Future Learning

What Future Learning does

Future Learning BV is a Dutch e-learning consultancy headquartered in Roosendaal, Netherlands, founded by Joke van Cappelle and operating since 2011 as the corporate continuation of her 15 years of prior independent e-learning work. The firm specializes in implementing, customizing, and supporting the ILIAS open-source Learning Management System, supplemented by BigBlueButton webconferencing and H5P interactive content tools, and serves a primary customer base of government and defense organizations including NATO Communications and Information Agency, NATO Joint Advanced Distributed Learning, and the Dutch Ministry of Defense. Its service portfolio spans professional services (didactic concept development, content creation, instructional design), managed hosting and 24/7 helpdesk under SLA-bound multi-year contracts, and structured training programs for authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, H5P, and ILIAS itself. Secondary segments include medium-to-large enterprises seeking onboarding and compliance training solutions and educational institutions adopting open-source learning technologies. Distribution is direct and consultative, led by free expert sessions used as the primary lead-generation tool and supported by content marketing, newsletter, and conference participation. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed external investors and operates with a small team (11-50 employees per firmographic data, with roughly four named individuals visible in source material).

The company's underlying technology stack is anchored on the open-source ILIAS platform, which supports up to 100,000 users per environment and adheres to open standards including SCORM 1.2/2004, IMS LTI, xAPI, IMS QTI, and LOM metadata, with export capabilities in XML, CSV, and Excel. Future Learning contributes to the ILIAS, BigBlueButton, and H5P open-source communities and has participated in roadmap-level work, including the June 2020 ILIAS 6 UI overhaul and ongoing AI-based knowledge gap detection research using xAPI data within an LRS. A flagship 2017 engagement with NATO JADL/NCIA delivered a modern responsive ILIAS 5.2 environment spanning all NATO schools worldwide, with redundant server infrastructure across the US and Europe. AI capabilities remain at an early community-development stage rather than as deployed proprietary product.

Revenue is generated through four streams: professional services for educational and didactic consulting, managed services for ILIAS implementation and hosting, structured training programs, and recurring hosting/technical support subscriptions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts are structured as standard or custom multi-year agreements with SLA-bound managed services providing a recurring revenue base. Founder-led signals on the company homepage as of the latest available material indicate that activities are intentionally decreasing or changing as the founder transitions to a less active phase, which is a material consideration for any investor evaluating continuity, succession, and growth outlook.

Name

Future Learning

Legal name

Future Learning BV

Website

https://futurelearning.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Future Learning BV is a Dutch e-learning consultancy that implements, customizes, and supports the ILIAS open-source Learning Management System for government, defense (NATO, Dutch MoD), enterprise, and educational clients, delivering managed hosting, content development, and training services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Learning Management Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Learning Content & Course Publishing Platforms (BPAMAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Standards, Packaging & Interoperability Tools (SCORM/xAPI/cmi5/LTI) (EDAFAHAH), Interactive Video & Video-Based Learning Authoring (EDAFAHAC)

Keywords

• Learning management services
• Open source LMS
• E-learning consulting
• Corporate training solutions
• Educational content development

Headquarters

HQ city

Roosendaal

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Educational and Didactic Services: Educational advisory services for developing clear didactic concepts and content development. Includes curriculum design, learning module creation, and instructional design consulting.
2. Learning Management Services: ILIAS learning environment implementation, configuration, and management services. Includes full setup of training structures and learning platforms.
3. Training Services: Training programs for authoring software (Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate), ILIAS functionalities, and educational training. Provided as separate training courses.
4. Hosting and Technical Support: Hosting services for ILIAS environments on managed servers, including technical support, updates, backups, and 24/7 helpdesk support through managed service agreements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Future Learning BV implements, customizes and supports the ILIAS open-source Learning Management System for organizations, complemented by managed hosting and 24/7 helpdesk services, educational/didactic consulting and content development, BigBlueButton-based webconferencing, and training courses on authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, H5P, Adobe Captivate and ILIAS native authoring. Its offerings are delivered as a bundle of professional services and recurring managed services rather than as proprietary software.

