Haagse Feiten

What Haagse Feiten does

Haagse Feiten, operated by Political Inzights B.V., is a Dutch SaaS platform that aggregates parliamentary information from the Eerste Kamer, Tweede Kamer, Rijksoverheid.nl, Officiele Bekendmakingen, Dutch political news sources, and social media into a single searchable monitoring service. Founded in 2015 in Almere by Ronald Baan and Marcel Henriquez, the company is built around a Big Data archive containing more than 1.6 million parliamentary documents, news items, and tweets dating back to 1995, with continuous ingestion and weekly growth. The core technology combines this archive with real-time speech-to-text transcription of plenary and committee meetings (delivered through a 2017 partnership with Zoom Media), Boolean search, parametric filtering, player/actor profiles, customizable topic monitoring with email alerts, and team collaboration features organized around five application modules (Dashboard, Inbox, Agenda, Players, Archive).

The business operates on a freemium model with a free Basic tier providing unlimited archive access, a paid Premium subscription (with a 14-day free trial), and Corporate, Teamwork, and Newsletter Bundle add-ons priced on request. Go-to-market combines self-service acquisition for individual professionals and SMBs with sales-led engagement for larger organizations, supplemented by a channel partnership with ANP Business (March 2024) that distributes a co-branded ANP Political Monitor to ANP's commercial client base and extends coverage to provincial and municipal political monitoring. The customer base spans government entities (municipalities and provinces), public affairs bureaus, multinationals, media organizations, and financial institutions in the Netherlands. The company is privately held, has no disclosed revenue, and has completed one documented funding round (MKB & Technofonds Flevoland, September 2015).

Name

Haagse Feiten

Legal name

Political Inzights B.V.

Website

https://haagsefeiten.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Haagse Feiten is a Dutch SaaS platform aggregating parliamentary documents, news, and social media into a searchable monitoring service, serving government, public affairs, media, and corporate clients via freemium subscriptions and enterprise sales in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legislative Monitoring Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Parliamentary monitoring
• Legislative tracking
• Political intelligence
• Policy monitoring
• Government affairs

Headquarters

HQ city

Almere

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Basic Subscription: Free tier providing unlimited access to the full archive of parliamentary documents. Serves as acquisition layer for paid upgrades.
2. Premium Subscription: Paid subscription with advanced monitoring features, email alerts, team collaboration, and newsletter creation. Price on request, suggesting enterprise negotiation.
3. Corporate Subscription: Enterprise tier with centralized user management, usage reporting, shared topics, and central billing. Add-on to Premium for organizations.
4. Newsletter Bundle: Add-on product allowing 25 email recipients per bundle for newsletter distribution. Multiple bundles can be purchased.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Haagse Feiten operates a self-service SaaS platform that aggregates, analyzes, and links Dutch parliamentary information, political news, and social media into a unified searchable system. The platform offers a free Basic tier and a paid Premium subscription with topic monitoring, real-time debate transcription, customizable email alerts, team collaboration, and a 20+ year archive of more than 1.6 million parliamentary documents, news items, and tweets. Optional Corporate and Newsletter Bundle add-ons extend the platform with centralized user management and newsletter distribution for organizations.

