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KPN Ventures
Corporate VC · Rotterdam, Netherlands · Europe
KPN Ventures is the venture investment arm of KPN, investing in technology companies and offering access to KPN's customer base, infrastructure and industry expertise. It takes minority stakes and builds long-term partnerships aimed at external exits rather than acquisitions.
Invests inFintechHealthcare & BiotechCybersecurity
In its own wordstelecomnetworkingcloud computingcybersecuritydata analyticsiot
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Or find every investor that fitsKPN Ventures lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (20%), Healthcare & Biotech (16%) and Cybersecurity (16%). It invests most often alongside Karma Ventures, Keen Venture Partners and KfW Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name KPN Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not KPN Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 32. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 100% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 58th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 20% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 16% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Karma Ventures | 2 |
| Keen Venture Partners | 2 |
| KfW Capital | 2 |
| LG Technology Ventures | 2 |
| Picus Capital | 2 |
| Samsung Catalyst Fund | 2 |
| Sequoia Capital | 2 |
| T.Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2991%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company39%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare KPN Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with KPN Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 31 Oct 2023 | Series C+ |
Round details for KPN Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in KPN Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airalo sells eSIMs for international travel | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company invests in early-stage tech ventures in Europe. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BOX ID provides logistics solutions with its system, including IoT tracking and management for industrial production logistics and supply chain visibility. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces a mobile ECG monitor for smartphones | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cequence Security provides protection for applications, APIs, and AI systems from various threats and attacks. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudTalk provides AI call center software with various features such as voice agents, AI dialer, and conversation intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a threat intelligence platform that offers contextual insights and prioritized intelligence to help businesses manage threats and make informed decisions. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Elevenlabs provides an AI voice generator and voice agents platform for various applications such as content creation and customer experience. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers renewable electricity from Indonesia to Singapore through a utility-scale cross-border solar project. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Health Innovations has invested in a diverse group of young companies with the goal of improving and making healthcare more affordable. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| IDlayr provides mobile identity solutions and technology for secure and frictionless identity verification | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Imec Xpand is an independent global venture capital fund that focuses on transformative semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| IQ Capital is a dedicated European deep tech venture capital firm | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| Keen Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and defence companies across Europe. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lendis provides IT equipment rental and lifecycle management services to businesses | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Minut provides a platform for property managers to monitor and manage their properties with features such as noise monitoring, smoke detection, and guest messaging. | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Nello connects intercoms with smartphones and Wi-Fi to enable keyless access to apartment buildings | Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Openlayer provides a platform for testing, monitoring, and enforcing policy in real time for AI systems in companies | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Perlego provides an online subscription for access to academic books and study resources. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kpnventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 31 Oct 2023
- Companies checked
- 32
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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