The most visible startup investment platforms in Netherlands, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Netherlands in Dutch and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Crowdcube

40Heralded Score, range 33–49

Most cited source

afm.nl

28citations

From Google AI Mode and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

SeedBlink

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Fundsup NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Invesdto FI Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None First reading
– Lendahand NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
4% 0% None First reading
– LITA.co FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Mamacrowd IT Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Odin Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Seedmatch DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Startupxplore ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Syllabus Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Symbid NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 afm.nl Regulator 23.3% 2 of 4 8 Not read
2 investeerders.nl Media 20.0% 3 of 4 7 Not read
3 kvk.nl Regulator 11.7% 2 of 4 7 Not read
4 youtube.com Social 8.3% 1 of 4 7 Not read
5 europa.eu Regulator 11.7% 2 of 4 6 Not read
6 overheid.nl Regulator 11.7% 2 of 4 2 Not read
7 rvo.nl Regulator 5.0% 2 of 4 5 Not read
8 openvc.app Directory 6.7% 3 of 4 3 7
9 qubit.capital Vendor site 6.7% 3 of 4 4 Not read
10 venturecapital.nl Media 8.3% 2 of 4 5 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best platforms to invest in startups English Crowdcube, Eyevestor, Invesdor, Republic and SeedBlink, tied
equity crowdfunding platform for startups English Crowdcube, Invesdor, Republic and SeedBlink, tied
how to raise money from investors online English Crowdcube and FrontFundr, tied
how to invest in startups with small amounts English Invesdor and Republic, tied
equity crowdfunding vs angel investors English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured