Our motto?

Let's make conversation.

Who we are

At Civinc, we’re all about ‘making’ conversation. But not just any conversation. Our mission is to connect people with different viewpoints in meaningful exchanges. Because those conversations are the kind that offer a fresh perspective and help foster mutual understanding. But they’re also the kind that can be challenging to have or organize, whether at the workplace or in society at large.

In response, we launched ‘Waaromkiesjij.nl’ (‘why do you vote), a platform to ‘burst bubbles’ ahead of successive Dutch elections, matching voters with different political views in anonymous chat conversations.The platform has since its launch in 2017 connected hundreds of thousands of voters ‘across the aisle’, with research showing the concept has a strong depolarizing effect.

This experience convinced Leon, Ruben and Jochem in 2021 to let all else go and found 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 Netherlands 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
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Ruben Treurniet

Co-founder
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Jochem Toolenaar

Co-founder en CTO
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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.