Viveon

What Viveon does

Viveon is an academic research partnership (Academische Werkplaats) established in 2011 and jointly operated by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and the care organization s Heeren Loo. Headquartered at VU Amsterdam's Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, the organization employs 12 staff including academic researchers, PhD candidates, postdocs, knowledge development advisors, and expert-by-experience co-researchers. Its mission is to develop usable knowledge products for the care triangle of clients, care professionals, and relatives of people with intellectual disabilities, working across four research themes: Autonomy and Freedom, Family Care and Life Course, Development and Learning, and Infrastructure and Data Science.

Viveon's core deliverables include validated diagnostic instruments (SIVT and SIVT-V for social information processing, DIAG for adaptive behavior), care methodology tools (Met Andere Ogen for reducing involuntary care), digital experience tools (LVB Media Experience App), and the first national PTSD guideline for people with intellectual disability. The SIVT is a tablet-based instrument using video scenarios, published commercially through Hogrefe Uitgevers BV Amsterdam. The organization also develops structured data assets including the In Kaart register, and runs projects in VR mentalization interventions and experience sampling apps.

Viveon operates as a non-profit with no commercial product sales. Revenue is generated through institutional research grants (NWO Veni, ZonMw, SIDN Fund, Fonds SGS, Amsterdam Public Health, SIA-RAK-PRO) and minor licensing royalties from the SIVT instrument published by Hogrefe. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on co-creation with care organizations, academic conferences, webinars, and direct collaboration with universities. The customer base is concentrated in the Dutch intellectual disability care sector, with 10+ care organizations participating as research partners.

Name

Viveon

Legal name

Viveon

Website

https://viveon.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Viveon is a non-profit academic research partnership between VU Amsterdam and s Heeren Loo that develops validated diagnostic instruments, clinical guidelines, and care methodology tools for people with intellectual disabilities and their care networks in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Applied Disability Care Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAFAKAG

Executive Functioning & Behavioral Support Tools (ADHD, SEL/Behavior Tracking, Routines)

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Accessibility, Assistive Technology & Special Needs EdTech

Keywords

• Academic workplace
• Disability care research
• Diagnostic instruments
• Intellectual disability
• Applied research

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Institutional Funding: Viveon operates as an academic partnership between 's Heeren Loo (care organization) and VU Amsterdam (university). Research is funded through institutional partnerships, government research grants (NWO Veni, ZonMw, NWO), public health funding (Amsterdam Public Health), SIA-RAK-PRO, SIDN Fund, and sector funds (Fonds SGS / Zilveren Kruis). No commercial revenue is generated from product sales.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Viveon is an academic workplace that develops knowledge products including diagnostic instruments (SIVT, SIVT-V, DIAG), guidelines, and digital tools (such as the LVB Media Experience App and the Met Andere Ogen method) to improve the care and support of people with intellectual disabilities. It conducts applied research across autonomy, family care, development, and data science themes, bridging academic research at VU Amsterdam with practical care delivery at 's Heeren Loo.

