of making Light Electric Vehicles competitive enough to become a significant and permanent part of last-mile logistics. They provide access management, lock automation and vehicle tracking made specifically for light electric vehicles in urban delivery.
Their solutions include access key management, centralised locking, vehicle tracking, action and location tracking, API and Cloud connectivity and integration into vehicles.

QdepQ
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: 3D Technology
Founded: 2018
Partnered: 2018 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Pieter Jonker, Vikko Smit
QdepQ have created the world’s first method to convert ordinary 2D video images to true-to-nature 3D images. Using their patented TU Delft developed algorithm, the existing information in the video allows us to obtain and create the distance of objects within the video images like a human eye would.
VenturesOne partnered with QdepQ through WorldStartup’s Accelerator Program in 2017.

Qlikchain
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Blockchain
Founded: 2017
Partnered: 2018 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Ayon Hazra, Vijay Kandy
Qlikchain is a company that aims to leverage the power of blockchain for Sustainable Communities. Their mission is to create sustainable & solvent producers in value chains via audited provenance, low cost secure marketplace which offers market transparency connecting a global network of stakeholders. Their approach towards creating sustainable communities are built around 4 key pillars: Digital Profiling, Value Chain Development, Access to Finance and Global Market Access. Their products are aligned towards measurement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that promotes transparency, trust and use Blockchain for Good. They currently have offices in have offices in The Netherlands and UAE,as well as a global development center in India.

Rebel Cactus
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Consumer Electronics
Founded: 2013
Partnered: 2020
Founder: Annemarie Greve
Rebel Cactus is a smartwatch specifically designed and customizable for children. Aimed at helping kids discover their worlds with independence, the smartwatch allows wearers to listen to their favourite fairy tales, play smart games, take photos or videos and call home when needed.

Saltrex
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Salvage & Commodities
Founded: 2016
Partnered: 2016
CEO: Michael Hajdasinski
Saltrex provides a secure, simple, independent and compliant online B2B auction platform for all parties with an interest in secondary or distressed commodities and cargoes.
Michael Hajdasinski left his 15-year career as a Shipping and Trade lawyer to follow his dreams and became the proud founder of this online auction platform, bringing innovation and transparency to the trade and insurance industry. In 2015, Michael set out to find a way for the trade and insurance industry to sell off its less- or even illiquid goods.
Saltrex was created for international sellers and buyers to transact directly and globally. Saltrex provides a platform where you can trade just about any type of goods or commodities anytime, anywhere and regardless of geographic area.
By promoting relationships based on mutual trust, confidence and transparency we aim to create an established network of traders, buyers and insurers valuing open communication and integrity.”

Sensorgage
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Smart Cities
Founded: 2017
Partnered: 2017 (via WorldStartup)
Founders: Francios LeGuillou
Sensorgage addresses the need Smart Cities have for a unique overview of the varied sensors and their data that have been installed across town. They connect to all sensors — regardless of technology — and aggregate the sensor data into a single dashboard, thus returning ownership and control of their sensors to city administrations.

Skelex
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Engineering/Exoskeletons
Founded: 2013
Partnered: 2017
CEO: Gaurav Genani
Skelex designs, produces and markets custom exoskeleton solutions for large scale manufacturing companies. Their products empower workers in aerospace manufacturing, shipbuilding, and heavy manufacturing to be more productive while minimizing the risk for ergonomic injuries.
Founded by Gaurav Genani in 2013 at Europe’s top tech incubator, YES!Delft, Skelex’s technology provides the wearer with a feeling of weightlessness in their arms, resulting in a proven reduction of muscle activity and fatigue.
The innovation also supports commonly used tools, while providing lift of up to 8 kg, without the use of batteries.
“Lower injuries. Higher productivity. Skelex is redefining work-wear.”

