Breda-based know-how firm aizy, specialising in AI-driven on-line advertising and marketing software program, has introduced right this moment it has raised €1.5 million in development capital to speed up the event of its software program, which helps SMEs enhance their on-line advertising and marketing outcomes whereas spending much less time managing campaigns.
The €1.5 million development capital spherical builds on early-stage backing from tech investor Michiel Mol, with Gijs Nagel and Joost van der Klooster becoming a member of as new buyers for this subsequent section, alongside incoming Advertising & Expertise Director Niels Buijs, who can be taking an fairness stake.
“This €1.5 million funding marks a serious milestone for Aizy. It permits us to speed up the event of our AI-driven advertising and marketing platform, scale our crew, and broaden internationally. Our mission is to make world-class advertising and marketing automation accessible to each SME – and this funding brings us a giant step nearer to that aim,” Founder Stefan Nuijten shared with EU-Startups.
Based in 2024 by entrepreneur Stefan Nuijten, aizy’s AI instruments allow SMEs to automate and optimise their on-line advertising and marketing on platforms similar to Google, Fb, and Instagram utilizing AI mixed with the experience of aizy’s specialists. This allegedly will increase the return on their on-line advertising and marketing budgets, whereas permitting enterprise homeowners to deal with rising their firms.
aizy has been funded by preliminary investments by founder Stefan Nuijten and tech investor Michiel Mol (Founder of promoting firm Misplaced Boys), who had already dedicated to the fast-growing firm. The startup now has eleven workers and, inside its first six months, reportedly reached the milestone of €1 million in ARR.
Inside a month, twelve buyers expressed curiosity in aizy. Following cautious consideration, the corporate is welcoming Gijs Nagel (Founding father of the platform DEGIRO) and Joost van der Klooster as new buyers.
Gijs Nagel explains: “The mixture of aizy’s user-friendly AI instruments and human experience actually appealed to me – I knew I needed to be a part of it.”
Nuijten provides: “aizy is nicely forward of forecast, and our product-market match is confirmed. With the €1.5 million in development capital, we’re going to additional advance our AI advertising and marketing software program in a severe means – making it even smarter and extra accessible for hundreds of SMEs worldwide who discover on-line advertising and marketing advanced.”
Niels Buijs, at the moment answerable for world advertising and marketing at software program large CM.com, will be a part of aizy on October 1 as Advertising & Expertise Director. Buijs brings over fifteen years of expertise in world advertising and marketing and go-to-market methods, and can deal with driving aizy’s worldwide growth. Reflecting his enthusiasm and confidence within the firm, he can even take an fairness stake.
Buijs provides: “The rise of AI is dramatically reworking the net advertising and marketing panorama, and aizy’s service and tempo of innovation are distinctive on this market. With the expertise I’ve gained at firms similar to Actual and CM.com, I’m keen to assist construct on aizy’s speedy development.”
