Aljosja Vos
Co-founder & owner
Aljosja co-founded the company in Wijchen in September 1987 and has been its co-owner ever since.
“We invest in ideas we like, by offering the facilities that help make them happen.”
Since 1987 we have been building, backing and keeping tech companies. Founded in Wijchen, at home in Nijmegen.
The founders
Jack van Poll
Owner
Jack studied computer science and joined in 1989 as a developer. A year later he became a shareholder.
He grew Isatis into a group of tech companies and was named Nijmegen Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015.
“Building companies together: that is what we believe in.”
Our story
From a small team in Wijchen to a family of 17 companies. Some we built, some we joined, some found a new home elsewhere.
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1987
It starts in Wijchen
Aljosja Vos sets up the company, then called PPC: Partners in Professional Computing. Later it moves to Nijmegen, to the Oranjesingel.
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1990
Jack van Poll becomes a shareholder
A developer since 1989, Jack joins Aljosja as a shareholder. As IT people, they write the software for every company they start.
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1995
A building of our own
The company buys its own office on the Javastraat in Nijmegen, in the green and close to the city centre.
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2007
The name becomes Isatis Group
From one company to a group of innovative tech companies, each with its own team.
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2013
Isatis Software Solutions
A new company in the group: software development by an engineering team in Sarajevo.
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2015
Keizer Karelplein and Entrepreneur of the Year
The group moves into the former SNS bank building on the Keizer Karelplein. Jack van Poll is named Nijmegen Entrepreneur of the Year.
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2018
Sold and renamed
Energieleveranciers.nl and Energievergelijken.nl are sold. Isatis Online Results becomes Tomahawk.
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2019
Proud Nerds and Synigo
Isatis Group takes stakes in Proud Nerds, the digital agency in Nijmegen, and in Synigo.
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2021
Isatis Health joins Mosadex
After more than eleven years of working for Mosadex, Isatis Health becomes Mosadex E-health.
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2023–24
New companies in the family
VETTS, Plugz, Biomed Elements, STS Group and Focus join the group.
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2026
Synigo joins Powell
Synigo, in which Isatis took a stake in 2019, is acquired by Powell. Isatis rolls over into Powell Software.
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2027
Forty years
Isatis turns forty.
How we work
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Development and funding
We usually take part by bringing in software or capital, along with our development know-how.
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Strategic guidance
A sparring partner for the big decisions, with almost forty years of building companies behind it.
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Finance and HR
Guidance on finance and HR when a company asks for it, so the team can focus on the work.
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Shared ownership
Whoever brings the idea becomes a co-shareholder. We stay an involved and active shareholder.
“Thanks in part to companies like Isatis Group, Nijmegen is increasingly seen as a city of IT and innovation.”
Nieuws uit Nijmegen, 6 November 2015, on Jack van Poll as Nijmegen Entrepreneur of the Year 2015