About Brandsportive · Amsterdam

The deal is only good when sport comes first.

We connect NTOs, events, brands and athletes around a sporting moment that matters to all four.

Crowd in a race start zone
Race day
Athlete approaching a floodlit finish line
Trail runner on a ridge at dawn
Trail

Our point of view

Start with the sporting reason. Build the commercial case around it.

A race already has tension, place and an audience. The right partnership adds commercial value without flattening what made the event worth following.

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One clear sporting context.

02

The right athlete for the discipline and market.

03

A useful role for every commercial party.

People

Two people. One accountable team.

Brandsportive is led by Bas van der Werf and Jamie Jongman.

Bas van der Werf

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Bas van der Werf

Co-founder

HYROX races
5×
Companies acquired
2
Building companies
10 yrs

Half marathons. Full marathons. A half Ironman. Five HYROX races. The Maratona dles Dolomites. I know what an athlete goes through before the finish line, and what a brand gets to borrow from that moment.

Off the course, I've spent the past decade building and scaling companies, from legal tech to brand protection. Two of them were acquired. My sweet spot is the commercial side: opening new markets, building partnerships and closing deals that work for everyone at the table.

Brandsportive brings both worlds together. Sport first, then the deal. See you at the start line.

Jamie Jongman standing on snow holding a pair of skis

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Jamie Jongman

Co-founder

Marathon PR
3:27
Skyrace climb
2,000 m
Media & marketing
5 yrs

For five years I’ve worked where sport meets storytelling. At LINDA.foundation we packed 6,000 gift boxes for families in a single day. Today I’m on the editorial desk at Runner’s World, writing the race stories readers actually finish.

I write from the start corral, not the press room. Two Amsterdam Marathons, with a 3:27 PR the second time round. The Skyrace des Matheysins, 25 km and 2,000 metres of climbing in the French Alps. HYROX training in between, skis once the snow falls. And a few injuries that taught me the comeback is often the better story.

At Brandsportive I make sure every partnership has a story worth following, for the athlete, the destination and the brand.

The work should feel native to the event,
Trail runners on a skyrace ridge
not added after it.

Bring us the event, market or commercial question.