TOGETHER WE MAKE SENSE
We exist for the future that's possible when we truly hear each other.
Pleased to meet you!
We're a growing party of people building dembrane: the deliberation platform that makes it easier to make sense of big, messy conversations, so everyone can shape what happens next. When 100 or 1000 people gather, we make it possible for them to actually connect, find common ground, and make decisions.
What's a dembrane?
A dembrane is a democratic membrane, a living, evolving platform that helps ideas flow between conversations and helps crowds become communities.
The best conversations usually stay trapped in small bubbles. We realized we needed to build something that lets ideas pass between groups while keeping each conversation safe for sharing what matters. We needed a word that didn't exist yet, so we made it up!
Values lead our way
How we met
dembrane grew from a conviction each co-founder arrived at separately: people know how.
A missionary turned designer, an innovation scientist turned community organizer, a physicist/data scientist turned operator and a pro-gamer turned full-stack engineer. Between 2020 and 2024, we found each other.
We're building infrastructure for the conversations democracy needs so everyone can shape what happens next. -> Together, we make sense.
Ethics
Join us for lunch,
stay for the mission.
Most mornings we're in the old Marienburg monastery by 10. Core hours run until 4, Monday through Friday — Wednesdays we work from wherever. Early birds like Eve come it at 6:30. Night owls like Jorim take over after dark.
We'd rather build together than talk about planning a meeting. Personal growth counts as work too: reading, writing, walking, thinking. We run 12-week cycles, then take a 13th week to pause, look up, and plan what's next.
We cook lunch for each other. There's a place to nap. Fridays end with "team time" - drinks, games, snacks, and whatever conversation needs finishing.
This work takes us places — events, conferences, collaborations across Europe. We're part of a growing ecosystem asking the same questions we are.
Startup life isn't always easy. But we're in it together.
On a journey to dembrane?
You can find us in the basement of the old Marienburg monastery in the heart of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Easiest route? Take a train to Den Bosch and take a nice 10 minute walk through the city.
St Jannsingel 88, 5211DA.
KVK number: 89391438
BTW/VAT nummer: NL864967433B01
Business phone: +31 6 35625130
Curious about the background animation? Jorim made it in 2020 during his Master's at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
Read more about it and play with the original here:
