KPN Ventures

KPN Ventures, established in 2015 and headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, serves as the corporate venture arm of KPN. The firm focuses on partnering with early growth-stage technology companies across Europe, particularly in sectors such as networking technology, internet of things, smart home solutions, digital healthcare, cyber security, mobile and video services, cloud computing, and data analytics. KPN Ventures aims to support these companies by offering access to capital, industry expertise, and valuable networks, thereby facilitating their growth and innovation in the telecommunications and ICT landscape.

Samir Ahmad

Investment Manager

Sem Alberga

Investment Director

Emmarique Delahaije

Investment Associate

Robbert Kloosterman

Investment Associate

Bas Van De Louw

Investment Associate

Sjoerd Spanjer

Investment Director

Hans Söhngen

Managing Director

26 past transactions

Perlego

Venture Round in 2023
Perlego is an eBook subscription service based in London, England, that provides unlimited access to a vast collection of academic and professional titles. Founded in 2016, the company has established partnerships with over 2,600 publishers, offering more than 400,000 eBooks and publications. Its mission is to enhance the accessibility and affordability of learning materials for students and professionals globally. By charging a monthly subscription fee, Perlego enables users to access a wide range of educational resources, making it a valuable tool for learners seeking cost-effective alternatives to traditional textbooks.

Minut

Series B in 2022
Minut is a technology company focused on smart home solutions, specializing in the development of a device called Point. Founded in 2014, with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and operations in Shenzhen, China, Minut's product is designed to enhance home security by monitoring environmental factors such as noise, temperature, and motion without using cameras. The device employs infrared motion detection and microphones to identify unusual activities and send alerts to users' smartphones. This approach allows homeowners to maintain security and privacy while fostering good neighborly relations, particularly benefiting short-term rental hosts. Minut's technology represents a significant advancement in IoT and smart home management, providing users with peace of mind regarding their properties.

CensorNet

Series C in 2022
CensorNet specializes in providing solutions for organizations to manage and secure internet activity and cloud application usage across various devices. Their services enable businesses to monitor and control web content filtering, ensuring user protection whether employees are working in the office or remotely. By facilitating safe adoption of cloud applications and supporting bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives, CensorNet helps organizations mitigate risks associated with shadow IT. Their comprehensive approach allows companies to embrace modern technology while maintaining security and compliance.

EclecticIQ

Series C in 2020
EclecticIQ B.V. is a global provider of threat intelligence, hunting, and response technology, supporting government organizations and commercial enterprises in enhancing their cybersecurity posture. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with additional offices in Herndon, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Chi?inau, Moldova, the company offers a range of products and services. These include the EclecticIQ Platform, a comprehensive threat intelligence platform; the EclecticIQ Fusion Center, which delivers multi-source threat intelligence bundles; and the EclecticIQ Academy for cyber threat intelligence training. The company also provides consulting services, team collaboration tools, and various integrations to optimize incident response and security controls. With a focus on building defenses against emerging threats, EclecticIQ has expanded its capabilities through acquisitions, such as Polylogyx's endpoint technology, to further enhance its offerings for clients facing sophisticated cyber threats.

EclecticIQ

Series C in 2020
EclecticIQ B.V. is a global provider of threat intelligence, hunting, and response technology, supporting government organizations and commercial enterprises in enhancing their cybersecurity posture. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with additional offices in Herndon, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Chi?inau, Moldova, the company offers a range of products and services. These include the EclecticIQ Platform, a comprehensive threat intelligence platform; the EclecticIQ Fusion Center, which delivers multi-source threat intelligence bundles; and the EclecticIQ Academy for cyber threat intelligence training. The company also provides consulting services, team collaboration tools, and various integrations to optimize incident response and security controls. With a focus on building defenses against emerging threats, EclecticIQ has expanded its capabilities through acquisitions, such as Polylogyx's endpoint technology, to further enhance its offerings for clients facing sophisticated cyber threats.

SettleMint

Venture Round in 2020
SettleMint is a blockchain technology company founded in 2016 by Matthew Van Niekerk and Roderik van der Veer. With offices in Belgium, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, and Singapore, the company aims to simplify the integration of blockchain technologies into applications for developers. Its main product, Mint, is a chain-agnostic platform that provides a comprehensive suite of application programming interfaces (APIs), developer tools, and frameworks. This technology allows software developers to create new blockchain-based applications or incorporate blockchain functionalities into existing systems with ease. By encapsulating extensive research and development in blockchain, Mint addresses the primary barrier to adoption—developer capabilities—by offering fully documented APIs, micro-services, and templates that reduce complexity. With the capacity to cover 85% of known blockchain use cases, Mint significantly accelerates the development process, enabling integration to be completed in as little as three hours. This makes it a valuable solution for both startups and large corporations looking to incorporate blockchain technology into their business strategies.

zecOps

Seed Round in 2019
ZecOps is a cybersecurity automation company that finds attackers' mistakes to discover the course of action and objectives of the entire campaign, burn the threat actors exploits and persistence mechanisms, and increase the attacker's campaign costs. The company develops solutions for servers, endpoints, mobile devices, and custom devices.

