We are the Corporate Venture Capital of Telefónica. Our mission is to foster innovation and drive progress in startups and facilitating their collaboration with organizations to generate impact in Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and Brazil.
| Company Name | Wayra (Telefónica Open Innovation, S.L.U.) |
| Investment Thesis/Focus | We are the Corporate Venture Capital of Telefónica. Our mission is to foster innovation and drive progress in startups and facilitating their collaboration with organizations to generate impact in Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and Brazil. |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Founded Year | 2011 |
| Team Size | 51-200 employees; 7 team members listed on About Us page (Andrés Saborido, Nuria San Agapito, Pablo Moro, Paloma Castellano, Agustín Moro, Philipp Trauer, Florian Bogenschütz) |
| Investment Stage | Pre-Seed/Seed, Series A/B (sweet spot: Series A and pre-Series A for Networks, Connectivity, Cloud, Sustainability, AI/ML) |
| Founders/Founding Partners | Founded by Telefónica in 2011 (originally as startup accelerator, evolved into CVC in 2018) |
| Legal Entity | Telefónica Open Innovation, S.L.U., Part of Telefónica Group - Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) |
| Contact Email (on-wayra.com domain) | privacidad@wayra.com |
| Portfolio Size | 530+ active startups; +1,100 startups invested in over lifetime |
| Total Investment | €245 million+ invested |
| Typical Investment Size | €100k-€1.5M |
| Operating Locations | Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil, and other markets in Europe and Latin America |
| Company Type | Privately Held, Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) |
| Social Media | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wayra/, Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wayra, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wayra/, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/wayraproject |