Polpo
Brussels, BE · Founded 2017 · 22 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Polpo is a political monitoring platform that uses artificial intelligence to aggregate news and political information from multiple sources. It serves government relations professionals, public affairs teams, and organizations tracking political developments in Europe.
Founders & leadership
Polpo was founded in 2017 by Caspar Pille, Johan van Zaanen, and Desmin Dekker.
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Johan van ZaanenCo-Founder | CCOJohan van Zaanen holds an MBA in business administration and has worked in consultancy and text mining solutions. He is co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Polpo, a political monitoring platform that uses artificial intelligence to track news and political information for government relations professionals in Europe.
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Desmin DekkerCo-Founder | CBDODesmin Dekker is co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Polpo, an AI-powered political monitoring platform for European government relations teams. He previously spent 14 years in process optimization and automation, including work on solutions related to the Dutch Public Information Transparency Act.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Polpo do?
- Polpo is a political monitoring platform that uses artificial intelligence to aggregate news and political information from multiple sources. It serves government relations professionals, public affairs teams, and organizations tracking political developments in Europe.
- Who founded Polpo?
- Polpo was founded by Caspar Pille, Johan van Zaanen, Desmin Dekker in 2017.
- Who are Polpo's investors?
- Polpo's investors include CNBB Equity Partners.
- Where is Polpo headquartered?
- Polpo is headquartered in Brussels, BE.

