Partnering
Deutsche Telekom is continuously looking for new technology and product partners. Together with partners Deutsche Telekom offers a wider range of products and services. With new and innovative partner solutions we want to improve the customer experience and grow. Deutsche Telekom wants to be No. 1 European TelCo partner.
The company will continue to develop its own ideas, of course, but is also open to outside innovations and is increasing its emphasis on collaboration. The objective is to offer a wider range of products and services together with partners. Major, global corporations as well as small startups can become partners on equal terms.
Smart combinations
Partners benefit from many new potential users, which Deutsche Telekom contributes. With over 273 million mobile customers, more than 24 million fixed-network lines, and more than 22 million broadband customers, we are one of the leading integrated telecommunications companies worldwide). Partners can also offer their services in the best Telekom network and benefit from the company's sales strengths in Europe.
Customers benefit
With this approach, Deutsche Telekom can differentiate its portfolio from the competition and offer its customers the latest developments and services. Further In-house ideas can be enhanced with developments of external partners. Intelligent approaches can often be cleverly combined - so that the blend gives the customer an even greater experience. Customers can choose from the best offerings.
Plug-and-play power strip
To make services available to Deutsche Telekom customers quickly and easily, Telekom is building a partner system for innovative services - partners can plug in just like a power strip. Deutsche Telekom ensures fast access to standardized interfaces and also takes care of billing, security and transmission quality in the background. Customers can then book these services quickly and easily - such as Spotify's music streaming service.
Our collaboration models
T.Capital is Deutsche Telekom’s strategic investment arm, which manages 2.3 billion euros on behalf of Deutsche Telekom, pursuing two different investment strategies through its Ventures and Tech Fund units.
T.Capital works in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom’s Group Development operating segment to provide portfolio companies with capital and partnership throughout their entire business cycle to help them grow and increase shareholder value in the long term. This includes, for example, access to the Deutsche Telekom ecosystem, joint pilot projects, market penetration measures, or building up a joint business with Deutsche Telekom.
T.Capital Ventures primarily invests in Series A to C financing rounds with ticket sizes of 1 to 15 million euros. The latest investments include AI companies such as Lovable, Perplexity, ElevenLabs, and n8n, as well as cybersecurity companies like Mondoo and Filigran.
T.Capital Tech Fund typically invests between 50 and 300 million euros in controlling or significant non-controlling interests, using a growth equity/buyout approach.
Website: www.t.capital
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/t-capital
Deutsche Telekom acts as an anchor investor at DTCP, an independent investment management group that manages assets of 3 billion euros with a team of over 50 experts. With a focus on digitalization, the company pursues two investment strategies:
- DTCP Growth
DTCP Growth invests in leading software companies. The team has made over 40 investments to date in Europe, Israel, and the United States, including in Aircall, Arctic Wolf Networks, Auth0 (acquired by OKTA), Cognigy (acquired by Nice), Guardicore (acquired by Akamai), LeanIX (acquired by SAP), Pipedrive (acquired by Vista Private Equity), and Signavio (acquired by SAP). - DTCP Infra
DTCP Infra invests in digital infrastructure. DTCP Infra focuses on investments in radio towers, fiber-optic networks, and data centers. The company’s infrastructure investments include investments in Sunrise Towers acquired by Cellnex), Community Fibre Limited, Cellnex Netherlands, Greenscale, Open Dutch Fiber, and maincubes.
Website: www.dtcp.capital
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/dtcp-capital
hubraum is Deutsche Telekom’s technology incubator. By bringing early-stage start-ups and the leading European telco together, hubraum sparks innovation transfer to create business opportunities for both sides. Since 2012, hubraum has been connecting its digital ecosystem from Berlin, Krakow and Tel Aviv.
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