Your Virtual Presence in The Netherlands
Virtual Republic is an initiative founded by Bob Oord, B2B marketer and entrepreneur. In our projects, Bob typically acts as strategist, fractional business developper, country manager of cmo, and in some cases, co-investor. Ongoing marketing activities are often carried out by specialists from his network. In that sense, we operate as a virtual network organisation.
Focus on start-ups & scale-ups
We help B2B start-ups and scale-ups with a proven product-market proposition and interest in the Dutch market. These are often companies with a SaaS product, but always businesses where we believe marketing can make a meaningful difference in accelerating growth and increasing enterprise value.
A partnership often starts with a Market Discovery. The go-to-market programme that follows frequently develops into a long-term collaboration.
Co-investor
For start-ups, marketing investment often comes before the returns. Depending on the company and the role we can play, we regularly invest alongside our clients and take an equity stake in the business. Virtual Republic currently participates in, The Better Company, Collow and Planwisely.
As a spin-off from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Better Company takes employee research to a strategic level. Its Do Better Scans reveal exactly where organisations should focus their efforts to improve performance around specific organisational themes.
Planwisely combines AI with production-process simulation (Digital Twin) to generate the optimal factory production schedule at any given moment. No more unreliable Excel spreadsheets or the limitations of traditional ERP/MRP systems. Planwisely helps manufacturers improve delivery performance while reducing labour, waste, energy consumption and raw-material usage.
With Collow, anyone can create e-learning courses on virtually any topic using our eduAI technology. Start from scratch or transform existing documents into complete learning experiences, including visuals, assessment questions and quizzes. Collow courses can be seamlessly integrated into your existing LMS.