Our motto?

Let's make conversation.

Who we are

“Our mission at Civinc is to connect employees with different views in meaningful conversation, so that employees come to understand each other, and leadership understands their workforce.

Civinc sprung from Waaromkiesjij.nl (‘why do you vote), a platform launched to ‘burst bubbles’ ahead of successive Dutch elections. It connects voters with different political views in chat conversations, with the goal to combat polarization and increase mutual understanding. The platform has since its launch in 2017 connected hundreds of thousands of voters, with multiple scientific studies showing the concept has a strong depolarizing effect.

This experience convinced Leon, Ruben and Jochem in 2021 to let all else go and commit to founding Civinc (‘Civic Inclusion’) with the aim to further develop the method to deliver value for organizations. The result is an enterprise solution at the cutting edge of employee engagement and sentiment analysis, inspired by the below manifesto.

The Civinc Foundation

The Civinc Foundation, a separate non-profit entity that sprung from Waaromkiesjij.nl, continues to stimulate the public and electoral debates in the Netherlands with Civi(n)c tooling. The latest example thereof is ‘Bubbel Chat’, a spin-off application that enables people in the Nehterlands to continuously discuss political current affairs with peers outside of their bubble. Moreover, the Civinc foundation strives to contribute to facilitating research in the field of (de)polarisation and democratization in general. If you would like to know more, reach out to info@waaromkiesjij.nl or hello@civinc.co.

Our team

Leon Horbach

Co-founder
Linkedin

Ruben Treurniet

Co-founder
Linkedin

Jochem Toolenaar

Co-founder en CTO
Linkedin

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Our motto?

Let's make conversation.

Who we are

“Our mission at Civinc is to connect employees with different views in meaningful conversation, so that employees come to understand each other, and leadership understands their workforce.

Civinc sprung from Waaromkiesjij.nl (‘why do you vote), a platform launched to ‘burst bubbles’ ahead of successive Dutch elections. It connects voters with different political views in chat conversations, with the goal to combat polarization and increase mutual understanding. The platform has since its launch in 2017 connected hundreds of thousands of voters, with multiple scientific studies showing the concept has a strong depolarizing effect.

This experience convinced Leon, Ruben and Jochem in 2021 to let all else go and commit to founding Civinc (‘Civic Inclusion’) with the aim to further develop the method to deliver value for organizations. The result is an enterprise solution at the cutting edge of employee engagement and sentiment analysis, inspired by the below manifesto.

The Civinc Foundation

The Civinc Foundation, a separate non-profit entity that sprung from Waaromkiesjij.nl, continues to stimulate the public and electoral debates in the Netherlands with Civi(n)c tooling. The latest example thereof is ‘Bubbel Chat’, a spin-off application that enables people in the Nehterlands to continuously discuss political current affairs with peers outside of their bubble. Moreover, the Civinc foundation strives to contribute to facilitating research in the field of (de)polarisation and democratization in general. If you would like to know more, reach out to info@waaromkiesjij.nl or hello@civinc.co.

Our team

Leon Horbach

Co-founder
Linkedin

Ruben Treurniet

Co-founder
Linkedin

Jochem Toolenaar

Co-founder en CTO
Linkedin

Let's make conversation.

Connecting perspectives starts here! We will gladly demo the platform, learn more about your objectives and explore if it’s a good match. Contact us by filling out the form below, or shoot us a message directly at hello@civinc.co.