Our story and our mission
A student time must be one of the best periods in your life. However, this is less and less obvious nowadays. For example, 80% of the students report being lonely. We also see that many students do not even show up on their first day of study after registration. They indicate that their greatest fear, not making friends during their student days, is what keeps them from entering.
Having good (social) contacts is inextricably linked to a pleasant and successful student life.
Our mission:
People are happier when they feel connected. We believe that for real connection you should be able to find and meet like-minded people. We see it as our mission to bring people into contact with each other locally and to ensure more encounters.
With Joinby, an organization, such as a school/university, neighborhood or company, launching its own community for its target group. After registering once, participants can immediately find each other, make contact and easily undertake activities together. Everything as simple and accessible as possible with the aim: more contact & more encounters.
Why Joinby?
- Your own community platform for your institution or organization
- Platform is focused on meeting new people and doing activities
- With features such as: 1 on 1 chat, groups & events that you can create yourself, a bulletin board and more
- Secure environment closed for your students & GDPR proof
- Contributes to social well-being and the prevention of loneliness
Business model
Joinby is a social enterprise: Our primary goal is to connect people and prevent mental problems and/or dropout. We invest income mainly to further improve our platform and to look at new opportunities to connect people.
An organization pays us, through a subscription and start-up amount, for it Setting up of its own community, the maintenance and the further development. That way we can keep our platform relevant and free for the people who use it. This also ensures that we have no interest in 'keeping people online' for commercial purposes (as with many major social media platforms).
Would you like to know more about our platform and vision? Get in touch.
What makes a good life?
Inspiration for us: hard evidence for the importance of good social relationships
Technology for people
Technology that stands for human values: bringing people together offline instead of keeping them online for as long as possible to sell ads; Talk to each other instead of drifting apart; Pay attention to what makes us happy.
More info: Center for Human Technology: https://www.humanetech.com/
Our team
Wall of fame
We are very grateful to these people for their contribution to Joinby:
Flip van den Bosch
Ruud Sytsema
Sander Valk
Koen Olijve
Fedor Brookman
Jochem Toolenaar
Benno Nekeman
Alyssia Maatita
Suus Versteeg
Mohamed Jimale
Saly Baroudic
Basten Arends
Souhaire Mabrouk
Our trip
Curious?
We also to you. Please schedule a no-obligation meeting with us. In 45 minutes we discuss your challenges, possible solutions and take a look at our platform.