Product overview

Future Learning is a Dutch e-learning specialist offering a platform-plus-services model built primarily around the ILIAS open-source Learning Management System. The core offering consists of the ILIAS learning environment as the central LMS platform, supplemented by managed hosting services, onboarding solutions, educational services (didactic concept development and content creation), webconferencing, and specialized training for authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, H5P, Adobe Captivate, and ILIAS native). The company delivers end-to-end learning solutions including consulting through expert sessions, and targets organizations requiring custom e-learning implementations such as NATO and Dutch Defense. The portfolio is unified around ILIAS as the primary technology stack, with services designed to implement, customize, and support this platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ILIAS Learning Environment Implementation, customization and ongoing support of the ILIAS open-source Learning Management System for organizations, covering course management, learning modules, tests, assessments, certificates, portfolios, surveys, wikis, blogs and SCORM-compliant content. Used by clients including NATO and the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
• Managed Services Outsourced hosting, updates, backups and 24/7 helpdesk support for ILIAS learning environments, with Service Level Agreements allowing clients to outsource all or selected tasks.
• Onboarding Services End-to-end employee onboarding solutions that combine a learning experience platform with interactive video and virtual reality content to integrate new staff quickly and at lower cost.
• Educational (Didactic) Services Educational advisory and didactic services for organizations, including the development of clear didactic concepts and the design of learning content for training programmes delivered through the ILIAS platform.
• Content Development Development of learning content including text, learning plans, multimedia modules, tests, assignments, surveys, forums and wikis, using formats such as animations, gamification, interactive videos and VR.
• Webconferencing Online meeting and live-training capability powered by the BigBlueButton open-source webconferencing platform, offered as a standalone service or integrated into the ILIAS learning environment.
• ILIAS Training Courses Training courses on ILIAS, including introduction, administration, course setup, question/test development and the ILIAS author function, delivered as separate paid courses.
• Articulate Storyline Training Paid training course on the Articulate Storyline authoring software used to build interactive e-learning content.
• H5P Training Paid training course on the H5P open-source content creation tool, including its use within the ILIAS learning environment.
• Adobe Captivate Training Paid training course on Adobe Captivate authoring software used to produce responsive e-learning content.
• Expert Session Complimentary advisory consultation in which Future Learning experts analyze the prospect's current organizational learning situation, identify advantages and disadvantages, and deliver concrete recommendations and step-by-step plans. Used as a consultative sales and lead-generation tool rather than a paid engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% cost savings (€200,400) per course compared to classroom training for organizations with 1000 employees
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• ILIAS Open Source CommunitycoreTechnology or IntegrationActive collaboration within the ILIAS Open Source Community for developing new functionalities, translation, and testing new versions. Works together with users such as Defense and NATO. The ILIAS community is based on open standards for technology, functionality, and interoperability.
• BigBlueButton Open Source CommunitycoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with BigBlueButton open source web conferencing environment for online learning solutions. Used for providing integrated webconferencing capabilities within ILIAS learning environments.
• H5P Open Source CommunitycoreTechnology or IntegrationActive participation in H5P Open Source Content Creation and Content Management Community for creating interactive educational content. H5P can be used independently or integrated within ILIAS.
• NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompleted major ILIAS implementation project for NATO JADL (Joint Advanced Distributed Learning) and NCIA. Set up modern responsive ILIAS environment for all NATO schools worldwide including server infrastructure in US and Europe with full redundancy.
• Dutch Ministry of Defense (Ministerie van Defensie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Dutch Defense for ILIAS implementation and support through the VIO (Verbindingsinformatie Organisatie) initiative. Defense organizations in Europe and US have invested in ILIAS to meet their training requirements.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stud.IP GmbH: German open-source learning platform provider/partner involved with ILIAS-adjacent open-source ecosystems. Comparable niche open-source LMS services business targeting higher-education and enterprise customers.
• Databay AG: German ILIAS premium partner providing ILIAS implementation, hosting, and content services. Closest direct competitor to Future Learning within the ILIAS partner ecosystem, serving similar government, defense, and enterprise clients in the DACH region.
• LDB Beratungs-GmbH: Another ILIAS premium partner focused on consulting, implementation, and managed services for ILIAS deployments. Comparable boutique-scale services firm competing for the same ILIAS-based government and enterprise engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Cornerstone OnDemand: Large enterprise learning and talent management platform serving government and corporate training buyers. Competes with Future Learning's managed-services and ILIAS rollout offerings at the high end of the market, particularly where buyers prefer a single vendor.
• Docebo: AI-powered enterprise learning platform competing for corporate and government training budgets. Represents the broader commercial-LMS alternative that open-source ILIAS deployments are sometimes benchmarked against.
• Moodle HQ: Global open-source LMS platform that anchors a large network of certified Moodle Partners offering implementation, hosting, and content services. Competes for the same open-source LMS services spend as Future Learning but at vastly greater scale and reach.

Others

• ILIAS e.V. (ILIAS Society): Governing association behind the ILIAS open-source LMS where Future Learning actively contributes. Not a competitor, but a key ecosystem participant: shapes the product roadmap and connects Future Learning with institutional members and partners.

Emerging players

• OpenOLAT (University of Zurich): Open-source learning management system used in higher education and corporate settings, providing an alternative foundation for learning platform services. Comparable in open-source LMS niche but more focused on academic deployments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/futurelearnings

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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