Roamler is a Dutch information technology company which specializes in using crowd-sourcing for business in the Retail, Tech and Care sectors.
The company was founded in 2011.
On-demand professionals are called “Roamlers", and are recruited and organized according to skillset, experience and physical location before being matched to tasks.
Roamler's HQ is located in Amsterdam, and the company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, France and Belgium and licensed partners in Italy and Turkey.
History Roamler was founded in June 2011 by Wiggert de Haan and Martijn Nijhuis, two Dutch entrepreneurs.
In 2015 the company opened branches in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain and France and started partnerships in Italy and Turkey.
At the beginning of 2016, Roamler launched the Tech branch, as first Dutch company to apply the principles of crowd-sourcing to the professional home installations market.
In April 2016 Roamler completed a 4.5 million euro investment, co-founded by Endeit Capital, to expand its activities further. In 2020, the company received another 20M euros funding. In 2021, Roamler acquired two companies to expand services throughout Europe.
Developments Year Description/Country2011Focus on retail sector Netherlands, United Kingdom2013International expansion Chile, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden2014International expansion Belgium, Colombia, France, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain, Turkey2016Available for the Tech sector Netherlands2018Available for the Care sector Netherlands2020Received a 20M euros funding from Endeit Capital, Smartfin and Achmea Innovation Fund. Ranked among the top three fastest-growing scale-ups in Europe.2021Acquired Datlinq, a data company specialized in food service and food retail data. Netherlands2021Acquired Mobeye, a French company specialised in crowd-supported field marketing services. France
System and Software
Roamler makes use of proprietary software for its front and back-end activities.
The Roamler app is available for both iOS and Android upon registration.
Users are ranked according to experience points and levels. In order to be able to perform paid tasks, a user must reach level 2.
The app also contains an instant message platform, through which users can communicate directly with the company support department.
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