About KPN Ventures

KPN Ventures is the venturing arm of KPN, The Netherlands’ leading telecom & ICT company. We focus on early growth-stage investments (series A, B & C) in European and US high growth companies in the segments depicted on the right side. Our investments typically range from 1 to 5 million euro for minority stakes, building long-term partnerships, ultimately aiming for external exits, not acquisitions.

 

Our key investment criteria are: experienced and diverse team, innovative product with unique competitive advantage, international market potential, sustainability, potential for cooperation with KPN,  commercial traction (€1M revenues) and attractive deal structure.

 

We aim to build value-creating partnerships with innovative European or US-based technology companies, accelerating innovation and growth by providing access to capital, industry expertise, technical infrastructure, professional network and channels to customers.

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Industry Expertise

Get support from experts in the field of telecommunications, networking technology, cloud computing, cyber security, data & analytics, sales, marketing, finance, legal & regulatory, patents, etc.

Infrastructure

Build your business on high quality communication infrastructure, including KPN’s high quality communication networks for voice, messaging, data and IOT, its data-centers, cloud hosting and communication, security and data services, e.g. through API’s.

Channels to Customers & Industry Network

Get access to KPN’s customer base of millions of residential customers and hundreds of thousands of business customers in The Netherlands and abroad, its large industry network of global tech suppliers and partners, and KPN Ventures’ international network of investors.

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STARTUP EVENTS VISITED LAST YEAR

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BUSINESS PLANS SCREENED

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PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

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our portfolio

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  • Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Services
  • Connected Home
  • Cyber Security
  • Data & Analytics
  • Digital Health
  • Exit
  • fund-in-fund
  • Internet of Things
  • Networking Technology
  • Sustainability Technology

  • Collaborating with KPN Ventures was one of the best decisions we did when starting ZecOps. KPN Ventures have been a tremendous partner to ZecOps. From just being there to support us all the way to full partnership, I highly recommend anyone to work with KPN Ventures

    Zuk Avraham, co-founder and CEO ZecOps - www.zecops.com

  • KPN's approach to startups enablement, and the business value they have provided to Cloudify during and after the investment process was priceless to us. They are agile and fast to respond, and we are fortunate to have them as our partner

    Ariel Dan, CEO Cloudify - www.cloudify.com

  • KPN Ventures moves quickly, executes on their promises and are genuinely a great partner to build visionary businesses with.

    Daniel F. Jahn, Co-Founder Nello - www.nello.io

  • KPN Ventures gave us access to in-depth knowledge of IoT technology and supported us with operating experience to build a solid company infrastructure. Besides that, KPN Ventures took the lead in investment rounds when additional investment was needed which gave us the opportunity to focus on the global expansion instead of raising new funding.

    Gerben van der Kamp, CEO Viloc - www.viloc.eu

MEET THE TEAM
Hans
Söhngen
Managing Director
Sem
Alberga
Investment Director
Thomas
Ausema
Investment Manager
Emmarique
Delahaije
Investment Manager
Lotte
Witbreuk
Investment Associate
Benjamin
de Dobbelaere
Investment Analyst