--- title: "Visions Connected: from startup to exit — Sping Digital Lab" source: "https://sping.nl/en/insights/visions-connected-from-startup-to-exit/" --- 1. [Home ](https://sping.nl/en/)/ 2. [Blog ](https://sping.nl/en/insights/)/ 3. Visions Connected: from startup to exit 2 minutes to read # Visions Connected: from startup to exit Sping Ventures celebrated a decade-long partnership with VisionsConnected, witnessing its evolution from startup to acquisition by Avedon Capital Partners in 2017. ![Sping Ventures celebrated a decade-long partnership with VisionsConnected, witnessing its evolution from startup to acquisition by Avedon Capital Partners in 2017.](https://sping.nl/images/posts/visions-connected-van-startup-tot-exit/00-sping_art_visionsconnected.jpg) 10 years ago, Sping (Ventures) became a shareholder in VisionsConnected and witnessed the complete journey from startup to acquisition. ## Specialists in audiovisual, videoconferencing and collaboration solutions join forces Amsterdam and Stavanger, September 14, 2017 — Avedon Capital Partners announced the acquisition of Viju and VisionsConnected. The ambition was to merge the two companies into a leading global player in visual collaboration, specializing in the design, installation, maintenance, and support of physical and virtual meeting environments. The combined company serves businesses and institutions in the public sector across more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Amsterdam and operations throughout EMEA, the United States, and the Asia Pacific region. A new brand identity reflecting the evolution of both companies was expected to be introduced in early 2018. ## Also a success story for Sping This acquisition represented a significant success for Sping’s expertise in startups and venture participation. Beyond software and business development, this demonstrated Sping’s commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation. Throughout the decade, Sping supported VisionsConnected through product development, custom software engineering, research and development, and innovations in web and video technology. Following the acquisition, Sping remained involved as a partner for software development and ongoing innovation initiatives. Jeroen Verdonk, director of Sping Ventures, reflected on the partnership: “It has been a wonderful adventure to help build VisionsConnected into the leading player it is today.” * [Startup](https://sping.nl/en/tag/startup/) * [Ventures](https://sping.nl/en/tag/ventures/) * [Exit](https://sping.nl/en/tag/exit/) * [Softwaredevelopment](https://sping.nl/en/tag/softwaredevelopment/) Share: [Back to blog](https://sping.nl/en/insights/) ## Related posts [View all posts »](https://sping.nl/en/insights/) [![The pension choices nobody reads, solved with a personal video](https://sping.nl/images/posts/persoonlijke-pensioenvideos/00-persoonlijke-pensioenvideos.png)](https://sping.nl/en/insights/personalised-pension-videos/) ### [The pension choices nobody reads, solved with a personal video](https://sping.nl/en/insights/personalised-pension-videos/) The new Dutch pension system gives people more choices with bigger consequences. But almost nobody reads the letters that explain them. We built a proof of concept that turns that explanation into a personal video. [![From CMS to AI agent — how we reinvented our website](https://sping.nl/images/posts/van-cms-naar-ai-agent/00-cms-ai-agent.png)](https://sping.nl/en/insights/from-cms-to-ai-agent/) ### [From CMS to AI agent — how we reinvented our website](https://sping.nl/en/insights/from-cms-to-ai-agent/) For years, Sping ran its website on a CMS. Practical, but limiting. We dropped it — and discovered that an AI agent is a better content manager than we ever were ourselves. [![How we built a voice assistant that actually delivers](https://sping.nl/images/posts/hoe-we-een-voice-assistant-maakten-die-echt-iets-kan/00-blog-voice-assistant-maken.jpg)](https://sping.nl/en/insights/how-we-built-a-voice-assistant-that-actually-delivers/) ### [How we built a voice assistant that actually delivers](https://sping.nl/en/insights/how-we-built-a-voice-assistant-that-actually-delivers/) Sping combined OpenAI's Realtime API with WebRTC and HubSpot CRM into a voice assistant that executes complex CRM actions faster than humans could perform them manually. [![How we learned to trust our AI assistant](https://sping.nl/images/posts/hoe-we-leerden-onze-ai-assistent-te-vertrouwen/00-blog-ai-assistent-vertrouwen.jpg)](https://sping.nl/en/insights/how-we-learned-to-trust-our-ai-assistant/) ### [How we learned to trust our AI assistant](https://sping.nl/en/insights/how-we-learned-to-trust-our-ai-assistant/) Sping built a sales assistant that challenged our assumptions about AI autonomy — and revealed that trust in algorithms works much like trust in human colleagues: through context and dialogue, not rigid rules.