Datenna

Datenna
Type	Private (B.V.)
ISIN	🆔
Industry	Data intelligence
Founded 📆	May 2017; 9 years ago in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Founders 👔	Jaap van Etten; Edward Brinkmann;
Headquarters 🏙️	, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Area served 🗺️	Worldwide
Key people	Jaap van Etten (CEO); Edward Brinkmann (Chief Innovation Officer); Inge Bryan (Chair);
Products 📟	Datenna Online; Research; Entity Screening; Bulk Data; API;
Members
Number of employees
🌐 Website	datenna.com
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Datenna is a Dutch data intelligence platform company offering information services on China for investment screening, export control, supply chain and procurement, corporate risk and compliance, and defence and military intelligence. The company is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Datenna collects and structures primary-source Chinese-language data, including corporate registries, procurement records, patent filings and government publications, to map ownership structures, state connections, technology activities and procurement relationships of Chinese entities.^[1]^[2] Its services are aimed at government, defence, compliance and corporate users and cover areas such as investment screening, export control, supply chain and procurement risk, corporate risk and compliance, and defence and military intelligence.^[2] The company also conducts research on European acquisitions by Chinese investors.^[1]

History

Datenna was founded in 2017 by Jaap van Etten and Edward Brinkmann. Van Etten had previously worked as a Dutch diplomat, serving as a Science and Technology Attaché at the Dutch embassy in Beijing before launching the company.^[1]^[2]

Datenna received proof of concept funding (a soft loan) from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Dutch government, in 2017.^[3]

In 2020, Datenna research showed that the "Chinese government has a stake in 53% of Swiss companies acquired by Chinese firms since 2010." The Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) in the Swiss acquisitions "is either part of the Chinese government, or the Chinese government has a substantial stake in the acquiring company but not a controlling one."^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

In February 2025, Alex Younger, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), joined the company's advisory board.^[9]

As of 2026, Datenna reported that its platform covered more than 50 million companies, over 200 million persons, more than 45 million patents, over 10 million procurement records, some 27,000 research institutes and more than 800,000 research projects, alongside data on shareholders, investments, trademarks and blacklists.^[10]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Bermingham, Finbarr (2024-03-31). "The Dutch software company that could shape EU-China relations for decades". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "About Us". Datenna. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
↑ "Automated Chinese Industry Data". Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
↑ Vlaskamp, Marije (12 October 2020). "De lange arm van Beijing: Europese bedrijven in Chinese staatshanden, zonder dat ze het weten" (in Nederlands). DPG Media B.V. de Volkskrant.
↑ "More than half of Chinese acquisitions in Switzerland have state fingerprint". swissinfo.ch. 24 November 2020.
↑ Zaugg, Julie (23 November 2020). "L'ombre de Pékin plane sur les investissements chinois en Suisse". Le Temps.
↑ Brooke, James (2 October 2020). "Friday, October 2". Ukraine Media Group. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Wiersma, Jelte (1 October 2020). "Nederlands onderzoek: Chinese staatsbedrijven kopen in het geheim Europese bedrijven" (in Nederlands). ONE Business bv / New Skool Media.
↑ "Datenna Welcomes Sir Alex Younger, Former Chief of MI6, as Advisory Board Member". www.prnewswire.com. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
↑ "Our Data". Datenna. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Bermingham, Finbarr (2024-03-31). "The Dutch software company that could shape EU-China relations for decades". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[about-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "About Us". Datenna. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

[govnl-3] "Automated Chinese Industry Data". Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[mvdla-4] Vlaskamp, Marije (12 October 2020). "De lange arm van Beijing: Europese bedrijven in Chinese staatshanden, zonder dat ze het weten" (in Nederlands). DPG Media B.V. de Volkskrant.

[swinfo-5] "More than half of Chinese acquisitions in Switzerland have state fingerprint". swissinfo.ch. 24 November 2020.

[jzpekin-6] Zaugg, Julie (23 November 2020). "L'ombre de Pékin plane sur les investissements chinois en Suisse". Le Temps.

[jbumg-7] Brooke, James (2 October 2020). "Friday, October 2". Ukraine Media Group. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[jwno-8] Wiersma, Jelte (1 October 2020). "Nederlands onderzoek: Chinese staatsbedrijven kopen in het geheim Europese bedrijven" (in Nederlands). ONE Business bv / New Skool Media.

[9] "Datenna Welcomes Sir Alex Younger, Former Chief of MI6, as Advisory Board Member". www.prnewswire.com. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[data-10] "Our Data". Datenna. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

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