Founded in 2015, KPN Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
KPN Ventures is a corporate venture arm of KPN that aims to partner with technology companies, providing access to capital, expertise, network, and customer channels. It focuses on early growth-stage European companies in networking technology, internet of things, smart home, digital healthcare, cyber security, mobile and video (OTT) services, cloud computing, data, and analytics.
KPN Ventures' investments typically range from €0.5 to 2.5 million for minority stakes, building long-term partnerships, ultimately aiming for external exits, not acquisitions. In their investments, KPN Ventures looks for experienced and diverse teams, products with a competitive advantage and international market potential, sustainability, potential for cooperation with their parent company KPN, commercial traction - defined as €500,000 in revenue - and an attractive deal structure.
KPN Ventures' investments include Wirepas, Cloudify, Cybersprint, Sentiance, SoundEnergy, Sensara, Nello, Actility, CardioSecur, Viloc, SecurityMatters, OPNT, EclecticIQ and Jasper Technologies.
Their exited investments include Jasper Technologies and SecurityMatters.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Jasper Wireless was company focusing on the development of cloud-based software.
Actility is a software company providing low power wide area (LoRaWAN and 3GPP connectivity) network connectivity management.
Cujo AI is a network intelligence software company.
Wirepas Ltd. is a technology company focused on IoT connectivity software development.
Minut is a Scandinavian startup that produces home security software and hardware. Minut's product, Point, analysing sounds and the indoor environment. It can recognise things like alarms, windows breaking, or unexpected activity.
People
Bas Van De Louw
Investment Associate
Herman Kienhuis
Managing Director
Michelangelo Pagliara
Investment Analyst
Robbert Kloosterman
Investment Associate
Samir Ahmad
Investment Manager
Sjoerd Spanjer
Investment Director
