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“Dutch-founded, Dutch-controlled — running on a US cloud.”

Operating HQ
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
where it's run
Legal domicile
🇳🇱 Netherlands
where it's incorporated
Founded
2004
Employees
~1,145
2024 revenue
€214M
Merchants
250,000+
68/100
Sovereign: Almost
Control ↑
82
Data →
53

68 = midpoint of Control 82 & Data 53

ConfidenceHigh (80%)

Sovereignty Quadrant

Control ↑ who owns & governs the company  ·  Data → where your data lives. Every dot is a company — click to open it.

Where your data lives → Who controls the company → 7 companies · fully non-EU (0/0) TikTok — Data 32, Control 24 Google — Data 16, Control 14 Youtube — Data 14, Control 16 Ionos — Data 90, Control 90 Disneyplus — Data 16, Control 12 Telegram — Data 34, Control 14 Carrefour — Data 100, Control 32 Corriere — Data 100, Control 100 Microsoft — Data 26, Control 14 Amazon — Data 14, Control 10 Amazon — Data 66, Control 0 Reddit — Data 14, Control 10 Netflix — Data 24, Control 20 LinkedIn — Data 14, Control 16 Reuters — Data 26, Control 0 Pinterest — Data 12, Control 12 Discord — Data 16, Control 20 AliExpress — Data 18, Control 12 Twitch — Data 18, Control 16 Samsung — Data 62, Control 4 Canva — Data 24, Control 20 Spotify — Data 30, Control 68 Apple — Data 16, Control 16 GitHub — Data 16, Control 10 Uber — Data 16, Control 16 Salesforce — Data 20, Control 14 Deepl — Data 70, Control 78 Airbnb — Data 18, Control 18 Shopify — Data 18, Control 18 Mastercard — Data 36, Control 16 Dropbox — Data 14, Control 10 HubSpot — Data 24, Control 10 Notion — Data 22, Control 16 Stripe — Data 30, Control 30 Zalando — Data 52, Control 88 Figma — Data 18, Control 10 SAP SE — Data 68, Control 78 Atlassian — Data 18, Control 18 Proton — Data 72, Control 54 Miro — Data 100, Control 44 Klarna — Data 44, Control 42 Ecosia — Data 60, Control 92 Zoom — Data 20, Control 14 Adyen — Data 84, Control 84 GitLab — Data 26, Control 14 Slack — Data 14, Control 20 Hetzner — Data 84, Control 96 Deezer — Data 62, Control 66 Typeform — Data 100, Control 52 OVHcloud — Data 82, Control 94 Tutanota — Data 100, Control 100 BlaBlaCar — Data 54, Control 76 Qwant — Data 56, Control 88 Bitwarden — Data 28, Control 20 Contentful — Data 34, Control 48 Personio — Data 34, Control 58 Ikea — Data 34, Control 100 Whatsapp — Data 14, Control 12 Instagram — Data 28, Control 22 X — Data 14, Control 16 Avast — Data 60, Control 0 Paypal — Data 24, Control 32 Kaspersky — Data 56, Control 0 Dailymotion — Data 100, Control 74 Snapchat — Data 12, Control 14 Worldline — Data 64, Control 80 53 82 Mollie
Mollie — verified peers — automated estimate (0–50 pillars, normalized)

Every number below traces to 12 sourced facts across 11 independent sources, last verified 2026-06-12. 3 open questions hold confidence at 80% — they lower confidence, never the score.

Control ↑

Who legally and economically controls the company

82/100
6 facts · 6 sources · mixed confidence
Legal & Jurisdiction
90

Incorporated and operated in the Netherlands as Mollie B.V., authorized and supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as an electronic money institution, with EEA passporting. Fully within EU legal reach and enforceability — the textbook EU-incorporated, EU-operating case. Slightly short of 100 only because parts of operations now span the UK (GoCardless acquisition pending) and data processing can reach outside the EEA.

Why 90? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
Mollie B.V., KvK 30204462, Keizersgracht 126, Amsterdam

Legal entity incorporated in Amsterdam

Mollie Impressum / legal · as of 2026-06-12

DNB-authorized electronic money institution, relation no. F0038

Regulated as an EMI by the Dutch central bank

De Nederlandsche Bank public register · as of 2026-06-12

Activities passported to all 30 EEA member states

Passported across the EEA

TheBanks.eu EMI profile · as of 2026-06-12

Control & Ownership
74

Voting control sits squarely in the EU: Dutch founder Adriaan Mol still owns well over 50% and explicitly states external shareholders do not control the company. That keeps both voting AND a majority of economics in Dutch hands. The drag is a large US-investor minority (Blackstone, TCV, General Atlantic, Alkeon, HMI) holding meaningful economics, plus EU EQT — so non-EU economic interests are significant though minority. Private, no foreign listing.

