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Jeroen van Welsenes

Amsterdam creative engineer building LaunchPanda and Learn Farsi toward $10K MRR

About Jeroen van Welsenes

Jeroen van Welsenes is a creative engineer, game designer and entrepreneur based in Amsterdam. He founded Sidequest, which builds games that teach complex topics to companies and schools, and Welsenes Brothers with his brother Thomas, a solo founder in San Francisco.

The brothers build LaunchPanda, which finds every startup directory that fits a tool and stores launch info once so it can be copied everywhere, and Learn Farsi, a free app for learning Persian with lessons, alphabet audio and spaced repetition. Jeroen is building in public toward $10K MRR and his X bio lists LaunchPanda at $2.2K and Learn Farsi at $2K for August 2026, plus about $1K from X.

Products by Jeroen van Welsenes

LaunchPanda logo

LaunchPanda

launchpanda.dev

Finds matching startup directories and stores launch info to submit everywhere.

$2.2K/mo
Learn Farsi logo

Learn Farsi

learnfarsi.app

Free Persian lessons, alphabet audio and spaced-repetition practice on web and mobile.

$2K/mo
Sidequest logo

Sidequest

jeroenvanwelsenes.com

Studio building educational games and gamified workshops for companies and schools.

Revenue

Jeroen van Welsenes has publicly reported ~$5.2K/mo across LaunchPanda, Learn Farsi and X (self-reported) (as of 2026-09). Source

How Jeroen builds

  • Build in public toward a clear revenue goal.
  • Combine game design with learning.

Jeroen van Welsenes FAQ

What does Jeroen van Welsenes build?

With his brother Thomas he builds LaunchPanda and Learn Farsi, and he runs Sidequest, a studio for learning games.

How much does Jeroen van Welsenes make?

His X bio lists about $2.2K from LaunchPanda and $2K from Learn Farsi in August 2026, plus around $1K from X in September.

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