Googling and checking portals
You find what you search for, on the day you happen to search. Tenders and permits sit public for weeks before anyone on your team types the right words.
Found three weeks too late.Why Modou
Every project runs into something. That is when you call.
A full grid, a nitrogen ruling, a material requirement buried in a specification: something holds up almost every construction and energy project. Modou reads the public documents where that happens and turns the moment it stalls into the reason you call today.
The old way
How teams find opportunities today.
Four ways most teams hear about new business, and why each one hears about it late.
Referrals and word of mouth
The best channel there is, when it happens. You can't plan for it, and your next big project won't wait for a friendly phone call.
You can't schedule luck.Tender newsletters
Everyone on the list gets the same tenders at the same time. Nothing in there knows what you build, what you've already won, or which ones actually fit you.
Same list as your competitors.Expensive prospecting tools
Databases full of companies, not of moments. You still do the digging, and by the time a company shows up in a list, everyone else can see it too.
You pay to hear late.Real opportunities, real output
The opportunities you almost missed.
Before and after, side by side. These are illustrative examples of what Modou finds and writes, built to show you exactly what lands in your feed.
A connection request that just sits on a list, with no clear date.
Grid operators publish congestion reports that state exactly which areas are full and how long a fix will take. One report states that the upgrade of two substations in Utrecht will land two years later than planned, leaving around 27,000 connections on the waiting list. That document is public the day it is published. Almost nobody on a business's own team is checking for it.
HubSpot
Illustrative example
Before Modou
| Name | Status | What happened | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold storage expansion | Application submitted | no update in 4 months | connection pending |
| Business park unit, phase 2 | On the waiting list | never flagged internally | connection pending |
| Workshop and yard relocation | Application submitted | found the congestion report by chance | connection pending |
| Fleet depot upgrade | Not yet applied | unaware the area is congested | connection pending |
4 projects waiting on a connection this quarter, none flagged before the congestion report came out
After Modou
modou07:14Delay flagged early
Modou reads the congestion report the week it is published.
• Substation upgrade in Utrecht: now two years behind schedule, about 27,000 connections affected
• Every business in that area now has a reason to talk: storage, an energy management system or a shared contract with the neighbours
Flagged in your feed with the report, the date, and who at the business park to call.
Congestion delay flagged the week the report came out, not months into a stalled application
Constraints
The constraints your customer is running into today
Every constraint is a reason to call. For each one you can read which documents it shows up in and who is on the hook.
MPG and CO2 targets
Clients are putting steadily tighter environmental and CO2 requirements in their tenders. If you have a product that meets one, you have to be there before the specification closes.
Read moreMaterial requirements
Biobased and circular
Clients are asking for a growing share of biobased or reused material in their tenders and land tenders. That requirement gets written down long before the contractor is chosen.
Read moreGrid congestion
The electricity grid is full across large parts of the Netherlands. Grid operators publish what is still possible per area and who has to wait. Every waiting list is a project looking for a solution.
Read moreNitrogen and AERIUS
A building plan only clears its permit when the nitrogen headroom adds up. That is written down in rulings, decisions and permits, with a date attached.
Read more
You stay in charge
It finds boldly. It acts carefully.
Modou searches everywhere for your next opportunity, and never takes a big step without you.
- Drafts, never surprises
Every first contact starts as a draft waiting for your yes. Nothing goes out without it.
- Everything on record
Everything Modou does sits in your activity log, with what it did, why, and when.
- Every yes teaches it
Each approval and each skip becomes one of your rules, so next week's finds fit you better.
Product demo
School renovation tender, Overijssel (€850k)
Tender closes in 18 days, warm path via an architect you worked with in 2024.
Drafted first email
“Hi Mark, good to cross paths again after the Bouwbeurs. I saw the school renovation in Zwolle...”
Approved. Sent at 09:02. Noted: school projects in this region go to Sanne.
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