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2025 Technology Fast 50 winners

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 competition is all about the fastest-growing technology companies in the Netherlands. Who are the drivers of future growth? Which scale-ups are high-growth winners? 

During our award ceremony on November 6th Deloitte proudly presented the Dutch winners of the 26th annual Technology Fast 50, as well as winners of the Rising Star and Deep Tech competition.

The Technology Fast 50

The Technology Fast 50

Each year, the Technology Fast 50 recognizes the fifty fastest-growing technology companies in the Netherlands. The winner is determined based on percentage revenue growth over the past four years and recognized for their exceptional growth performance. Given their significant role as drivers of future growth, all of these companies deserve special recognition and support. 

On top there is two additional awards for our Technology Fast 50 nominees:

  • Diverse & Inclusive Leadership Award: This award recognizes companies that embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) at the core of their culture. It's not just about ticking boxes; it's about creating thriving teams through sustained inclusive leadership. A panel of DE&I specialists have evaluated nominees who lead in diverse practices.
  • Sustainability Pioneer Award: This award honors scale-ups making significant impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By addressing vital issues like climate change, these companies drive progress with innovative solutions. The most impactful business model, as determined by the jury, will be celebrated.

Winner profiles Fast 50, Sustainability Pioneer & Diverse and Inclusive leadership

Transforming AI with the Power of the Human Brain

Zander Labs develops brain-computer interface (BCI) solutions that enable human intelligence to seamlessly interact with technology.And make AI think like us.

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Aquablu makes smart hydration systems that are so good that people forget they are also saving the planet.

What Nespresso did to coffee, Aquablu does for water- but sustainably and exclusively for businesses. Our patented technology turns regular tap water into healthy beverages enriched with flavors, vitamins and electrolytes.

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Ethical AI tools and data science to Acquire, Build, Redeploy your talent base and right-skill organisations

8vance has developed AI-driven and skills-based technology to match talent with work opportunities across organizations and communities. By focusing on skills and competencies, it helps uncover hidden talents and enables precise match-and-gap analysis. Its approach supports envisioning and developing talent potential by connecting data across organizational and regional boundaries.

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LeydenJar makes the world’s most energy-dense and sustainable lithium-ion batteries.

Modern society needs electric vehicles with longer driving ranges and shorter charging times, smartphones, power tools, and wearables with increased functionality and exceptional battery life, and new and improved technologies to tackle climate change.LeydenJar Technologies holds the key to this energy-fueled future by enabling the world's most powerful batteries with radical silicon anodes. With incredibly high energy density, lightning-fast charging, and a low environmental footprint, LeydenJar’s anodes are truly indispensable. The secret lies in ultra-thin, pure silicon battery anodes that enable a lower CO2 footprint with significant cost savings.Imagine a world where all vehicles are electric and can be charged to full capacity in less than 10 minutes. A world where electric airplanes replace those that run on fuel, and smartphone technologies increase exponentially. This is the world that LeydenJar has been envisioning since its’ founding in 2016.

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Mews is a cloud-native property management system trusted by more than 12,500 properties around the world. Automate manual tasks, personalise guest experiences with AI and increase your property's revenue – all from one intuitive platform. 

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Deep-Tech

In addition to the main prize, we also give recognition to 10 companies with our Deep Tech award. The tech companies are judged by a panel of independent experts on ambition, revenue potential, degree of innovation and scalability. 

Winner profile Deep-Tech

Nearfield Instruments (NFI) delivers daringly innovative metrology solutions to process control challenges in the high-end nano-electronics industry. Bringing together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop a revolutionary high throughput automic force microscopy system enabling atom-scale resolution 3D metrology at industry-level throughput, based on three pillars. 

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Rising Star

In addition to the main prize, we also give recognition to 10 companies with our Rising Star award. This award is for companies that have been in business for less than four years and show great growth potential. We see lots of potential and thus support these emerging stars whilst they reshape the future of technology in the Netherlands. 

Winner profiles Rising Star and Rising Star Audience award

Q*Bird is a leader in quantum-secure communication, based in Delft, The Netherlands. At Q*Bird, we use quantum network technology to secure communications between many users in large networks. We have deployed our system in the Port of Rotterdam, between Dutch governmental data centers, we installed a 4-node network connecting locations in Belgium and Luxembourg. And we don’t stop there! We keep expanding our product portfolio, to offer solutions for connecting quantum processors, modems and sensors: Key technology for the quantum internet. In summary: we provide robust security for telecoms, government, and critical infrastructure, and we also ensure that organizations are ready for the advent of more general quantum networking.

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Neople is reimagining how we work — by introducing digital coworkers that bring joy, clarity, and efficiency back to the everyday. Our AI agents, called Neople, aren’t chatbots or virtual assistants — they’re collaborative, fully-trainable digital coworkers who plug into your tools, learn your workflows, and handle repetitive tasks with human-level care and brand alignment. With Neople Studio, teams can now manage their Neople with full transparency and control — from training them with documents, videos, and wikis, to auditing their decisions and shaping how they act, speak, and support your team. No engineers needed. Neople is trusted by fast-scaling brands across Europe like HOLY, Haarspullen, The Social Hub, and Shoeby — helping teams save time, reduce manual tasks, and deliver fast, on-brand customer experiences.

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