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KPMG Ventures

Shaping the future through targeted investments in start-ups

KPMG Ventures builds enduring relationships with start-ups who share our commitment to serving large, enterprise clients

KPMG Ventures is dedicated to collaborating with and investing in early-stage start-ups in areas like artificial intelligence; data; cybersecurity; environmental, social, and governance; and more.

We invest in what we consider to be the world’s most promising start-ups, with a focus on those that solve for the needs of our clients and fit into our long-term strategy. We collaborate with start-ups and find new ways to work together.

By bridging the gap between start-ups and our clients, KPMG Ventures creates durable relationships that help future-proof the businesses we serve, while building the KPMG of the future. KPMG Ventures is part of the strategic innovation ecosystem at KPMG LLP.

Explore the start-ups in our portfolio

Auditoria

GenAI for the CFO stack

Context Labs

AI/ML and blockchain for emissions tracking

Cranium

Security for AI

Ema

AI agents for the enterprise

LumaTax

Intelligent applications for sales and use tax

Opkey

Automating application testing

Rhino.AI

AI for application development and modernization

ShardSecure

Simplifying data security

Wokelo.ai

GenAI-powered research and business insights

For clients: Tailored innovation and a window into the future

KPMG Ventures helps future-proof both the firm and our client base, amplifies our commitment to innovation and infuses new technology into our services - better supporting our clients while building the KPMG of the future.

By sharing insights from the start-up world in their domains of interest—e.g., where capital is flowing, which set of priorities they need to supercharge, and eventually what investments will help meet their expanding challenges—we can help companies gain a competitive edge.

Future-proofing our client base

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Tailored innovation for specific needs

Tailored innovation for specific needs

Our investment philosophy starts by identifying start-ups solving the challenges enterprise organizations face—both today and in the future. By working together, we help start-ups mature to better meet the needs of the businesses we serve.

Access to a dynamic ecosystem

Access to a dynamic ecosystem

KPMG clients gain access to leading solutions, disruptive technologies, and transformative services. KPMG Ventures also acts as a signal-sensing tool in the market, helping companies understand and stay ahead of key trends.

Early adoption of breakthrough technologies

Early adoption of breakthrough technologies

Our clients gain the opportunity to implement breakthrough technologies and advanced solutions ahead of competitors, see a first-mover advantage, and cement their businesses as industry leaders.

Reduced risk in innovation

Reduced risk in innovation

With KPMG Ventures’ extensive vetting and deep commitment to our ecosystem of start-ups, enterprise companies can adopt emerging technologies with fewer challenges usually associated with early-stage innovations.

Collaborate with corporate venture capital teams

Collaborate with corporate venture capital teams

We welcome the opportunity to work with the businesses we support in new ways, including sharing investment perspectives with their corporate venture capital teams.

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Case Study

Bridging the gap: Start-ups and established businesses

See how KPMG Ventures accelerated the growth of a start-up while solving an existing client’s challenge—amplifying the impact of the start-up and creating a first-mover advantage for the client.
“Through KPMG Ventures, we gained the opportunity to showcase our ability to analyze granular data using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain capabilities in a way that delivers tangible business value. By helping a national energy company solidify its market leadership while reducing its carbon footprint, we not only gained a dream client but also opened the door to our own future success.” - Context Labs 
“When KPMG collaborated with Context Labs, their machine learning capabilities significantly improved our ability to ingest data from a variety of sources such as drones and sensors, track that data on their blockchain, and bring speed and transparency to how we quantified and reported it. As a result, we were able to lower emissions, illustrate our environmental performance, and issue clean-energy certificates at a premium.” - Williams

Accelerating growth for start-ups

KPMG Ventures is the strategic investor of choice for start-ups looking to solve complex business challenges and transform the way our clients operate. We make minority equity investments in early-stage start-ups (primarily Seed and Series A) and offer more than just capital – we provide a platform for growth, differentiation, and access to transformative opportunities.

