Our fruitful collaboration with innovators

We believe in open innovation in order to make a real impact in a rapidly changing world. In cooperation with innovative stakeholders, in order to stay ahead. That’s why we’re creating a fruitful and innovative climate for startups and scaleups. By combining our strengths with those of startups and scaleups, we’re advancing the Netherlands.

KPN is working with diverse startups and scaleups in the field of innovation. Because every day we experience how valuable these collaborations are. For us and our customers. For the innovators, who we help to develop with our expertise and technology. And for society, which is rapidly discovering new solutions that make life smarter, simpler, and better.

Liaison Management: looking for the click

We’re constantly looking for win-win partnerships with startups and scaleups. So, KPN has a special Liaison Management Startups and Scaleups team. A team that makes contact with innovators: startups and scaleups who offer solutions to challenges that KPN is looking for answers to. We work in a demand-driven way and seek the best innovators with whom we can innovate together on specific issues. We share our knowledge of technology, marketing, and sales with these innovators as well as our extensive network of business partners and customers, so that these startups and scaleups can grow quickly. And: with their creativity and boldness we can also improve KPN’s products.

In addition, we invest via KPN Ventures in scaleups that fit with our strategy. KPN Ventures offers these entrepreneurs access to our organization’s expertise and services. And gives them the power to mature quickly.

Do you want to stay informed of the latest developments? Come to one of our events.

As of 2015, KPN has done over 350 deals and projects with startups and scaleups. A collaboration with KPN can take the following forms:

Proof of concept at KPN

Does a scaleup match our issues and challenges? Then we start a Proof of Concept: research into whether their solutions work in practice. With clear joint evaluation criteria.

KPN as customer

Does the invented solution work? Then we can work together structurally, with the startup or scaleup as a KPN supplier.

Investing in scale-ups

KPN Ventures invests in strategically related scaleups. You can find the criteria on kpnventures.com

Co-creation

With co-creation, we combine our expertise and technology with that of the startup and scaleup and together we bring a product or service to market.

Distribution

Do the scaleup’s solutions match our own products or services? Then we can offer our KPN channels as a sales channel.

KPN as supplier

For startups, we have a special offer for our business services. For example, we offer them free LoRa-keys, so that they can experiment with our energy-efficient wireless network. And we help them develop their digital security, APIs, and working in the cloud.

KPN als klant

Werk de verzonnen oplossing? Dan kunnen we structureel samenwerken, met de startup of scaleup als leverancier van KPN.

Investeringen in scale-ups

KPN Ventures investeert in strategisch gerelateerde scaleups. De criteria daarvoor zijn te vinden op kpnventures.com.

Co-creatie

Bij co-creatie combineren we onze kennis en technologie met die van de startup en scaleup en brengen we gezamenlijk een product of dienst naar de markt.

Distributie

Passen de oplossingen van een scaleup bij onze eigen producten of diensten? Dan kunnen we onze KPN-kanalen aanbieden als verkoopkanaal.

KPN als leverancier

Voor startups hebben we een speciaal aanbod voor onze zakelijke diensten. Zo bieden we hen gratis LoRa-keys, om te experimenteren met ons zuinige draadloze netwerk. En we helpen hen verder met digitale veiligheid, API’s en werken in de cloud.

Distributie

Passen de oplossingen van een scaleup bij onze eigen producten of diensten? Dan kunnen we onze KPN-kanalen aanbieden als verkoopkanaal.

KPN als leverancier

Voor startups hebben we een speciaal aanbod voor onze zakelijke diensten. Zo bieden we hen gratis LoRa-keys, om te experimenteren met ons zuinige draadloze netwerk. En we helpen hen verder met digitale veiligheid, API’s en werken in de cloud.

KPN als leverancier

Voor startups hebben we een speciaal aanbod voor onze zakelijke diensten. Zo bieden we hen gratis LoRa-keys, om te experimenteren met ons zuinige draadloze netwerk. En we helpen hen verder met digitale veiligheid, API’s en werken in de cloud.

KPN Partnerworld program

We’ve established KPN Partnerworld to provide practical help to startups and scaleups. A program that comprises elements that are accessible to all interested parties as well as elements that are only available to our collaborating partners or the companies KPN invests in.

Partner network

KPN has an extensive partner network to connect innovative startups and entrepreneurs and to help with expertise, service and financing.

ABN-AMRO, Ace, Accenture, Aexus, AkzoNobel, Albert Heijn, Amazon Web Services, Amsterdam Student Investment Fund, Anwb, AWS, Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC), Costa, Cottonwood, Deloitte Fast Ventures, DTCP, EIT, Elisa, Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, EY, FinTech & Security, Accelerator, Founders+, Gemeente Rotterdam, Health Innovations, Healthvalley, Innovation Quarter, Intel Capital, Internet of Things Academy, JADS, KEEN Venture Partners, KvPlus, Másmóvil, Matchmaker Ventures, Microsoft, Mind the Bridge, NOS, Orange Digital Ventures, Philips Innovation Awards, PortXL Accelerator, Rockstart Digital Health Accelerator, Rotterdam Venture Café, RTL Ventures, Salesforce, School for Data Science, StartupBootcamp Smart City & Living Accelerator, StartupDelta, Sustainable Healthcare Challenge, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Tekdelta, Telefonica, Telefonica Open Future, Telenor, The Hague Security Delta, The International Investors Network, Tilburg Universiteit, Turkcell, Twente, The Hague Security Delta (HSD), UtrechtInc, VCC, Volta, Wayra, World Startup Factory Connectivity Accelerator en YES!Delft incubator.