[tomputer]

Slightly off topic: this quote from the SEC filing document:

"Immediately prior to the completion of this offering, we intend to change our corporate form from a Dutch private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) into a Dutch public limited company (naamloze vennootschap) and change our corporate name from Elastic B.V. to Elastic N.V."

As far as I know, Elasticsearch has no headquarters or offices in The Netherlands. I assume the company is only registered in The Netherlands for tax avoidance.

If my assumption is true, despite that I like their products, this makes me a little sad.

EDIT: my bad. I missed the tab Europe and Asia. They do seem to have an office in Amsterdam.

[chadash]

> As far as I know, Elasticsearch has no headquarters or offices in The Netherlands.

According to their contact page, their European headquarters are in Amsterdam (https://www.elastic.co/contact), so they do seem to have some kind of presence there. And if you look at their careers page, it seems that most of their engineering team is distributed/remote.

[tomputer]

I edited my post. Missed those tabs. Thanks!

[juliesmith23]

They have a thriving office in Amsterdam. One of my friend works there. Also they are distributed. Their engg team is all over the world.

[whalesalad]

Taxes aren't really relevant when you are losing millions of dollars a year.

[mprev]

Even just checking the Contact Us page would show you they have their European HQ in the Netherlands. They’ve had a long history in the country.

[tschellenbach]

Founder is Dutch, big chunk of the team is as well, they definitely have an office in Amsterdam. Also, what taxes? They are losing money :)

[tthisk]

Isn’t the founder from the Netherlands? I’m fairly sure they also have a small office in Amsterdam, but most of their engineering is done by people working remotely.

[dvirsky]

No, he's Israeli, and Elastic started when he lived here. I don't think they have offices in Israel which is atypical.

[tschellenbach]

One of them is Dutch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenschuurman/

[Jdam]

Be sad at your politicians. They allow for it. This tax avoidance scheme is known for years now and nobody takes action, so it must be okay for them.

And as a public company, it is your obligation to not spend more money on tax than you are legally obliged to, unless you’re doing charity.

[icebraining]

And as a public company, it is your obligation to not spend more money on tax than you are legally obliged to

[citation needed]