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At Eli5, we accelerate business and society. From building digital products that help global banks save hundreds of millions in regulatory fines to empowering illiterate individuals to navigate written language, all things we build at Eli5 make significant impact.
Taking you from napkin sketch to mature product.
Our core pillars

The three fundmental pillars of Eli5

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Product

We go beyond software development. Building products is in our DNA. From ideation and validation to growing your user base and strategizing your next big move, it's the product mindset that sets Eli5 apart from the rest.

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Design

Going further than aesthetics. For us, it's about creating an intuitive and engaging user interface that people love to use. We combine creativity with data-driven design principles to ensure an aesthetically pleasing, user-friendly, on-brand output.

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Engineering

Engineering is the powerhouse of Eli5. Our multidisciplinary team builds the smoothest user interfaces, most robust and scalable backend systems, and can take on the most technically complex trajectories.

Our Clients

We believe strong partnerships, an accelerative mindset, and our rigorous work ethic can move mountains.

Our team

A humble bunch, driven to accelerate business and society.  

Wes Botman
CEO
Marc Meyer
CCO
Kishan Chamman
CTO
André de Waard
Head of UI Development
Viktoras Dimtsas
Head of Backend Engineering
Our value

In a world overrun by digital noise and pessimists, we stand for acceleration and building products that do good instead of sell more. We solve problems, uncover new opportunities on the bleeding edge of tech, and always deliver results that make business and society thrive.

Hidde Hovenkamp
Founder Pacmed

“Eli5’s rapid prototyping and user validation approach allowed us to bring our innovative healthcare solution, Pacmed, to life in record time. Their ability to turn our vision into a fully functional product in just a matter of weeks was nothing short of impressive.”

Bart Zirschky
Founder A-Insights

“Eli5 has built a great software application for A-Insights and their backend team has helped automating processes that streamlined our internal operations. Their user-centered approach has created a visually stunning and intuitive product for our customers.”

Eric Kickert
CEO Peecho

“Eli5’s design thinking approach helped us uncover the core of our business and turn it into a visually stunning, highly functional digital product that exceeded our expectations.”

About Eli5
Our philosophy

We strip away the noise and the unnecessary, transforming ideas into intuitive and simple digital products. This ethos touches everything we do.

Our philosophy isn't about dumbing down, it's about enlightenment - from shining light on opportunities that might otherwise remain unseen to helping our clients understand what we are doing and why we are doing it. It's in the name, Eli5. Reddit slang for "Explain it Like I'm 5". By harnessing simplicity, we create products that are not just easy to understand, but ones that bring genuine value and transformation to businesses and societies around the world.