Transavia starts new initiative with Transavia Ventures

Innovation and strategic collaboration to make entrepreneurs' dreams come true

“Entrepreneurship is in our DNA,” says Mattijs ten Brink, CEO of Transavia. “With Transavia Ventures we help entrepreneurs to make their dreams come true. Moreover, corporate organizations such as Transavia and startups need and strengthen each other. While we are successful with our strategy, our brand and the development of our business model, startups excel in creativity, innovation and devising disruptive business models. We can offer them a suitable testing ground environment and access to the market. And these startups can add value to Transavia. This is how we strengthen each other.”

Showing some guts

Nico Gielen, Investment Lead New Business at Transavia Ventures: “Whether startups are developing prototypes, working on scaling up or want to use Transavia's network to accelerate, Transavia Ventures promotes innovation and creates strategic partnerships with innovative (technology) companies.” Nico Gielen himself chose Transavia two months ago. “After 18 years of being an independent entrepreneur, Transavia gave me the opportunity to use this experience to help young entrepreneurs. I was looking for an organization that dares to show courage and really wants to make a difference by investing in young companies. At Transavia I also noticed how much expertise there is in the organization itself. Of course about aviation, but also about matters such as digital retail, revenue management, hospitality and data analysis. And how much the organization wants to make this expertise available to young entrepreneurs to help them realize their dream.”

Sharing investment and knowledge

Dirk Neelis, CFO of Transavia: “With Transavia Ventures we help entrepreneurs not only with an investment, but with our expertise, our network of customers and partners and our extensive international experience. Transavia is a very strong brand in the Dutch and international market. This means that we have specific expertise that can also be applied outside our core business. Entrepreneurs can use this if they want to further scale up their business operations.” Dirk Neelis indicates that this is, in his opinion, the most important success factor. “While many investment funds are only focused on financial participation, Transavia Ventures is looking for a much more far-reaching collaboration with the startups in which it will participate. This not only increases the chance of return, but also provides innovative power for the organization itself. And these innovative companies in turn add value to Transavia through innovation and finding additional sources of income.”

Interested parties can contact Transavia Ventures BV via: [email protected] or visit the website www.transavia.com/ventures for more information about Transavia Ventures BV.