Why 74? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
Adriaan Mol (Dutch) owns 'well over 50%'

Founder retains majority ownership and control

Sifted interview with Adriaan Mol · as of 2026-06-12

Blackstone, TCV, General Atlantic, EQT, Alkeon, HMI

Minority backed by mostly-US growth investors

TechCrunch (Series C $800M at $6.5B) · as of 2021-06-22

Private; last valuation ~$6.5B (2021)

Private company, no public listing

PYMNTS · as of 2021

Data →

Where your data lives and who can reach it

53/100
6 facts · 5 sources · mixed confidence
Data & Infrastructure
32

Mollie migrated its core platform to Google Cloud — GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud CDN, Cloud DNS, Cloud Load Balancing — i.e. a US hyperscaler. The company states data sits in European data centers under EU jurisdiction, which is genuine data-residency mitigation, but the provider is US-owned, so CLOUD Act / US-law reach is not eliminated. Mollie's own privacy policy concedes some personal data is processed outside the EEA under Standard Contractual Clauses. Scored in the 'EU regions on a US hyperscaler' band, not EU-owned infra.

Why 32? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud CDN/DNS/LB

Core platform runs on Google Cloud (US hyperscaler)

Google Cloud Mollie case study · as of 2026-06-12

Transfers outside EEA via EU Standard Contractual Clauses

Some data processed outside the EEA under SCCs

Mollie Privacy Statement · as of 2026-06-12

Payment data stored/processed in European data centers

Stated European data-residency posture

Financial IT · as of 2026-06-12

Operations & People
84

Deeply EU-centered operations: Amsterdam HQ, Dutch founder-chair, Dutch CEO (Koen Köppen), workforce of ~1,145 across European offices, EUR-denominated financials, and a customer base of 250,000+ businesses serving the European market. Below 90 only because of growing UK footprint (GoCardless) and international leadership hires.

Why 84? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
CEO Koen Köppen; Chair Eli Leenaars; HQ Amsterdam

Amsterdam HQ, Dutch leadership

Silicon Canals (CEO appointment) · as of 2026-06-12

~1,145 employees; €214M 2024 revenue (EUR)

Workforce and financials are euro/EU-based

Mollie 2024 financial results · as of 2024

250,000+ businesses across Europe

Europe-focused customer base

Mollie 2024 financial results · as of 2024

Aligned to the EU Commission’s official Cloud Sovereignty Framework (SEAL, Jun 2026) →

What we don’t know 3 open questions — they lower confidence, never the score
  • ?

    Which exact Google Cloud regions host Mollie's production data, and is any of it europe-region-only?

    Determines how strong the EU data-residency claim really is; the Google Cloud case study does not name regions.

  • ?

    What is the precise post-Series-C cap table — Mol's exact percentage and the US investors' combined economic stake?

    Founder majority is well-sourced but the exact economic split (and any preferred/voting rights for investors) affects the ownership score.

  • ?

    Will the pending GoCardless acquisition (announced Dec 2025, expected close mid-2026) shift operational or data center-of-gravity toward the UK?

    Could lower the operations/legal scores if significant functions and data move outside the EU.

EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework lens

SEAL-style mapping is approximate: the framework is designed for cloud providers, so this is an analogous read of Mollie's sovereignty posture, not a certification.

Strategic

Dutch-founded, founder-controlled, explicitly positioned as a European payments champion.

strong

Legal & jurisdictional

Incorporated in NL, DNB-regulated EMI, fully within EU legal reach; EEA-passported.

strong

Data & AI

Core platform on Google Cloud (US); EU-residency claimed but some processing leaves EEA under SCCs.

weak

Operational

Amsterdam HQ, Dutch leadership, EUR financials, European workforce and customer base.

strong

Supply chain

Key dependencies are US-controlled vendors (Google Cloud, Ekata by Mastercard for screening).

moderate

Technological

Modern cloud-native stack but built on a US hyperscaler rather than EU-owned infrastructure.

moderate

Security & compliance

Regulated financial institution under DNB; safeguards customer funds via Stichting; GDPR controller.

strong

Environmental sustainability

No primary-source data reviewed on Mollie's energy or sustainability footprint.

not assessed
EU alternatives
🇳🇱 Adyen adyen.com EU-controlled

Amsterdam-based, Euronext-listed, holds its own EU banking license and runs its own payments infrastructure — a deeper-sovereignty Dutch peer.

🇫🇷 Worldline worldline.com with caveats

Large French/EU payments group, Euronext Paris-listed; strong EU footing but has faced financial and governance turbulence.

🇮🇹 Nexi nexi.it with caveats

Italy-headquartered, Borsa Italiana-listed European paytech; EU-controlled but with mixed international infrastructure dependencies.

How the method works

Methodology v2 (provisional): the score is the midpoint of two axes — Control (who owns and governs the company) and Data (where your data lives and who can reach it). Each axis is scored only on verified evidence; unknowns reduce confidence, never the score. Every input below is sourced; the weights and judgments are open to challenge.

Spotted an error? Every claim is sourced — challenge it and we correct the record.
  • 2026-06-12 — Initial golden profile, authored from primary sources (human + AI review).

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