Lucend

Netherlands - Amsterdam, North Holland

• 27/01/2026
• Seed
• $3,300,000

Lucend is a global technology company advancing Human-led Operational Intelligence through Transparent AI. Formerly known as Coolgradient, Lucend helps enterprises illuminate complex operational environments, empowering people to make smarter, faster, and more confident decisions. Lucend’s platform takes existing sensor data from data centers and analyzes connections across 300 billion sensor readings, providing prescriptive recommendations that operators can review and approve, ensuring human oversight and trust.

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Jasper de VriesCo Founder

Netherlands - Amsterdam Area

I've initiated, managed and implemented numerous digital, data science and data analytics companies, products, projects and teams for over 20 years. Having worked in markets like technology, e-commerce, insurance, health, pharma, retail (food & fashion) and banking ánd across numerous areas, most notably engineering, marketing, customer success, recruitment, IT, finance, operations and supply chain.

Being a very analytical and creative thinker, I'm continuously connecting dots between business needs, technologies, people and both micro and macro events. Resulting in new products, innovative opportunities, clear roadmaps, effective implementations and solid solutions.

I present my views and results on a regular basis during meeting in The Netherlands and abroad.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasperdevries/