A roundup of the latest funding news in Amsterdam

Published on 1 September 2025 at 15:52

Amsterdam’s tech ecosystem is buzzing with fresh momentum, as three startups announced new funding rounds this week. Website design platform Framer raised $100 million at a $2 billion valuation, Vox AI secured €7.5 million to expand its autonomous voice technology for quick-service restaurants, and hospitality startup Toppi closed nearly €1 million to scale its AI-driven tools for restaurants and hotels.

AI at the heart of growth

Three local startups have announced new funding rounds that highlight both the city’s diversity and its global ambitions. Website design platform Framer raised $100 million in a Series D led by Meritech and Atomico, pushing its valuation to $2 billion. Founded in Amsterdam, Framer has grown into a multinational with offices in San Francisco and Barcelona, enabling companies to design and launch professional websites without code, a model already used by clients such as Scale AI, Miro and Perplexity.

Also eyeing the US market, Amsterdam-based Vox AI secured €7.5 million in seed funding to expand its conversational voice platform for quick-service restaurants, including a planned San Francisco office. Its multilingual AI technology allows customers to place drive-thru and mobile orders autonomously, while easing operational pressures for staff in the €863 billion global QSR market.

Closer to home, hospitality startup Toppi closed nearly €1 million to scale its AI-driven solutions for restaurants, cafés, bars and hotels. The platform helps operators translate online visibility into guests through digital marketing and co-pilot tools, responding to fast-changing consumer behaviour in the age of AI.

Amsterdam’s strengths lie in its diverse tech and AI ecosystem

These funding rounds show how Amsterdam startups continue to attract global capital while experimenting with AI and digital tools across very different industries. For the local ecosystem, the deals matter because they signal that Amsterdam is not only producing globally competitive companies like Chapter, Nebius and Cradle but also nurturing early-stage players like Vox AI and Toppi that are already looking beyond the Dutch market.

The timing is significant: the Dutch startup scene was recently ranked in the global top 10 of the Global Startup Ecosystem Index. Taken together with other recent stories, from WP SEO AI and Delta Electronic moving their HQ to Amsterdam, the city is building a reputation for diversity, resilience, and scale in its tech base. These companies show the wider momentum in the AI ecosystem and the kinds of cross-sector digitalisation trends that increasingly shape opportunities for growth.