Our story
From where we started to shaping the future of car repair across Europe and beyond
Fixico’s growth journey
Starting from scratch
When co-founder Derk Roodhuyzen de Vries accidentally scratched his mother’s car, he expected to be able to find a good body repair shop online quickly. He wasn’t, and the idea for Fixico was born.
Amsterdam launch
Derk Roodhuyzen de Vries teamed up with Mark van Laar to found Fixico. After establishing a collaboration with certified body repair shops in and around Amsterdam, Fixico launched its app. Car owners could now upload photos of their damage and compare multiple offers online.
Nation-wide coverage
Only a few months after launching locally, Fixico had nation-wide coverage and worked with more than 350 certified body repair shops.
Early recognition and awards
Fixico got nominated for being the best new app in Apple’s app store, ranked top-5 in the Google Playstore, got listed as one of the 50 most innovative companies, was a finalist during the Accenture and Automotive awards, and selected as startup- or app of the week in multiple leading Dutch newspapers and magazines.
The 1 million milestone
Within a year, Fixico had handled 1 million euros worth of car damage repairs on its platform.
Seed funding
Fixico closed a €2 million funding round, led by UK-Dutch tech fund Orange Growth Capital with participation from prior investors and shareholders. After the funding round, Fixico installed its supervisory board.
Germany launch
Fixico expanded its B2C platform to the European country with the biggest automotive market: Germany.
National TV and radio commercials
By launching a TV commercial and radio campaign for car owners in the Netherlands, Fixico increased its brand awareness tremendously.
First business partners
It became clear that Fixico’s core concept could be applicable to other markets and, most importantly, the B2B space. As a result, Fixico started developing its platform further to adapt to the fleet, rental, and insurance industry.
New office
After more and more talented professionals joined Fixico, the team had grown extensively, and it became time to move to a bigger office. Fixico’s new location on the Weteringschans is located in the heart of Amsterdam.
South Africa launch
By launching its platform in South Africa, Fixico expanded beyond Europe.
Belgium launch
In collaboration with global insurance leader and launching partner AXA, Fixico released its core and B2C platform in its neighbouring country. The Belgian expansion received national news coverage.
Increasing traction
After further improving the repair management platform for fleets, together with Aon's claim management services in Belgium, Fixico’s traction increased. They started to work with more partners, such as Mastercard, Bosch, Danone, and Miele.
Fleet Europe Award
During Europe’s biggest fleet event, Fleet Europe, the jury recognised Fixico’s enormous growth and awarded the Dutch tech company with the Fleet Europe Award.
Series-A round
In a round led by Silicon Valley-based investor Autotech Ventures, Fixico raised €7,000,000,- putting their total investment on €14,000,000. With these funds, Fixico aims to increase its international footprint and further digitalise the car damage repair industry.
Dell Entrepreneur Award
During the Dell technologies forum, Fixico won the 2019 ‘Dell for Entrepreneurs Award’.
European Insurtech Award
During Plug and Play’s Expo day in Munich, Fixico won the European Insurtech Award.
FixiCover
At the beginning of an unprecedented pandemic, we developed FixiCover, a polycarbonate non-permanent shield, which is easily installed and provides a necessary partition between drivers and passengers in motor vehicles.
France launch
Fixico is live in Paris, Lyon, and Lille with launching partners Avis Budget Group, SHARE NOW, and Carlili.
Italy launch
Fixico is officially launched in Italy after beta testing in Milan and Rome areas.
Denmark launch
After months of testing and hard work of the team, we are now active in the major cities in Denmark.
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Austria launch
Fixico launches in Austria, expanding its network throughout Europe.
UK launch
Fixico expands to the UK, marking its tenth active market!
International Expansion
Fixico is now active in 10 countries and collaborates with over 3,000 certified body repair shops, and over 200 business partners.