Product overview

Viveon is an academic research partnership between VU Amsterdam and 's Heeren Loo that develops knowledge products for people with intellectual disabilities. Their product portfolio includes diagnostic instruments (SIVT and SIVT-V for social information processing assessment), adaptive behavior measurement tools (DIAG), digital experience tools (LVB Media Experience app), and care methodology products (Met Andere Ogen). These products serve care professionals, researchers, and people with intellectual disabilities themselves.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SIVT (Sociale InformatieVerwerkingsTest) Diagnostic instrument for measuring social information processing in people with intellectual disabilities; used by care professionals and researchers.
• SIVT-V Adult version of the SIVT instrument, designed to measure social information processing in adults with intellectual disabilities.
• DIAG Methodology and instrument for measuring adaptive behavior in people with intellectual disabilities; used by care professionals for assessment and care planning.
• Met Andere Ogen A method developed by Viveon researchers for improving care practice through alternative perspectives and co-creation with people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.
• LVB Media Experience App Digital application designed to provide media-based experiential learning and engagement for individuals with light intellectual disability (LVB) and the professionals who support them.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 4,000 students trained with Parent Educators in university programs
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• OuderInzichtminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner in the 'Ouders in Evenwicht' project investigating burnout among parents of children with intensive care needs. Contributes parent expertise and perspective to the research.
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVU Amsterdam is the academic founding partner of Viveon. The organization hosts Viveon at the Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences (FGB). VU researchers (including Prof. Carlo Schuengel) serve as academic leaders, and VU provides infrastructure, academic credibility, and student access for research projects.
• 's Heeren LoocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner's Heeren Loo is the care organization founding partner of Viveon. It provides the practice setting for research, contributes scientist-practitioners and expert-by-experience researchers, and hosts the 's Heeren Loo Academie for professional development. Viveon generates knowledge products used in 's Heeren Loo's daily care practice.
• Hogrefe Uitgevers BV AmsterdamcoreTechnology or IntegrationHogrefe is the commercial publisher of the SIVT and SIVT-V diagnostic instruments. Viveon developed the instruments and partnered with Hogrefe for normative data collection, official publication, and commercial distribution of the diagnostic tools.
• Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration to develop the Spanish-language version of the SIVT diagnostic instrument. Beatriz Ortega Vidal leads the translation and cultural adaptation research within her PhD project, working with Viveon researchers on the validity analysis.
• Hogeschool Windesheim (Lectoraat Bewegen, Gezondheid en Welzijn)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration within the 'Sharing is Caring' project on psychomotor therapy outcomes for people with intellectual disability. Hogeschool Windesheim leads the project while Viveon is a partner organization, alongside Kajak, Reinaerde, 's Heeren Loo, Karakter, Ambiq, and NVPMT.
• Academische Werkplaats KajakminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKajak is an academic work partnership in youth care that collaborates with Viveon on the quality of care for psychotrauma project, contributing expertise in integrated youth care.
• Amerpoort, Koraal, PrinsenstichtingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare organizations involved as partners in the development of the national PTSD guideline for people with intellectual disability, alongside 's Heeren Loo and the academic work partnership Kajak.
• Amsterdam Public Health research instituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding body for the 'Meten van stemming met smartphone-apps' project, supporting research on experience sampling apps for people with intellectual disability.
• Academische Werkplaatsen (multiple)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerViveon collaborates with multiple academic work partnerships including Academische Werkplaats Sociale Relaties en ICT (Bartiméus), Academische Werkplaats Leven met een Verstandelijke Beperking (AWVB), and Academische Werkplaats EMB, as well as NIVEL in the 'Digitaal op bezoek - het nieuwe normaal' project funded by ZonMw.
• Kenniscentrum Revalidatiegeneeskunde UtrechtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in the 'Ouders in Evenwicht' project on parental resilience and burnout, contributing medical rehabilitation expertise.
• OUdervereniging BalansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent association for parents of children needing extra care, interviewed Viveon project leaders and contributed to dissemination of research findings from the 'In Kaart' and 'Ouders in Evenwicht' projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vilans: Netherlands' national knowledge center for long-term care, producing and disseminating evidence-based knowledge products for care professionals in a comparable non-profit model to Viveon.
• Academische Werkplaats EMB: Dutch academic workplace for profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (EMB), directly comparable to Viveon in structure, methodology, and target population, and a co-collaborator on ZonMw-funded projects.
• Academische Werkplaats Leven met een Verstandelijke Beperking (AWVB): Another Dutch academic workplace partnership focused on people with intellectual disability, operating under the same collaborative research model as Viveon and producing applied knowledge for the same care sector.
• Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research): Dutch research institute conducting applied health services research; a partner in Viveon's ZonMw 'Digitaal op bezoek' project and directly comparable as an applied non-profit research organization.
• Trimbos-instituut: Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, applying a similar mission-driven research and knowledge dissemination model in adjacent mental health domains to Viveon's intellectual disability focus.
• Academische Werkplaats Bartiméus (Sociale Relaties en ICT): Academic workplace focused on social relationships and ICT for people with sensory disabilities, operating the same multi-stakeholder applied research model as Viveon and a listed partner in Viveon's ZonMw digital contact project.
• Academische Werkplaats Kajak: Academic workplace in youth care that partners with Viveon on the psychotrauma project, sharing the same co-creation methodology and applied research orientation toward vulnerable populations.

Others

• Hogrefe Uitgevers BV Amsterdam: Publisher of Viveon's SIVT diagnostic instrument and a long-standing commercial distribution partner, providing the only current route to market for Viveon's IP.

Broad incumbents

• AAIDD (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities): International professional association advancing research and practice for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, operating at much larger scale than Viveon in the same field with overlapping guideline and research dissemination functions.

Emerging players

• Kenniscentrum Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie (KC KJP): Knowledge center for child and youth psychiatry, comparable in academic-practice partnership structure and knowledge product development for behavioral/mental health, with partial overlap on trauma topics relevant to Viveon's PTSD work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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