TendoPay
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HQ: Manila, Philippines
Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech
Founded: 2018
Partnered: 2020
Founders:Jan Walczak, Kacper Marcinkowski, Kamil Charazka, Timothee Grassin
TendoPay is an installment plan solution that gives customers the convenience to buy now and pay later for your online purchases in 2 to 24 months installments, without needing credit cards or bank accounts. Their key focus is on improving the lives of consumers by delivering fairly priced, easy to obtain and transparent financial products.

Vormats
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Media & Communications, SaaS
Founded: 2018
Partnered: 2020
Founders: Jan-Jaap van den Hoek and Arnold Bouwman
Vormats allows users to create professional updates, reviews, instructions and pitch videos for professional communication. Their tool structures stories, has a beautiful designed template collection and helps users in preparing videos through autocues.

Uhoo
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HQ: Kowloon
Industry: Big Data
Founded: 2014
Partnered: 2017 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Dustin Onghansen & Brian Lin
uHoo believes that everybody, armed with the right information, has the power to change their lives for the better. They are dedicated to providing people with technology to understand the air they breathe and empower them with knowledge to create a healthier home and workplace.

Wakuli
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Food Production, Sustainable Value Chains
Founded: 2019
Partnered: 2020
Managing Directors: Yorick Bruins, Lukas Grosfeld
Wakuli is an on-demand supplier of freshly roasted specialty coffee from around the world that are reimagining the coffee supply chain by eliminating traditional retail middlemen.
By offering a lighter roast and shipping their coffee on demand through their innovative my.wakuli platform, Wakuli ensures their products are significantly fresher tasting than store bought competitors. Both grounded beans, whole beans as bio-compostable pods are now available. Wakuli’s credo is ‘creating shared value’: this means value for both coffee drinkers and farmers, rather than focusing on only one.
Related: VenturesOne Announces Investment in On-demand Coffee Supplier, Wakuli

Wattie
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HQ: The Hague, Netherlands
Industry: Internet of Things
Founded: 2013
Partnered: 2017 (via WorldStartup)
CEO: Muhammad Arsalan
Wattie is an Internet-connected smart energy monitor which sits in electricity distribution box, connects to WiFi and sends real-time energy consumption data to Wattie cloud where the data is processed which generates action-able insights to better manage energy and reduce electricity bill.

Woody
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Sustainable Housing
Founded: 2015
Partnered: 2015 (via WorldStartup)
Founders: Beate and Theo Bouwman
Woody by WoodysHousing offers smart, sustainable, healthy and affordable housing solutions to people and places where and when it is needed. They develop, realize and operate high-quality, sustainable and circular real-estate. Woody is a housing solution based on a patented wooden building construction system combined with a scala of sustainable, technical, social and financial innovations.
They build small or large, extremely sustainable, affordable, low-energy consumption and healthy buildings in short periods on temporary or permanent locations. Because of it’s plug&play concept the buildings are easily user adaptable and fast movable which warrants for high value creation for the user and the investor.

World Startup
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HQ: Nertherlands
Industry: Accelerator
Founded: 2014
Partnered: 2016
Managing Directors: Egbert Ottevanger, Gerrit Jan Van‘T Veen & Mathijs Koper
WorldStartup offers accelerator programs to startups with impact driven solutions and convincing business models. WorldStartup aims at creating value for all involved stakeholders by the accelerated growth of the selected startups.
Startups often get trapped between being busy and making general progress, instead of intentionally driving down the path towards an investment. Most of the time the search for funding starts with “we have about 4 months of cash left, it’s time to raise money”.
WorldStartup believes impact driven startups are of increasing importance to develop successful solutions for societal and environmental challenges. They accelerate the growth of startups who are passionate about solving these challenges by providing access to funding, mentorship, an extensive international network and expert support.
We love entrepreneurship and the creation of new thriving business. We have a passion for helping startups and creating new business with impact.”

