About Us
About Us
Cowork.Tools is a joint initiative of The European Coworking Assembly and Velvet Platform.
As founders of Cowork.Tools we share a drive to create innovative solutions enabling freelancers, small businesses, and medium businesses to grow and do business at a professional level, without having to change the unique personal character that makes them who they are.
We are part of a community of companies registered across the globe, working together towards one common goal. We seek to provide transparent, trustworthy and financially efficient compliance services to those challenging the status quo.
More Cowork.Tools and services are coming…As we are working together on many levels, intending to deliver more possibilities and more exceptional service to our shared communities of alliance and ecosystem professionals.
Cowork.Tools is a joint initiative of The European Coworking Assembly and Velvet Platform.
Cowork.Tools is a joint initiative of The European Coworking Assembly and Velvet Platform.
As founders of Cowork.Tools we share a drive to create innovative solutions enabling freelancers, small businesses, and medium businesses to grow and do business at a professional level, without having to change the unique personal character that makes them who they are.
We are part of a community of companies registered across the globe, working together towards one common goal – to provide transparent, trustworthy and financial and compliances services to those challenging the status quo.
More Cowork.Tools are coming, as we are working together on many levels, intending to deliver more possibilities and more exceptional service to our shared communities of alliance and ecosystem professionals.
Partners involved in Cowork.Tools
Meet the Team
Jeannine (Marlar) van der Linden
Jeannine van der Linden is principal of the European Coworking Assembly, Managing Partner of Open Coworking, and founder of De Kamer, a collaborative coworking community with eight locations in the Netherlands for small business, non-profits, cultural and arts organisations, who seek to drive the economic engine with the new fuels: collaboration, communication, community. She is also trained as an American lawyer.
Julia Reider
Julia Reider whose genius for combining human-centred customer service with rigorous protocols is the centre of our GDPR module is DPO at Evolution Gaming and DPO consultant at Velvet Platform. She is also a mentor for New Door, the International Social Entrepreneurship accelerator and co-owner of Koshermann’s Organics.
Bernie J Mitchell
Bernie J Mitchell is a connected and resourceful part of the team with a strong dedication to business development.
Marketing runs deep within Bernie’s veins and it has been for the past 20 years.
He has years of experience with podcasting, blogging and email communication to ensure the right message is conveyed.
It all started for him when he needed people to make use of a coworking space in London in 2010, people weren’t all that familiar with the scene. Now that coworking is growing, he has his hands full.
Bernie loves hosting events and recording podcasts to connect people.
He knows what it takes to create a solid brand image and sees the opportunity in every business.
He is dedicated to ensuring the right message is conveyed and has strong support for all entrepreneurs, startups and ‘independent economic agents’ as he likes to say!
Alex Zelinsky
Alex Zelinsky is a developer-turned-serial entrepreneur, currently developing the blockchain-powered transaction platform — Velvet Platform to ease cross-border transactions to make them more transparent, trustworthy, cheaper, and more accessible. He has created over 10 different businesses with varying degrees of success.
“I can say with certainty that I know at least 15 ways not to run a business, but even more how you can. My passion is finance, my hard skills are in tech, and if anything can be automated, I’ll make sure it is. In my opinion, life is too short to do manual work. “
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Our Services
GDPR compliance
The GDPR compliance tool automates the generation of documents and policies and the updating of them as regulations change.
It ensures GDPR compliance for your website and public-facing online presence, your employees and contractors, and your vendors within and without the EU, as well as breach procedures and reporting requirements.
Block money laundering, online fraud, and terrorism financing
For the AML/KYC tool, we are pleased and proud to have been joined by SumSub, dedicated to providing gold standard support to compliance and anti-fraud teams who fight money laundering, terrorist financing and online fraud while keeping in mind that the customer relationship and experience is at the heart of every single thing a business does.
Payment Tool – Velvet Platform
The design of our payment tool brings transparency, reliability, speed, and worldwide service in mind. Based on the smart contract, it enables small and microbusinesses to transact with people all over the world quickly and safely without the need to bring in a small army of professionals or deal with a boatload of paperwork.