Minut

Series A in 2019
Minut is a technology company focused on smart home solutions, specializing in the development of a device called Point. Founded in 2014, with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and operations in Shenzhen, China, Minut's product is designed to enhance home security by monitoring environmental factors such as noise, temperature, and motion without using cameras. The device employs infrared motion detection and microphones to identify unusual activities and send alerts to users' smartphones. This approach allows homeowners to maintain security and privacy while fostering good neighborly relations, particularly benefiting short-term rental hosts. Minut's technology represents a significant advancement in IoT and smart home management, providing users with peace of mind regarding their properties.

Wirepas

Series B in 2019
Wirepas Ltd. specializes in wireless communication solutions designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). Founded in 2010 and based in Tampere, Finland, the company has developed Pino, a unique multi-hop mesh network solution. This innovative connectivity option provides deterministic performance, local radio adaptability, and high reliability, addressing key challenges faced by IoT platforms. Wirepas supports its clients throughout the entire process, from design to product delivery, offering pre-integrated and tested reference implementations along with a comprehensive suite of support tools. The company's vision is to empower customers to achieve profitable large-scale operations in the rapidly growing IoT market.

Cloudify

Series A in 2018
Cloudify Platform Ltd. offers open-source software for cloud application and network function virtualization (NFV) orchestration and management. The company's platform automates the application lifecycle from deployment to scaling, enhancing the velocity and reliability of software deployment in cloud-native environments. It provides universal orchestration capabilities that enable service providers and enterprises to automate and manage their network and application services across core locations, branches, and multi-access edge devices. Cloudify's intent-based orchestration platform simplifies end-to-end network automation, allowing for the management of distributed containers and network elements under a unified automation scheme. Its TOSCA-based technology promotes flexibility, mitigates vendor lock-in, and reduces costs and time for businesses in sectors such as telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare. Founded in 2016, Cloudify is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, with additional offices in the United States and Europe.

Cybersprint

Series A in 2018
Cybersprint helps to make the internet a safer place. Cybersprint provides Digital Risk Protection services. Contact founders@cybersprint.nl for more information.

CUJO AI

Series B in 2018
Powered by proprietary Artificial Intelligence models and uniquely built on billions of real-world data points, CUJO AI portfolio of products is designed to gain a clear insight on how data moves across networks and digitally protect people and devices, creating a safer smart-living experience in homes, businesses, and connected communities. Network, mobile and public Wi-Fi operators around the world utilize the CUJO AI portfolio of products to provide their customers with a seamlessly integrated suite of value-added services, covering: advanced connected device identification, real-time network security, privacy protection, and content access control. HIGHLIGHTS - Highly Commended award in the Security Solution of the Year category, Global Telecoms Awards 2019. - Winner: the Most Innovative Security Strategy, Leading Lights 2019 Awards. - Winner: 2019 Lithuanian-American Innovation Award for cutting-edge technology. - Selected among the world’s most promising growth-stage companies for GSMA 100 program. - The company won the Security Solution of the Year award at the 2018 Glotel Awards. - Recognized as a Technology Pioneer 2018 by the World Economic Forum - Listed as a “Vendor to Watch” and a “Cool Vendor in IoT Security” by an acclaimed research company Gartner. - Official Member of Forbes Los Angeles Business Council.

zecOps

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ZecOps is a cybersecurity automation company that finds attackers' mistakes to discover the course of action and objectives of the entire campaign, burn the threat actors exploits and persistence mechanisms, and increase the attacker's campaign costs. The company develops solutions for servers, endpoints, mobile devices, and custom devices.

Sentiance

Series A in 2017
Sentiance is a data science company that specializes in transforming IoT sensor data into valuable insights regarding human behavior and real-time context. By leveraging motion data, Sentiance generates contextual insights that enable personalized engagement in areas such as mobility and wellbeing. The company employs behavioral change techniques to foster safer and more sustainable experiences. Sentiance collaborates with leading organizations to develop intelligent contextual recommenders, facilitating the creation of tailored services and products. This approach aims to empower users, allowing them greater control over their data while enhancing engagement in a human-centric economy.

SoundEnergy

Venture Round in 2017
Sound Energy BV is established to develop and commercialise new technologies to reduce fossile energy consumption. Their main focus is SoundEnergy’s breaktrough innovation in Thermo Acoustic Technology for Zero CO2 climate control of buildings. They are a modern company in sustainability, integrating environmental concern, scientific knowledge and business mentality. The environment will benefit most from technologies that are good cause as well as good investment.

