About us

What Informer stands for.

Ensuring that small business owners can always count on accurate accounting, whilst taking into account our social responsibility - that’s what we strive for every day at Informer.

The people

Our Management Team

Meet our founders and current managers.

Remco Frühauf

CEO

Anyone can do their own accounting! I’m convinced of that.

30 years ago, I managed several accounts myself and thought, 'This could be much faster and cheaper, but most importantly: much simpler!' And that remains the core concept of Informer to this day.

Peter Potters

CCO

Supporting small businesses — that's what I stand for, and it's essential. Helping real entrepreneurs succeed, empowering businesses to grow and thrive in the future.

After 25 years in marketing and sales at Unilever, taking on the challenge of contributing to a better world at my own cost and risk has been an absolute joy.

Michael IJspelder

CTO

When someone says, 'It’s not possible,' that’s when I have the most fun! I take on every challenge to make our software better and easier.

Creating things that don’t exist yet and then improving them even further — that’s what drives me.
Remco & Peter

How was Informer founded?

In 1993, CEO Remco Frühauf (right) decided that accounting could be much simpler than it was and launched the offline accounting program Informer.

In 2015, he teamed up with his then-neighbor and now CCO, Peter Potters (left), to take the next step into the online market. Additionally, Remco and Peter shared the same vision when it came to corporate social responsibility — more on that below!

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Taking our social responsibility

Giving back to the less-fortunate

In our daily work, we strive to act as environmentally conscious as possible. We believe that sustainable and socially responsible business practices are a choice. Below are some examples of sustainability at Informer.

Discover more about our B Corp story

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Green energy

We heat and cool our office with a geothermal heat pump that is CO2-neutral, and we use green electricity to power our workspace.

Green office management

We are working towards a paperless office, and when paper is needed, we use FSC®-certified paper. Additionally, we standardize the use of rechargeable batteries and energy-efficient LED lighting.

Green server hosting

Our data center operates with environmentally conscious methods, using only green electricity. This allows us to minimize our energy consumption in line with a sustainable approach.

Green transport

We strongly encourage the use of public transportation by our employees. Our company cars are fully electric, ensuring minimal impact on the environment.
For the people

Attention to our fellow human

At Informer, we aim to go even further as a sustainable company. That’s why we offer our software to any nonprofit organization for FREE.

Additionally, the in-house Informer Foundation receives a percentage of InformerOnline's annual revenue. With this budget, we support projects around the world. For example, we help children in Africa attend school, several wells have been built in Bangladesh and Dutch adolescents with mental disorders are supported in getting their hospitality certificate.

Team building

Attention to our colleagues

Informer follows an inclusive hiring policy where everyone gets a chance. What matters to us is who you are and what you can do — not your name, skin color, or background. We respect everyone for who they are.

In return, we ask each employee to sign our Code of Conduct, which commits us to equality for our fellow humans, social awareness, respectful treatment of our customers, and business integrity.

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30+ years of experience

An impressive history

Our founder, Remco Frühauf, worked as an accountant in his own administrative office in 1993. Using an accounting program on Microsoft DOS, he thought, 'There has to be an easier way!' He found a programmer, and not long after, Informer was born.

Informer’s was established in 1993 with the mission to create simple accounting software, leading to the launch of Informer Account in 1998. This accessible accounting program for Mac and Windows was a success — by 2002, Informer Account was the market leader in Mac accounting software. In a review by the most popular PC magazine in the Netherlands, Informer was also ranked among the top two accounting packages on the market.

Thanks to Remco's Austrian roots, he made the decision in 2017 to bring InformerOnline and its innovations to Austria and Germany.

On to the future

From offline to the cloud

The market for accounting software has changed significantly since 1993, as the world of accounting has made its move to the cloud. In 2014, we launched our online accounting program, InformerOnline, incorporating new technologies and offering even more benefits for our users. Despite these advancements, our mission remains the same: to make accounting as simple as possible for entrepreneurs.

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