History

Our shared culture

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Time can tell

1978

Jan Baan founded Baan Company

Start of what was to become a $680 million company in 1998 and the number 2 player in the world around enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

1998

Becoming a venture capitalist

Jan Baan as early investor in WebEx Communications (acquired by Cisco Systems for $3 billion) & TopTier (sold to SAP for $400 million).

2001

Start of Cordys

Offering a leading enterprise business process management (BPM) and integration platform, acquired by OpenText.

2009

Start of Vanenburg Software

Focus on building innovative ERP solutions.

2012

Partnership with Google Cloud

Adoption of Google Cloud Platform and start of rapid application development tooling and no-code apps & workflows platform on Google Cloud.

2021

Expansion to France

Agent to build out Vanenburg presence in France.

2022

Launch of Rappit Developer

High productivity coding on Google Cloud Platform.

2023

Vanenburg promoted to Google Cloud Premier Partner

Achieving the Premier Partner status in Google Cloud, Vanenburg proved the breadth and depth of its expertise in Google Cloud.

2024

Vanenburg rebrands to Rappit

Name change marks a new era in the company’s evolution, emphasizing product focus and international growth.