The founders of Peaks

Rutger, Tom & Sijbrand

Rutger has been an IT architect for 15 years and has been specialised in building finance apps for almost a decade. So of course he knows all the ins and outs of the Peaks app and how to provide leadership and direction to our development team.
Tom is an avid investor who has been investing ever since he was 16 years old, and has worked in the investment world for over fifteen years. He always knows what’s happening on the market and how it influences Peaks accounts (including his own!).
Sijbrand has the talent to imagine and realise the wildest ideas, including the Peaks app! The creative mind behind Peaks always finds new ways to make investing easier and more fun.

What’s important for us

Everyone can invest
With Peaks investing is no longer difficult and inaccessible. With our app everyone can invest.
transparency
We are open. About the costs, the risks and where your money is invested - that is to say companies with a sustainable agenda.
A convenient app
You choose yourself how often and how much you want to deposit, for how long and how risky. It’s your money and your Peaks-account.

The foundations of Peaks

Investment license: Peaks is an investment company founded in 2016 by Tom Arends, Rutger Beens and Sijbrand Tieleman. It is licensed and supervised by the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (AFM). Together we ensure transparency and the protection of our (potential) customers. We only use your data for purposes you have agreed to - for example in the app or on the website. Furthermore, your money is not managed by Peaks, but through Stichting Derdengelden Peaks, a foundation that ensures you can always access your money - even if something happens to the company.

Invest your spare change: Peaks has its roots in the Old Dutch ‘piekenpijp’ - an old-fashioned coin tube for spare change which made saving money easy. Slowly but surely the tube would fill up with more money, ready to be raided for a rainy day or a nice treat. As with the original coin tube, Peaks makes it easy to set aside your spare change. By transferring it directly from your bank account to an investment account - where it can build up interest - it’s made even easier and more worthwhile. Like a coin tube 2.0.

Every cent counts: Here at Peaks we are convinced that wealth can start with just one cent. As the saying goes: “a penny saved is a penny earned”. That’s why we want to make saving those pennies (or cents) as easy as possible. With a little interest they might even grow into a fortune.

What’s important for us