Sentiance

Series A in 2017
Sentiance is a data science company that specializes in transforming IoT sensor data into valuable insights regarding human behavior and real-time context. By leveraging motion data, Sentiance generates contextual insights that enable personalized engagement in areas such as mobility and wellbeing. The company employs behavioral change techniques to foster safer and more sustainable experiences. Sentiance collaborates with leading organizations to develop intelligent contextual recommenders, facilitating the creation of tailored services and products. This approach aims to empower users, allowing them greater control over their data while enhancing engagement in a human-centric economy.

Sensara

Series A in 2017
Sensara B.V., based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, specializes in home healthcare equipment and software through its product Sensara HomeCare. The company aims to empower senior citizens and vulnerable individuals to maintain their independence while ensuring their safety and well-being. Sensara utilizes self-learning algorithms to monitor medically verified profiles, analyzing data from various sensors and providing alerts, signals, and advice to family members or caregivers as needed. The information is accessible through user-friendly apps and interfaces, allowing clients to have control over their own data and privacy. Sensara's modular product line offers comprehensive solutions that cater to different living environments, from independent and assisted living to nursing homes, with the goal of enhancing care based on historical data.

nello

Seed Round in 2017
Nello is a technology company focused on enhancing urban living by providing keyless access solutions for multi-family residences. The company offers an intercom upgrade that enables users to control their intercom units via smartphone, facilitating seamless access to their buildings. This innovation not only simplifies entry for residents but also supports convenient and cost-effective unattended deliveries and pickups, thereby streamlining daily life in urban environments. Through its products, nello aims to improve accessibility and convenience for both residents and service providers.

Actility

Series D in 2017
Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from different sensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™.

CardioSecur

Series B in 2017
Personal MedSystems creates and sells products and services for mobile health and in particular Instant Cardiac Monitoring unparalleled in their innovation, ease-of-use and sophistication of design. Personal MedSystems specializes in high level 12-lead ECG technology generated with reduced electrode systems. Their aim is to develop professional ECG systems that are implemented in personalized applications and used by private individuals. This requires creating exceptional ease of use.

Viloc

Venture Round in 2016
Viloc NV is a Belgian company that specializes in tool tracking and automated tool management solutions tailored for the construction, installation, and equipment rental industries. Founded in 2010 and based in Zandhoven, Viloc offers its clients an integrated platform that combines advanced technologies such as scanning, GPS tracking, and Viloc Tags. The Viloc Tag is a compact tracking device designed to be attached to various equipment, from drills to concrete mixers. This device automatically transmits real-time data regarding the status and location of the equipment to users through a web and mobile application. By utilizing this technology, Viloc helps customers enhance their tool management practices, improve operational efficiency, and reduce the risk of equipment theft.

SecurityMatters

Series A in 2016
SecurityMatters is an international company that develops and brings to the market cutting-edge network monitoring, intelligence and protection technology to make its customers more secure and in control. SecurityMatters product line approaches the problem of securing computer networks in a totally new and innovative manner called self-configuring, deep-protocol, network whitelisting. This approach is the result of more than 20 years of research and experience in the field of network intrusion detection.

OPNT

Series A in 2016
OPNT B.V. provides network-based solutions for optical positioning, navigation, and timing. Its products include a time distribution system that distributes frequency and timing through fiber-optical networks; and frequency distribution systems that can be delivered in the form of a retrofit solution for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

EclecticIQ

Series A in 2016
EclecticIQ B.V. is a global provider of threat intelligence, hunting, and response technology, supporting government organizations and commercial enterprises in enhancing their cybersecurity posture. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with additional offices in Herndon, Virginia; London, United Kingdom; and Chi?inau, Moldova, the company offers a range of products and services. These include the EclecticIQ Platform, a comprehensive threat intelligence platform; the EclecticIQ Fusion Center, which delivers multi-source threat intelligence bundles; and the EclecticIQ Academy for cyber threat intelligence training. The company also provides consulting services, team collaboration tools, and various integrations to optimize incident response and security controls. With a focus on building defenses against emerging threats, EclecticIQ has expanded its capabilities through acquisitions, such as Polylogyx's endpoint technology, to further enhance its offerings for clients facing sophisticated cyber threats.

Actility

Series C in 2015
Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from different sensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™.

Jasper Technologies

Series D in 2012
Jasper Technologies provides a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform that enables various companies to launch, manage, and monetize IoT services on a global scale. It offers Control Center, an automated connectivity management platform that enables users to manage their connected devices, manage low power and low usage connected devices and launch, manage, and monetize connected car services. Jasper Technologies also provides Control Center for Mobile Enterprise that automates mobility management for employee business mobile phones and tablets. It serves agriculture, connected cars, connected homes and buildings, healthcare, industrial equipment, retail and payment solutions, smart cities, and transportation and logistics customers. Amit Gupta, Daniel Collins, and Jahangir Mohammed founded Jasper Wireless in 2004 that became Jasper Technologies in May 2014, with headquarters in Santa Clara in California with operations in Alpharetta in Georgia. Jasper Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems as of March 18, 2016.