Name

Ithaka Academie

Legal name

Ithaka Your Way Home BV

Website

https://ithaka-academie.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labour Market Integration & Reintegration Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs (EDAAAOAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Workplace & Career Integration for Immigrants (Credentialing, Job Readiness) (EDAAADAE), Career & Employability Integration Support (Work Culture, Networking, Job Readiness) (EDAIAKAH)

Keywords

• Labour market integration
• Social return investment
• Refugee employment services
• Job coaching programmes
• Workforce reintegration

Headquarters

HQ city

Den Haag

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipality Contracts: Ithaka receives funding through contracts with municipalities for integration and employment programmes, including the WerkFit programme in Den Haag and other reintegration initiatives.
2. SROI Services to Employers: Organizations with SROI (Social Return on Investment) obligations from municipal or national procurement engage Ithaka to fulfil these requirements by placing people with distance to the labour market. Ithaka provides customized solutions including candidate matching, coaching, and reporting.
3. Participant Programmes: Programmes for participants with distance to labour market, funded through various government channels and municipal partnerships. Participants follow structured 6-month programmes with possible 6-month extension.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ithaka Academie delivers structured labour market integration services for people with distance to employment — including status holders (refugees with residence permits), newcomers, and welfare recipients — through a six-month guided programme that combines self-awareness training, personal coaching, peer-to-peer buddy support, Dutch language preparation, and employer integration. For organizations, it provides customized SROI (Social Return on Investment) solutions to fulfil social return obligations tied to procurement contracts, including candidate matching, coaching, workshops, and compliance reporting.

Product overview

Ithaka Academie is a social enterprise offering a structured job placement and integration program. The core offering is 'The Ithaka Way' - a six-month guided program combining self-awareness training, personal development, peer-to-peer buddy support, and employer integration. This is supplemented by SROI Ontzorging services for organizations with social return obligations, the WerkFit coaching program for welfare recipients, buddy programs with former status holders, and work experience placement opportunities. All services focus on guiding people with distance to the labor market toward meaningful employment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SROI Ontzorging Custom solutions for organizations to fulfil and account for their Social Return on Investment (SROI) obligations arising from procurement contracts. Includes candidate matching, candidate guidance toward work and development, workshops and training, Social Return activities, and monitoring/reporting. Sold to companies and public-sector buyers with SROI obligations across multiple sectors.
• The Ithaka Way — Begeleidingsprogramma A structured six-month guidance programme for people with distance to the labour market. Combines self-awareness and personal development (Innerlijke reis), Dutch language and practical skills (Reis naar buiten), peer-to-peer buddy support, and employer acceptance and integration phases, with possible six-month extension. Delivered to status holders, newcomers, and welfare recipients referred via municipalities and partner organizations.
• WerkFit Programme Personal coaching programme for people receiving welfare benefits (bijstand), focused on breaking negative spirals, building physical and mental resilience, and confidence building. Delivered under contract with Gemeente Den Haag; 43 participants completed the programme over 15 months with 60% finding (voluntary) work and 40% moving to follow-up programmes.
• Werkervaring & Stages (Work Experience and Internships) Work experience and internship placements that allow participants and employers to become acquainted before committing to a formal employment contract. Enables employer assessment of candidates and candidate familiarization with the Dutch workplace, sold as a contracted component within The Ithaka Way and SROI offerings.
• Opleidingsprogramma Werkgever — Acceptatie & Integratie Training programme for employers focused on acceptance and integration of participants with distance to the labour market into their organizations. Sold as part of employer packages to prepare workplaces for successful onboarding and retention of placed candidates.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% placement rate at jobs and/or work experience placements (vs 20% national average for status holders after 5 years)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• TotalEnergiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Corporate Social Responsibility providing language lessons, guidance and networking opportunities for young newcomers. TotalEnergies employees serve as language buddies at weekly language table in Amare. Collaboration includes opening TotalEnergies office in Ypenburg for intake of young newcomers.
• DroomstatuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for programme for status holders. Droomstatus collaborates specifically on programmes for refugees with residence permits, combining expertise in this target group.
• Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers (COA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose cooperation with COA for referring status holders from all Dutch asylum centres. COA links permit holders (vergunninghouders) to municipalities who must provide suitable housing.
• Gemeente Den HaagcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for integration programmes including WerkFit and Maatschappelijk Fit. Municipality refers participants and Ithaka provides coaching and placement services.
• Gemeente AmsterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngaged by municipality of Amsterdam for integration and employment programmes.
• NL werktaanwerkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIthaka is involved in this large employer platform initiated by VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland. Platform connects employers with employment integration programmes.
• Wij-TechniekmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSector organization for technology sector. Ithaka collaborates for placement of participants in technical occupations.
• Bouwend NederlandmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConstruction sector organization. Partnership for placing participants in construction industry jobs.
• SigramajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHealthcare and welfare organization network in Amsterdam. Partnership for promoting new Dutch people in healthcare and welfare sector.
• The Social ClubmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPlatform for social enterprises. Ithaka involved in large employer platforms.
• We-ITmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIT sector partnership for placing participants with technical backgrounds.
• AmaremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMusic and dance venue in Den Haag. Ithaka runs weekly language table every Friday 09:30-11:00 at Stadshuiskamer, supporting newcomers with language through low-threshold conversations.
• De Haagse UitdagingmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for organizing networking events connecting employers with newcomers. Jointly organized Tramrestaurant Hoftrammm event for 'Bruggen Bouwen' (Building Bridges) project.
• INGmajorOthersIthaka has worked on assignment for ING as part of their employment integration programmes.
• RotaryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRotary volunteers participate in language table at Amare, helping newcomers practice Dutch in informal setting while building networks.
• Verpleegkundigen en Verzorgenden Nederland (V&VN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare professionals organization partnered with Ithaka for employment integration in healthcare sector.
• Security DeltaminorOthersPartner organization listed on Ithaka's website partner section.
• Goldschmeding FoundationminorOthersFoundation focused on employment. Listed as partner on Ithaka's website.
• YachtminorOthersStaffing and recruitment agency. Listed as partner on Ithaka's website.
• Various Municipalities (Rotterdam, Delft, Westland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple Dutch municipalities partner with Ithaka for integration programmes. Listed partners include Rotterdam, Delft, Westland, and others.
• BelastingdienstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTax authority provides information sessions to participants under the motto #prevention is better than cure.
• UWVminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployee insurance agency participated in Sigra meeting to promote new Dutch people in healthcare sector.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• UWV (Employee Insurance Agency Netherlands): UWV is the Dutch government's employee insurance agency responsible for administering unemployment benefits and reintegration services nationwide. Ithaka is explicitly listed as a partner for promoting newcomers in healthcare; UWV is the broad incumbent operating at much larger scale in the same reintegration/employment services space.
• Yacht (Randstad): Yacht is Randstad's specialist staffing brand for professionals and listed as a partner on Ithaka's website. As a broad incumbent in Dutch employment services, it operates at much larger scale with overlapping capabilities in candidate matching, coaching, and employer placement.
• VluchtelingenWerk Nederland: VluchtelingenWerk Nederland is the leading Dutch refugee support organization, focused on guiding asylum seekers and status holders through integration. While its primary mission is broader advocacy and legal aid, it overlaps directly with Ithaka's labour-market integration segment for the same status holder persona.

