Fastest-growing teams Benelux

When it comes to specific companies, Luxembourg’s global data centre developer and operator Etix Everywhere was acquired by US-based Vantage Data Centers as part of its move to expand into Europe. Elsewhere in the Benelux, Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform MessageBird reached unicorn status and Belgium’s tumour and cancer drug-discovery startup iTeos Therapeutics began eyeing up global expansion and an IPO. However, flashy valuations and bulky funding rounds aren’t the only things that demonstrate a  startup’s potential — the growth of its team says a lot too. Using employee data from European Startups and LinkedIn, we’ve compiled a list of the fastest-growing startups in the Benelux region by headcount. Here they are.