Calling all B2C companies in fintech, gaming, and future household! Join the Kaspersky Open Innovation program (Sponsored)
Summary
Their deep threat intelligence and security expertise protects businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. Kaspersky is committed to building a better, safer world and believes in the value of collaboration with external partners to achieve these goals. Successful applicants will get access to: • Commercial PoC: Upon successful PoC completion, startups are eligible for compensation of up to $10K (around €8.4K) • Expert evaluation: Technical and business validation by Innovation Hub and Kaspersky experts • Access to clients and sales channel: Access to Kaspersky’s client base of over 400 million users and more than 240,000 corporate clients • Long-term partnership: A successful PoC with Kaspersky leads to different opportunities, from product integration, license purchase; creation of a joint product or investment/M&A • Access to APIs: Startups within the programme have access to selected APIs for various Kaspersky services Since 2019, four rounds of such startup programmes have been held, attracting over 1500 applicants from all over the world, with 57 projects becoming demo day finalists – the PoC process was launched for 18 of them. “Amid the ongoing digitalization of our everyday lives, more and more people choose the comfort of technology for managing finances, entertainment and household routines. Through this new cost and equity-free program, Kaspersky aims to partner with creators of rapidly expanding consumer technologies, so that the possibilities they bring, become opportunities for every one of us.