Today, on April 1, Zooma exists exactly 15 years. Our out of control April 1 joke :-) And yes, we are quite a bit proud of that.

Zooma developed an advanced digital platform for KERN's logistics experts that brings entrepreneurs and governments together to reduce emissions and transportation miles in cities.

Recently the annual pub quiz took place in our home base De Dorus. From this (literally) colorful business building in Leiden, Zooma works with 22 different companies, remote workers and creatives on a variety of projects and products.

Zooma has been growing steadily and organically for 15 years (party, more on this later!), averaging one or two new team members a year. But in recent months things have been moving a little faster than usual. We have welcomed four new colleagues in a short period of time. A remarkable growth spurt - and we feel honored that Lisa, Tom, Nick and Nilesh have chosen to join Zooma!

Proud! Since 2020, we have been co-building Hospital Hero: a startup that helps parents and children go to the hospital well-prepared - and supports healthcare providers to provide better care. Hospital Hero is doing great work and can be seen tonight on Klokhuis on NPO 3, thanks to the Klokhuis Science Prize it won.

Recently at Zooma, in collaboration with experienced ethical hackers, we organized a hackathon. The purpose of events like this is to continuously test our ways of working in terms of developing our software securely. And to learn about how hackers think and work. And it also turned out to be very valuable because we discovered a vulnerability in one of our own software products!

Where there is work, there must also be vacation! That's why Zooma spent a weekend in Winterberg in early February. From our cottages we had a perfect view of the slopes. At night a layer of fresh snow fell, during the day a clear blue sky with the sun high in the sky. We had a great weekend!

The new year is already in full swing, but we still fondly remember our Christmas celebration in December. It was an afternoon and evening full of fun and good food - all Zooma-style!

Last Thursday we attended the grand opening of the new children's exhibition Raad van de Raaf at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. This interactive exhibition focuses on the climate crisis and how together we can contribute to a better future for the climate. And Zooma had the honor of developing the accompanying interactive app!

Last Thursday afternoon part of the Zooma team went to Alkmaar for some sim racing at RaceSquare Alkmaar. In a hyper-realistic F1 simulator we competed against each other and for a moment we felt like real racing drivers. Well, some of us did. Others drove around as if they were in the bumper cars at the fun fair :-)