Our size helps start-ups scale – with 265,000 partners and employees and a global network of technology alliances and clients, we can help amplify the impact of your business, drive industry-changing transformation and propel your company to new heights.  

We’re always looking for ambitious founders building new things for enterprise clients. We’re focused on areas like artificial intelligence, data, cybersecurity, ESG and more.

Durability, agility, and alignment through the use case

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Strategic investor of choice:
KPMG Ventures provides a platform through which you can build powerful relationships that accelerate your growth and amplify the impact of your business.

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More than just a check:
Once a start-up is within our ecosystem, we open access to a range of experts—from specialists who can help create a more enterprise-ready solution to client-delivery teams able to make introductions.

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Driven by business value:
While many investors focus on the feature, functionality, or founder when evaluating a start-up, the heart of our investment thesis is always the use case—the business problem that the start-up is trying to solve. As start-ups mature, KPMG Ventures accelerates this evolution and supports start-ups as they refine their products.

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Durability and trust:
KPMG Ventures invests for the long run. We build relationships that are durable across economic cycles because we’re committed to our start-up ecosystem—providing support, guidance, and sales channels.

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Move at deal speed:
We combine durability with agility, because we understand that everyone needs to move with speed and purpose.

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Values and culture (a/k/a we’re nice):
Commitment, values, and culture matter. The most common informal feedback we receive is that we’re “really nice” and “easy to work with.” It’s a very human comment that can get lost when translated into the language of investments-but we believe people, relationships, and kindness matter. 

The latest news from KPMG Ventures and our portfolio companies

KPMG LLP Announces Investment in Agentic AI Startup Ema
Wokelo Announces Minority Equity Investment from KPMG LLP to Enhance AI-Driven Commercial and Business Insights
Rhino.AI Announces Minority Equity Investment from KPMG US to Advance AI-Driven Application Modernization - MarketWatch
Opkey Secures $47 Million in Series B Funding to Revolutionize Cloud ERP Transformation (prweb.com)
KPMG Ventures makes strategic investments in series of emerging technologies
Driving growth through new ventures and corporate VC
Auditoria Secures Investment from KPMG U.S. to Elevate AI-Powered Finance Automation Solutions
KPMG spins out software business Cranium to tackle AI Security
Cranium Announces $25 Million in Series A Funding to Secure the AI Revolution
KPMG and Context Labs Join Forces to Advance Climate Disclosure
Context Labs Announces CLEAR Path™ Platform to Catalyze Change in Environmental Commodities Markets
Context Labs Announces the Closing of Strategic Investor Financing Round
ShardSecure® Announces Alliance with KPMG
ShardSecure® Secures $11M in Series A Funding from Grotech Ventures and Guka Tech Adventures
KPMG LLP Takes Minority Interest In LumaTax

Innovation at KPMG: The big picture

KPMG Ventures is part of Enterprise Innovation - our enterprise-wide platform for innovators to conceive, incubate and grow the next generation of KPMG businesses.

This 360-degree innovation strategy includes five pillars:

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KPMG Ventures

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KPMG Ventures

Builds enduring relationships with start-ups who share the same commitment to serving large, enterprise clients that KPMG has. KPMG Ventures is dedicated to collaborating with and investing in early-stage start-ups in areas like artificial intelligence; data; cybersecurity; environmental, social, and governance; and more.
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KPMG Studio

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KPMG Studio

Builds from within. It incubates the next generation of high-growth businesses within KPMG.
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KPMG Signals

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KPMG Signals

Team identifies trends to influence innovation strategy through a firmwide innovation network that includes functions and market intelligence.
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Emerging solutions

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Emerging solutions

Group helps steer KPMG strategy on emerging technology with a focus on early adoption, brand permissions, thought leadership, community building, and developing go-to-market strategies with clients and partners.
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Partnerships

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Partnerships

Team helps shape commercialization opportunities for new offerings through co-innovation with alliances, academia, start-ups, and Enterprise Innovation pillars. 

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