# KPN Ventures

> KPN Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Internet of Things. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kpn-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/kpnventures
- Website: http://www.kpnventures.com/

KPN Ventures is a corporate venture arm of KPN that aims to partner with innovative technology companies, providing access to capital, expertise, network, and customer channels. It focuses on early growth-stage European companies in networking technology, the internet of things, smart home, digital healthcare, cyber security, mobile and video (OTT)services, cloud computing, data, and analytics. It began operation on June 1, 2015, with its headquarters in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.2M–$15M |
| Series B | $3.1M–$60M |
| Series C | $21M–$180M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 33% |
| Internet of Things | 8 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 19% |
| SaaS | 7 | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 6 | 14% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 23% |
| Series B | 7 | 16% |
| Series C | 6 | 14% |
| Seed | 5 | 12% |
| Series D | 4 | 9% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 7 | 16% |
| United States | 5 | 12% |
| Belgium | 4 | 9% |
| Germany | 4 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samir Ahmad | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samir-ahmad |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ElevenLabs | Research Lab. Exploring new frontiers of voice generation. We are researching and deploying novel methods in voice AI to make content enjoyable in any language and voice to benefit new audiences and viewers. Our mission is to make content universally accessible in any language & voice. | $550M | Series D | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Openlayer | Openlayer is helping ML teams build the future of reliable, performant, and ethical machine learning. | $14.5M | Series A | May 14, 2025 |  |
| ElevenLabs | Research Lab. Exploring new frontiers of voice generation. We are researching and deploying novel methods in voice AI to make content enjoyable in any language and voice to benefit new audiences and viewers. Our mission is to make content universally accessible in any language & voice. | $180M | Series C | Jan 24, 2025 |  |
| Perlego | Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England. | $19.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| BOX ID Systems | BOX ID Systems develops and offers an end-to-end location & process mining solution to cost effectively track millions of logistics assets digitally throughout the industrial supply chain across Europe and the World - including site-to-site, on-premises and indoor buildings digital twin of supply chain processes. The system is built on aspecialized analytics software platform, sensorik tracking devices and efficient data-, device- and user-management tools, including functions to support process automation and optimization. Industrial and automotive production customers benefit from making their logistics processes more efficient and cost optimized, with 100% transparency within their critical processes throughout the entire supply chain. | $3.8M | Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| CloudTalk | CloudTalk is the fastest-growing AI-powered calling solution and call center software for modern businesses. CloudTalk was founded in 2016 to help businesses connect seamlessly with customers over the phone and make customer experience the greatest competitive advantage for driving more revenues. | $28M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| Wirepas | Wirepas vision is to enable profitable large-scale business for their customers by unique multi-hop mesh network solution in the fast growing Internet of Things market. Wirepas Pino is the only connectivity solution in the market offering deterministic performance, local radio adaptability capability and very high reliability at any scale, solvingone of the most common problems in IoT platforms. | $21.9M | Series D | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Airalo | Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store for travellers to access over 190+ eSIMs at the most affordable, local rates from around the world, all via eSIM compatible smartphone, tablet or PC. Airalo offers you both connectivity and freedom - you’ll never have to carry multiple SIM cards or change your number again, no matter where you are in theworld. | $60M | Series B | Jul 31, 2023 |  |
| SMART-Photonics | SMART Photonics offers a versatile production and development portfolio. First of all, easy access via Multi-Project Wafer runs enables low-cost and fast prototyping for photonic integrated circuits. Secondly we offer engineering of the process to create the customer product with customer specifications. Production development services are offeredfor volume production of customer products. | $43.9M | Debt Financing | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| Perlego | Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England. |  | Series C | Apr 24, 2023 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Evolution Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does KPN Ventures invest in?

KPN Ventures invests primarily in Software, Internet of Things and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is KPN Ventures's check size?

KPN Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$15M at Series A, $3.1M–$60M at Series B and $21M–$180M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds KPN Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact KPN Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at KPN Ventures?

The team at KPN Ventures includes Samir Ahmad (Investment Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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