Our story
People are healthier and happier when they feel connected to others. To feel connected to others, you must be able to come into contact (more often) with people from the neighborhood who suit you and who are also open to it. Only: how and where do you find it?
With Joinby, an organization, such as a school/university, neighborhood or social organization, launching its own community to connect its target group. After registering once, participants can immediately find each other by interest, make contact and easily undertake activities together. Everything as simple and accessible as possible with the aim of making new contacts & ensuring more encounters.
We believe in
- Equality - everyone who participates is different, but equal
- Autonomy - everyone decides for themselves who they want to contact
- Local set-up - communities are adapted to the local target group & circumstances
- Low threshold - make first contact safely online, then meet offline
- Real Encounters - because someone's communication there is 'complete' (body language, expression, etc.) and you really get to know them
Business model
Joinby is a social enterprise: Our primary goal is to connect people and prevent mental problems and dropout. We invest income mainly to further improve our platform and to look at new opportunities to connect people.
An organization pays us for it through an annual subscription and a one-off start-up fee 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 is the case with many large 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
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