Direct peers

• Stichting The Colour Kitchen: The Colour Kitchen is a Dutch social enterprise that combines training, work experience, and employer placement for vulnerable populations. It is listed as a partner on Ithaka's site and operates with a comparable social-enterprise model in the Dutch reintegration space.
• OpenEmbassy: OpenEmbassy is a Dutch social enterprise focused on newcomer integration and labour-market access, listed as a partner on Ithaka's website. It targets the same refugee/status holder persona with coaching, network, and employer-matching services, making it a directly comparable operator in the same niche.
• Droomstatus: Droomstatus is explicitly named as Ithaka's strategic partner for status holder programmes. It runs coaching and employer-matching services for the same statushouder segment and is a near-direct peer in terms of methodology, target user, and Dutch reintegration focus.
• DZB (Den Haag): DZB is the municipality of The Hague's own reintegration organization, listed alongside Ithaka as an employer/employment partner. It directly competes with Ithaka for municipal reintegration contracts in the same geography with overlapping services for welfare recipients and people with labour-market distance.
• Werkse (Stichting Werkse): Werkse is a Dutch social enterprise providing reintegration and employment services, listed as a partner on Ithaka's website. It serves a similar population with similar managed-services contracts, making it a directly comparable operator in the Dutch reintegration ecosystem.
• Global Talent Pool: Global Talent Pool is a Dutch platform that connects internationally trained professionals (often refugees/status holders) with employers. Listed as a partner on Ithaka's website, it is an emerging peer offering a more digital, marketplace-style version of Ithaka's matching/coaching services for newcomers.

Others

• NL Werktaanwerk (VNO-NCW / MKB Nederland): NL Werktaanwerk is the large Dutch employer platform initiated by VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland for employment integration programmes, and Ithaka is a participating member. It is not a direct competitor but an ecosystem platform that channels employer demand to partners like Ithaka.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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