We are Walvis
Since 2012, Walvis has invested in entrepreneurs in the Netherlands with local and global growth dreams. We have an eye on the future and only invest capital in innovation and Internet technology scale-ups.
We are proud to grow and carry on the legacy and entrepreneurial spirit started by Mr. John A. Fentener van Vlissingen, our founder. The team shares these same core values and guides growth with our indepth and firsthand entrepreneurial spirit.
We are pragmatic, professional and proud to help ambitious entrepreneurs. Scaling up is not an easy task, which is why we provide entrepreneurs with all the support they need at every step, while they focus on their business at hand.
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February 2019
In 2016, Walvis invested in Bookchoice, an e-book technology platform. But the company had been lacking a high volume of good quality books. Walvis therefore executed a reverse takeover of VBK, a Dutch publisher that publishes more than 1,000 books each year.
Walvis invests in innovation and technology. And at first, it may seem odd that they invested in the biggest Dutch book publisher. But it all made sense when Walvis invested in SSG, the Dutch market leader in book sales. In December 2017, SSG acquired Bruna, an iconic brand in the world of bookstores, after which Bruna was successfully sold to Audax in November 2019.
Bookchoice is known as the ‘digital book service in your pocket.’ Each month Bookchoice members can download their books onto any device or access them directly on the Bookchoice app. Today, Bookchoice has approximately 40,000 paid members.
Walvis recognized SSG’s growth potential in the book selling business with its digital strategy. Even though book lovers can listen to an audio book, turn the pages of a physical book, or enjoy an e-reader, the good news is that people are still reading books. Reading is a trend and here to stay. At the end of the day, innovation and technology play an important role both in digital and traditional books.
Shared Stories title
retail
February 2019
In 2016, Walvis invested in Bookchoice, an e-book technology platform. But the company had been lacking a high volume of good quality books. Walvis therefore executed a reverse takeover of VBK, a Dutch publisher that publishes more than 1,000 books each year.
Walvis invests in innovation and technology. And at first, it may seem odd that they invested in the biggest Dutch book publisher. But it all made sense when Walvis invested in SSG, the Dutch market leader in book sales. In December 2017, SSG acquired Bruna, an iconic brand in the world of bookstores, after which Bruna was successfully sold to Audax in November 2019.
Bookchoice is known as the ‘digital book service in your pocket.’ Each month Bookchoice members can download their books onto any device or access them directly on the Bookchoice app. Today, Bookchoice has approximately 40,000 paid members.
Walvis recognized SSG’s growth potential in the book selling business with its digital strategy. Even though book lovers can listen to an audio book, turn the pages of a physical book, or enjoy an e-reader, the good news is that people are still reading books. Reading is a trend and here to stay. At the end of the day, innovation and technology play an important role both in digital and traditional books.
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1017JZ AMSTERDAM