Published on August 2, 2022
Updated on February 24, 2025

La Poste Groupe makes innovation a central lever to build its future. By innovating, it will achieve its strategic ambitions and ensure its sustainability. By innovating, it aims to provide transformative solutions to the major societal challenges of our time. To do this, the group relies on a vast ecosystem to develop partnerships, support start-ups, and thus create the new uses and services of tomorrow.

With its strategic plan “La Poste 2030, committed to you”, La Poste groupe has placed customer satisfaction at the heart of its priorities. Innovation is one of the ways in which we can remain the preferred contact for our customers and develop personalized services. Working with over 400 start-ups, La Poste group offers them a concrete opportunity for support and financing.

It has two objectives :

  • Supporting digital entrepreneurs,

  • Anticipating and designing new services with national and international partners who put technology at the service of people and society.

Investment programs aligned with La Poste groupe's activities

La Poste Groupe has several programs with investment themes aligned with the Group's businesses: two funds in banking, insurance, technology and finance-related services (115 K and Open CNP); a Corporate Venture Capital fund (La Poste Ventures).

La Poste Ventures : the investment vehicle for start-ups with a positive impact

La Poste Ventures, launched in 2021, aims to support services with a positive impact, generating value for customers and the group.

Since its launch, 11 investments have been made in the fields of green territories, health, logistics, and digitalization.

La Poste Ventures includes :

- 50 million euros of investment in the long term;

- an investment amount ranging from 0.3 to 3 million euros.

Open CNP : the Corporate Venture Capital fund of CNP Assurances

Open CNP is the Corporate Venture Capital fund of CNP Assurances. Launched in 2016 to build the finance and insurance of tomorrow, Open CNP has invested in 20 start-ups since its inception.

With a budget of 100 million euros, Open CNP supports and accompanies start-ups in the fields of fintech, insurtech, B2B services, and e-health in Europe.

Open CNP

115K : the innovation fund of La Banque Postale

Launched in 2022, 115K is the innovation fund of La Banque Postale focused on financial and strategic performance. 115K supports the future fintech, insurtech, and cybertech gems over the long term.

With La Banque Postale, its subsidiaries, and its ecosystem, it offers its investments numerous opportunities for collaboration and synergies.

115K includes :

- 150 million euros of investment in the long term;

- 11 start-ups funded since 2022.

Hosting fintech and assurtech start-ups

To innovate, transform and create value for its customers, La Banque Postale relies on partnerships with innovative start-ups.

Launched in 2018, platform58 is La Banque Postale's incubator for start-ups in the seed phase.

It offers personalized support and proximity to the bank's business lines to entrepreneurs in the fields of fintech, assurtech, cybersecurity, regtech, legaltech and sustainable finance.