The Flying Dutchmen®

What The Flying Dutchmen® does

The Flying Dutchmen® is a privately held, founder-owned video production company based in Hoorn, Netherlands, operating since 2015 with a current headcount of approximately 6. The company is co-founded by Jochem Feldberg (commerce) and PJ Feldberg (tech), and offers full-service video production spanning TV commercials, corporate films, social media content, event livestreaming, 360 VR, FPV drone cinematography, greenscreen, animation/VFX, and post-production editing. Its technical differentiation rests on specialized capture hardware — most notably the custom-modified TFD INSPIDER drone with magnetic suction mounting, a 100-meter robotic cablecam system, an 80km/h RC camera car, FPV race drone systems, and 360-degree VR camera arrays — supported by in-house editors and a chroma-key studio.

The business operates on a project-based, sales-led model with no publicly disclosed pricing. New work is sourced through direct client engagement, often starting with in-person consultation at the Hoorn office or the client's premises, emphasizing short communication lines and pragmatic scoping. The customer base, as represented on the company's portfolio, spans recognizable enterprise brands (Nike, McDonald's, Vodafone Ziggo, Efteling, Hoya), cultural institutions (Airborne Museum, Textiel Museum), and niche operators in automotive, aviation tourism, and government/sports, suggesting episodic engagements rather than disclosed multi-year retainers.

The company is bootstrapped with no external investors, no funding rounds, no subsidiaries, and no parent company identified. Its service portfolio has been incrementally extended over time into adjacent production modules (VR, FPV, livestreaming, animation), and it holds a registered trademark on its brand name. The company markets primarily through its website portfolio and Vimeo-hosted case studies, with no formal paid acquisition or content marketing channels identified.

Name

The Flying Dutchmen®

Legal name

The Flying Dutchmen

Website

https://theflyingdutchmen.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Flying Dutchmen® is a Hoorn, Netherlands-based video production company co-founded by Jochem and PJ Feldberg, offering full-service film, drone, FPV, 360 VR, livestreaming, and animation work to enterprise brands, cultural institutions, and niche operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Aerial Robotics (Drones & UAV Autonomy) (HDAAAIAG)

Keywords

• Commercial video production
• Drone videography services
• Aerial cinematography
• Brand video production
• Corporate video services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoorn

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

Revenue model

1. Video Production Services: Full-service video production including TV commercials, corporate videos, social media content, and custom film/media content. Revenue is generated on a project-by-project basis with pricing based on scope and requirements.
2. Specialized Production Services: A la carte services including aerial footage, FPV drone filming, 360 VR content, greenscreen production, animation, livestreaming, RC camera work, and editing. Each service is offered as a standalone or bundled offering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Flying Dutchmen® is a Netherlands-based video production company that creates commercial video content for enterprise brands. It specializes in on-location filming and drone-enabled aerial videography, producing brand video campaigns and corporate video assets as commissioned projects for business clients.

Product overview

The Flying Dutchmen is a media content creation company offering a unified suite of production services. The core offering centers on Full Production for end-to-end video creation, supported by Aerial Expertise as a specialized filming capability. Additional specialized modules include FPV Race Drone for dynamic first-person perspective footage, RC Camera services with custom equipment like the TFD INSPIDER drone and cablecam systems, 360 VR for immersive experiences, Animation and VFX for visual effects, Greenscreen for virtual environments, Livestreaming for real-time broadcasting, and Editors & Studio for post-production. These services work together as an integrated production ecosystem where clients can access individual specialized modules or bundle them with full production for comprehensive video content creation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Video Production End-to-end commercial video production service for enterprise brand clients, delivering campaign films, brand videos, and on-location footage as commissioned projects.
• Drone Videography and Aerial Cinematography Specialized drone-based aerial videography service providing distinctive aerial footage for brand and corporate video projects.

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rewind: UK-based immersive content studio producing VR, AR, MR, and 360° experiences for global brands. Overlaps with TFD on immersive/360 VR production for enterprise brand marketing.
• Visualise: UK-based immersive content production studio specializing in VR, AR, 360° video and CGI for global brands. Directly comparable to The Flying Dutchmen on the immersive/360 VR and brand-customer overlap, both serving enterprise marketing briefs.
• Dronegenuity: US drone videography and photography services firm providing aerial footage, FPV, and 360° content for commercial and enterprise clients. Direct competitor on drone-based cinematography deliverables for brand and marketing use cases.
• Flying Pictures: UK aerial filming company using helicopters, cablecam systems and gyro-stabilized rigs for feature films, TV commercials and live events. Closely comparable capability stack — cablecam, RC rigs, premium commercial aerial — to TFD's bespoke equipment offering.
• Aerodyne Group: Globally operating drone-based enterprise services company serving utilities, agriculture, infrastructure and media with managed drone operations. Comparable in drone-services-as-a-business model and enterprise customer focus, though TFD is media-only.

Broad incumbents

• DJI: World's leading consumer and commercial drone manufacturer. While not a production company, DJI's hardware ecosystem underpins TFD's operations and DJI's enterprise service partners compete for the same drone-cinematography briefs.
• Framestore: Global VFX, immersive and content production studio serving major brands and film studios. Competes with TFD on immersive/360/VR brand work but operates at vastly greater scale and across film, episodic, and advertising.
• The Mill: Global creative production and VFX company producing commercials, branded content, and immersive experiences for enterprise brands. Overlaps with TFD on brand video and VFX/animation services but with substantially broader scale.
• Parrot SA: French drone manufacturer with commercial drone and software offerings. Adjacent to TFD through the drone hardware ecosystem; not a direct production competitor but a relevant incumbent in commercial drone services.

Emerging players

• PrecisionHawk: US drone data and analytics company expanding into drone services for inspection, mapping, and increasingly media applications. Comparable as a drone-services enterprise vendor, though TFD is media-focused while PrecisionHawk historically targets industrial verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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