Startup Accelerator Program

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Our goal?

We help you win Telefónica as a client on a global scale, and access to their 350 million customers

As Telefónica’s Open Innovation Hub...

...we scout for innovative solutions based on their needs. If your service or product can tackle their requirements, we will connect you for a potential paid pilot project.

We will help resell your product to Telefónica's customers or test your solution with Telefónica internally and win Telefónica as your client.

The goal is to help create a customer-supplier relationship a between startups and Telefónica!

In 2022, we were awarded 'Best Startup Program' as part of the Digital Lab Awards by Capital Magazin and Infront Consulting & Management GmbH for the second consecutive year in a row!
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Our four months program helps you win Telefónica as a client on a global scale

As Telefónica’s corporate accelerator, we scout for innovative solutions based on business units’ needs. If your service or product can tackle their requirements, we will connect you and start to define a paid pilot project. The goal is to help create a customer-supplier relationship between your startups and Telefónica.

Last year, 15 startups from our program worked with Telefónica and generated revenue of over 1.9 million Euro.

If you have a product ready on the market, and you have customers with first revenues. Apply today to scale with us.

Acceleration Roadmap

Pre-acceleration phase

Pre-acceleration phase

• Outlining of the project scope
• Definition of milestones
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Acceleration phase

Acceleration phase

• A paid pilot project with Telefónica
• €25K cash, no equity
• Customized coaching and mentoring
• Checkpoints: Bi-weekly meetings
• Access to our office space in Munich city centre
• The support of a vibrant & active startup community
• Partnership perks such as AWS, IBM and Stripe

Acceleration phase
Acceleration goals

Acceleration goals

• Win Telefónica as a client
- Sign a commercial contract with Telefónica Germany
- Scale on a global level with the Telefónica group
• Obtain investment from Wayra Germany and Telefónica Ventures

Investment decision

Up to 350 000 Euro
Late seed and series A rounds
First revenues
Relationship with Telefónica not required but favorable
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Who is the Startup Accelerator Program for?

We are looking for startups from the following areas with a
product ready on the market, and customers with first revenues.
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5G
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Internet of Things
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AI
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Cybersecurity
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Fintech
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Retail & Omnichannel
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HR Solutions
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Network
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Reselling Products for B2C and B2B
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Corporate Responsability
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Customer Service Solution
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You fit? Apply now!
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Why you should join

During our startup accelerator program, you can benefit from customised coaching sessions with our experts, perks and more.
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Investment

•  Funding Round Preparation​
•  Pitch Deck
•  Financial Plan
•  Data Room Preparation

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Team  

•  Soft Fact Analysis
•  Team Design
•  Team Development Program
•  Pitch&Feedback Skills

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Data

•  Data&AI Literacy
•  Data&AI Driven Management
•  Data Storytelling
•  Deep Learning
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Growth

• Focused execution
• Strategic clarity
• Organizational aligment

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Marketing

• SEO
• Google Ads
• LinkedIn Strategy

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Perks

•  AWS Activate
•  Google Cloud
•  Pipedrive
•  Hubspot
•  Pipedrive
•  Many more

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Finance

•  Entrepreneurial strategy and finance
•  Financial modeling
•  From fundraising to exit
•  Legal

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Team

•  Trust centric leadership
•  Team building
•  Talent development and retention
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Sales

•  Digital sales and channels
•  Set up KPI analytics
•  Lead generation
•  Pricing
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Growth

• Focused execution
• Strategic clarity
• Organizational aligment
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Marketing

•Development of Marketing
• SEO/SEA
• UX/UI design

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Perks

•  AWS Activate
•  Google Cloud
•  Pipedrive
•  Hubspot
•  Pipedrive
•  Many more

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Portfolio

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Accu:rate

Amplitude

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Amplitude

Astrocast

Astrocast is disrupting the fast-growing satellite IoT (SatIoT) market with a leading integrated solution enabling cost-effective SatIoT communications through a targeted 100-satellite infrastructure, fully designed, assembled, and operated in-house.
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Astrocast

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“Being part of the Wayra program was a great opportunity to show the value of our software to Telefónica via pilot projects, which was also the base for a long-term and successful partnership. Furthermore the coaching options have helped us with concrete challenges and to become an even more successful company.”
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Benjamin Dammertz & Carsten Dolch,
Founders of FoxBase
"Wayra believed in us from day one. With their help in the form of mentoring, network and expertise in the industry we could starting building our company from the ground up. Now, 4 years later we grew to nearly 100 people in 3 different countries."
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Fabian Beringer & Xaver Lehmann,
CEOs of e-bot7
"Thanks to Wayra we were not only able to benefit from their large and high-quality coaching network, but also had very quickly the opportunity to present our Self-service solution in front of the right Telefónica business unit. As a result, we were able to start a very successful and long-term project with them."
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Dr Michael Faat,
CEO and co-founder of Conntac
"Wayra's biggest advantage is the option to cross-sell into their wide network of other corporates as well as their dedication to winning Telefonica itself as a customer."
Dr. Gunter Fischer, CEO & Co-founder of Brainalyzed
Dr. Gunter Fischer,
CEO & Co-founder of Brainalyzed
"Wayra helped us to land a first pilot with Teléfonica and created a ton of opportunities for us! The true value though, beyond pure revenues, is the Wayra team and ecosystem – their coaching truly helped us to grow and scale!"
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Philipp Csernalabics,
Co-founder & COO of Neohelden
"Wayra helped StackFuel to win Telefónica as our first client. After that B2B Sales took off and helped us to scale the company."
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Leo Marose & Stefan Berntheisel,
co-founders of Stackfuel
"Wayra provided us with access to the right decision-makers and allowed us to win one of the biggest Telecommunication providers as a customer.  This allowed us to better understand the market needs and to enter successfully the telecommunication market."
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Stefan Link,
CEO and co-founder of Pyonner.io

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After six weeks from now you may already have your accelerator program contract.
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