Product overview

Haagse Feiten is a parliamentary monitoring platform providing access to Dutch parliamentary information. The product architecture consists of a free Basic tier and a paid Premium tier (with a 14-day free trial), supplemented by optional add-on modules: Corporate (organizational user management), Teamwork License (collaboration), and Newsletter Bundles. The platform is organized around five core application pages: Dashboard, Inbox, Agenda, Players (Spelers), and Archive. Key content domains include Tweede Kamer and Eerste Kamer documents, parliamentary questions, motions, amendments, voting outcomes, plenary and committee meetings, government documents, political news, and tweets from MPs. A co-branded sub-brand, the ANP Political Monitor, is distributed through partnership with ANP Business. The platform offers a consultation (Raadplegingen) feature through partnership with Toponderzoek.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Haagse Feiten Platform (Basic free tier + Premium subscription) Self-service SaaS platform providing access to Dutch parliamentary information including over 1.6 million documents, news, and tweets from 1995 to present, with topic monitoring, email alerts, agenda tracking, and team collaboration. Used by public affairs professionals, government bodies, multinationals, media, and financial institutions.
• Corporate (Organizational Management Add-on) Organizational add-on to the Premium subscription providing centralized user management, role-based access control, usage reporting, shared topic management, email style controls, and central invoicing for organizations managing multiple users.
• Newsletter Bundle Email distribution add-on allowing customers to send customized newsletters to 25 email recipients per bundle; multiple bundles can be purchased to scale distribution.
• Teamwork License Collaboration add-on enabling users to create teams, invite members via email, share notes and reactions, and track active documents within a shared team workspace.
• ANP Politieke Monitor (ANP Political Monitor) Co-branded political monitoring product distributed through ANP Business, providing ANP's commercial clients access to legislative process tracking at national, provincial, and municipal levels, including bills, amendments, parliamentary questions, and voting outcomes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1.6 million parliamentary documents accessible from one platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANP BusinesscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 5 March 2024ANP Business partnered with Haagse Feiten to launch the ANP Politieke Monitor, extending political monitoring services to ANP's commercial client base. The tool provides access to legislative processes including bills, amendments, parliamentary questions, and voting results at national, provincial, and municipal levels. Marcel Henriquez, director of Haagse Feiten, noted the collaboration enriches their offering with ANP's news and agenda content.
• Zoom MediacoreTechnology or Integration · 12 December 2017Zoom Media provides speech-to-text technology that automatically transcribes live broadcasts of plenary and committee meetings. The transcripts are integrated into Haagse Feiten's platform, enabling real-time searchability of spoken debates. Users receive automatic notifications when their topics are discussed during live sessions.
• ToponderzoekminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2017Strategic partnership with Toponderzoek to add raadplegingen (consultation) functionality to the Haagse Feiten platform. Users can directly consult Dutch politicians and top officials from local to European level. Toponderzoek contributes their extensive database of Dutch officials and expertise in polling politicians, citizens, and entrepreneurs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Ploum: Dutch law firm with a recognized public affairs practice advising clients on Dutch political and regulatory developments. Comparable as a Dutch professional services organization whose offerings include political monitoring and government relations advisory—overlapping with Haagse Feiten's target buyer base.
• Follow The Money: Dutch investigative journalism platform covering political, financial, and corporate accountability. Comparable as a Dutch professional-grade platform aggregating and analyzing political and regulatory information for journalists, public affairs professionals, and corporate users.
• Public Matters: Dutch public affairs consultancy that monitors Dutch political developments for client organizations. Comparable as a Dutch-based provider of political monitoring services, though delivered as a consulting service rather than self-service SaaS.
• ProDemos: Dutch non-profit focused on political education and democratic engagement. Comparable as a regional Dutch platform serving citizens and organizations that need access to parliamentary and political process information, though ProDemos operates with an educational mission rather than SaaS commercial model.

Broad incumbents

• Politico Europe: European political news platform with deep coverage of EU institutions and member-state politics. Comparable as a destination for political intelligence consumed by public affairs professionals, lobbyists, and corporate government affairs teams across multiple verticals.
• ANP (Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau): The Netherlands' primary news agency and existing channel partner of Haagse Feiten. ANP now resells Haagse Feiten's platform as the ANP Politieke Monitor and competes broadly in Dutch political news distribution, making it both a partner and a comparable incumbent in political intelligence.
• NOS Politiek: Dutch public broadcasting system's political news division, providing parliamentary coverage to a mass audience. Comparable as a Dutch political information destination for media professionals and engaged citizens, though delivered through broadcast rather than SaaS subscription.

Direct peers

• Vote Smart: US non-profit providing detailed biographical, voting, and policy information on US politicians. Functionally analogous to Haagse Feiten's Player (Spelers) profiles and parliamentary archive, offering structured political intelligence for journalists and engaged citizens.
• OpenSecrets: US-based non-profit tracking money in US politics and lobbying disclosure. Comparable as a political transparency and intelligence platform serving journalists, researchers, and public affairs professionals, though focused on financial/political money flows rather than parliamentary proceedings.
• TheyWorkForYou: UK parliamentary monitoring platform that aggregates Hansard, MP voting records, and parliamentary activity into a searchable, user-friendly interface. Closest international functional analog to Haagse Feiten's parliamentary intelligence value proposition, scaled to the UK market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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