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How startups can benefit

Access to our unparalleled global network of over 350 million customers and clients across 24 countries.

Why we invest in startups

As the early-stage investment arm of Telefónica and leading CVC, our ambition is to stay close to early-stage startups that will define the new market standards.
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We support the very best startups to sell their technologies to and through Telefónica in local and global markets.
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Our Investment Strategy

Our Focus Technologies
Big Data, AI, Network Technologies, Cybersecurity and Enterprise Solutions for use cases such as HR, Customer Service and Retail.
European Market
We usually invest in European startups but are open to global opportunities as well.
First Revenues
We look for startups with first revenues and technical validation of the product by other customers.
Never Alone
We always co-invest.
Stage
We focus on late-seed and series A rounds
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Our goal is to hold minority ownership of the startups
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Why you should work with us

Here are three main reasons why you should have us
as an investor on your cap table:  
investment, statistic, growth

Revenues

We will help your startup acquire as many revenues as possible from Telefónica locally and globally.
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Investor ready

We will define the fundraising journey together with you and will provide you with any support needed through the process. 
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Network

Access to our network of VCs and corporations: we will help you acquire them as potential customers. 

Startup funding and Scale up!

You are one click away from connecting to key European venture capitalists, winning big corporates as your future clients and getting recurring revenues.
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Our mission is to help identify, develop and promote the breadth of talent and technological entrepreneurship that exists throughout the whole ecosystem.

The startups we invested

Cobrainer

Revolutionize your Talent Mobility. Cobrainer uses machine learning to enable intelligent talent mobility, and unparalleled augmentation in re- and up-skilling.
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Cobrainer

Conntac

The Conntac self-service solution empowers your customers to troubleshoot Internet connectivity problems themselves – 24/7. The service is highly automated with an intuitive process that has a problem resolution success rate of above 75%.
Take me there

Conntac

E-bot7

e-bot7 offers solutions to improve customer service using artificial intelligence. It analyzes incoming messages, directs them to the right department, and provides support agents with reply suggestions.
Take me there

E-bot7

Flexiwan

SD-WAN open source
Take me there

Flexiwan

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Alberto Perez-Arranz
Head of Investments at wayra Germany

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If you are an investor and want to become part of our network and attend our co-investor events, feel free to reach out to me.

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Co-invest!

We always look for investors to co-invest.  If you are an investor and want to become part of our network and attend our co-investor events, feel free to reach out to us.
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The Funding Cocktail

We joined forces with key Venture Capitalists in Europe to bring real value to the startup ecosystem in 2020. It will take place again in Oct 2021, stay tuned!
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Overview of 80+ Investors in Europe

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Startup Funding Support

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