Founding CPO

Turn your idea into a high-growth digital startup with a full team to support you, salary, €900K in phased funding, Achmea’s network & experts.

You’ve got a product idea.

You see a problem.

You have an idea for a product that solves it.

Maybe you’ve started sketching, wire framing, or talking to users.

But you’re wondering:

• How do I validate demand properly?
• How do I build a real MVP?
• How do I find a technical co-founder?
• How do I get funding—without giving away half the company?

That’s where we come in.

At Achmea Impact Ventures
, we act as a venture builder and back product-driven founders who bring strong ideas but need the right structure, support, and team to build a real startup. You bring the product vision. We’ll help you turn it into a company.

What we do

Achmea Impact Ventures is a corporate startup studio
—we create startups from scratch. We become your co-founder. That means:

• You bring a clear product idea that fits within one of our focus areas
• We support you with a salary, funding (up to €500K), and a dedicated team
• Together, we validate the problem, build the MVP, and take it to market
• If successful, we spin out the company with you in the lead, and with significant equity for you.

What you’ll do

As the CPO-founder, you’ll:

• Validate user needs and sharpen the problem statement with our researchers
• Shape the product roadmap and define the MVP scope
• Work closely with developers, designers, and data engineers to build and test the product
• Lead early user testing, feedback cycles, and feature prioritization
• Build and lead the product team as the venture grows
• Work alongside a technical co-founder (if matched during the process)

What we offer

• Funding
  :
  Up to €500K, provided in stages based on traction
• Salary
  :
  You’ll be paid from day one to focus full-time on the venture
• Dedicated build team
  :
  Product designers, data engineers, software engineers, marketers, and researchers
• Network access
  :
  Achmea can open doors, be your first customer, or connect you with partners
• Structured process
  :
  Clear milestones, commercial sparring, and founder coaching
• Founder equity
  : up to 70%

Examples of ventures built with us

• Femme Up:
  Women’s health platform tackling absenteeism. Used our network to land B2B clients.
• alex.ai:
  Legal AI assistant trained on millions of historical claims.
• lekkerbezig!:
  SaaS product supporting employee development for large employers.

Your idea must fit one of our domains:

• Health & Wellbeing
• Future of Work
• Sustainable Action
• Healthy Finances (non-insurance)

We don’t build:

• Hardware or physical product ventures
• Crypto, medtech, or science-based tech
• Products reliant on 3rd-party IP
• Ideas needing policy change or multi-stakeholder system shifts
• Tools just for Achmea
• Vague behavioural ideas without a clear business model
• One-time-use or prevention-only models

Requirements

• You have a clear product idea
  — ideally with early user feedback, sketches, or mockups
• You’ve built and shipped digital products before
• You have strong experience in product leadership — e.g., as a CPO, product manager, or founder
• You deeply understand user research, problem validation, and product discovery
• You want to build a company
  , not just ship a feature
• You’re fully committed — this is not a side project
• You’re open to working closely with a technical co-founder and shaping the business together