Wayra
wayra.com Direct + LP
Wayra is Telefónica's corporate venture capital arm, investing in startups and connecting them with Telefónica's business units. It operates mainly in Spain, Germany, the UK, and Brazil, and also invests as a limited partner in venture funds.
Wayra is a corporate venture arm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2011. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity and advanced Connectivity. Its stated cheque size is €150K to €5M.
“We invest in seed and growth-stage startups with the potential to generate business with Telefónica, and with pre-money valuations of up to €250M.”
— Wayra, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil, Europe, Latin America
- Sectors
- Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Advanced Connectivity
- Cheque size
- €150K to €5M
- Founded
- 2011
Team, as Wayra publishes it
- Andrés Saborido CEO Wayra
- Nuria San Agapito CFO Wayra
- Pablo Moro Funds & Venture Growth Managing Director
- Paloma Castellano Investments Managing Director
- Agustín Moro Innovation Partnerships & Services Managing Director
- Philipp Trauer Brazil Managing Director
- Florian Bogenschütz Germany Managing Director
Names and roles exactly as listed on wayra.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Wayra publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://wayra.com/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, status, confidence
- https://wayra.com/investmentlayer, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://wayra.com/about-usinvests_in_geographies, founded, people
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