GTR - Global Trade Review
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Publishing & Events
Founded: 2002
Exited: 2014
Founded in 2002, GTR Global Trade Review is the world’s leading news source, publisher and event organiser for the global trade, commodity and export finance markets, with offices in London and Singapore.
With an unparalleled base of contacts and a wealth of industry experience, GTR offers a one stop shop of information, events and services, acting as the ultimate resource for the global trade, commodity and export finance communities.

IEX Media
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Media
Founded: 1999
Exited: 2016
IEX Media has grown to become one of the most important sources of stock market information for the Dutch investor. An innovative cross-media company, IEX Media has a wide portfolio of titles for both private and professional investors. With titles such as IEX.nl, Belegger.nl and Beursduivel.be, IEX Media reaches 1.5 million private investors per month in both the Netherlands and Belgium. The company additionally reaches 55,000 professional investors per month with IEXProfs.

Sabon
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HQ: Israel
Industry: Cosmetics
Founded: 1997
Exited: 2016
Sabon is a retail chain of skincare products. From the first store in Tel Aviv, opened in 1997, Sabon has grown to an international chain with more than 135 stores in the Netherlands, France, the United States, Japan, Romania, Italy and Spain.

World Business Media
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HQ: UK
Industry: Publishing
Founded: 2012
Exited: 2017
World Business Media is a young dynamic publishing firm which has quickly established itself as a leader in the international insurance risk market.
The company publishes three titles, “Reinsurance”, “Reinsurance Asia” and “Marine & Energy Risk”. Based in the heart of the City of London World Business Media has offices in, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Singapore with editorial correspondents across the world.

ARD Financial Group
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HQ: Mongolia
Industry: Financial Services
Founded: 2005
Partnered: 2011
CEO: Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt
ARD Financial Group invests in leading financial service providers to help them capture market share, improve competitiveness and increase their value in order to maximize the return to their shareholders.
Founded in 2005, ARD Financial Group was established as the Employee Investment Trust and became the foundation of the first institutional investor in Mongolia. 10 years later in 2015, the Company grew to MNT 35.6 billion in assets with over 600 shareholders.
“We will strive to become the strongest financial services group of the Nation delivering superior returns.”
Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt | CEO

Meddex
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: MedTech
Founded: 2009
Partnered: 2009
CEO: Robbert Ledeboer
Meddex is a specialized service provider for exchanging medical data between any stakeholder in healthcare. Their next generation software platform is the solution for 100% automated exchange of any form of medical data.
It is a safe, secure and efficient medical data exchange platform offering 360-degree access to patient data to all involved stakeholders, such as caregivers, patients and beyond.
“The Meddex exchange platform is a dedicated in cloud saas solution for any medical data exchange need”
Founded in 2009, the Meddex platform currently has 21 affinity domains and is used by 4 University Medical Centers and 17 general hospitals across the Netherlands.

Aym Design Pte Ltd
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HQ: Singapore
Industry: Design
Founded: 2013
Partnered: 2013
CEO: Amy Picanço
Aym Design is an interior architecture design studio that specialises in creating unique spaces that transform the quality of life for employees and customers.
Founded in 2013 by Amy Picanço, Aym Design works at the intersection between branding and spatial design. They look to translate their client’s identity into physical, experiential spaces.
“We have a holistic approach to design that extends beyond traditional interior thinking. We strive to be more than just a designer our aim is to makes transformative spaces that help our clients thrive.
– Amy Hobrow, Founder & CEO Aym Design

OMNI BRIDGEWAY
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HQ: Netherlands
Industry: Legal
Founded: 1986
Partnered: 1986
CEO: Wieger Wielenga
Omni Bridgeway funds and manages recovery processes relating to cross-border claims and distressed debt.
Omni Bridgeway has successfully recovered more than €1.5 billion-worth of defaulted debt, mainly from sovereign entities in risk countries. The multidisciplinary team of lawyers, bankers, traders, analysts and intelligence officers has enabled Omni Bridgeway to provide a large variety of solutions to its clients.
“The only litigation funder with more than 30 years of experience in funding and managing cross-border distressed debt, claims and recoveries”