Wayra News

Wayra Germany, Telefónica's Open Innovation Hub, announces today its investment in Tucan.ai, a meeting summary software from Berlin. With this move, telecommunications group Telefonica is further expanding its collaboration with the start-up to specifically promote digitalization through AI-based software. In addition to Wayra, Faraday Venture Partners, APX, and IBB Ventures as the lead investor are involved in the seven-figure financing round.

Wayra Germany announced today that it is bringing Astrocast and Telefónica together for an IoT product collaboration in its new 5G Tech Lab. In this new collaboration, the Astrocast Astronode S will integrate with Telefónica trackers, enabling customers to track critical IoT assets anywhere in the world. The final proof-of-concept will be showcased in the 5G Tech Lab.

The business magazine Capital puts Wayra Germany in first place in its ranking of the best innovation labs. The ranking provides clear evidence of the success of the venture client model, which aims to establish the parent company Telefónica as a customer of the start-ups. The Munich Innovation Hub is thus considered a blueprint demonstrating how Innovation Hubs can function in Germany.

The Wayra 5G Tech Lab now offers young founders and startups the opportunity to develop groundbreaking new 5G applications for consumers and industry. Come and pay a visit at the Tech Lab.

Discover why so few women found start-ups and how we at wayra Germany are bringing more diversity into our portfolio.

2020 is over. "Finally," many people might say, but I would also say "unfortunately", because 2020 was an incredibly successful year for wayra Germany, Telefónica's Open Innovation Hub. The last twelve months were extraordinary and challenging in every respect: From my start as Managing Director of wayra Germany in January to managing the Corona impact on our Munich space from March, and my parental leave in the last two months of the year.