Investor

Telefónica Ventures

telefonica.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Multi stage ·Actively investing

Wayra is Telefónica's corporate venture capital arm and open innovation platform, investing in and accelerating technology startups mainly at seed-to-growth stage. Founded in 2011 as an accelerator and evolved into a CVC in 2018, it operates a venture-client model connecting startups with Telefónica's business units and 380 million customers across hubs in Spain, the UK, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. It has invested over €233M in 1,100+ startups and holds an active portfolio of 530+ companies.

Portfolio

Team

AUM

n/a

Rounds

Cheque

€100K–5M

SectorsFintech, Cybersecurity, AI, IoT, Deep Tech, Insurtech, Enterprise SaaS VC MapCorporate VC

Profile updated 18 Jul 2026

Team

Partners 6 Investment Team 1 Others 0

Agustín Moro

Innovation Partnerships & Services Managing Director

Andrés Saborido

CEO

Florian Bogenschütz

Germany Managing Director

Pablo Moro

Funds & Venture Growth Managing Director

Paloma Castellano

Investments Managing Director (Director, Wayra Madrid)

Philipp Trauer

Brazil Managing Director

Portfolio companies 13

Bit2Me

bit2me.com

Company Series C Elche

Blueliv

blueliv.com

Company Other Barcelona

Constella Intelligence

4iq.com

Company Series C Los Altos

Durcal

durcal.com

Company Seed Barcelona

Internxt

internxt.com

Company Series B Valencia

Koa Health

koahealth.com

Company Series A Barcelona

Mitiga Solutions

mitigasolutions.com

Company Series A Barcelona

Nearby Computing

nearbycomputing.com

Company Series A Barcelona

Safe365

www.safe365.com

Company Series A Barcelona

Saluspot

Company Series A Madrid

Satlantis

satlantis.com

Company Series A Bilbao

Smart Protection

smartprotection.com

Company Series B Madrid

Tuenti

tuenti.es

Company Other Madrid

Funding rounds 8

Mitiga Solutions · Other · €1M

Telefónica took a stake in Barcelona climate-risk intelligence company Mitiga Solutions through Telefónica Ventures and Íope Ventures; Telef…

2024-02-07

Internxt · Series A · €3M

Valencia-based privacy-focused cloud provider Internxt closed a round of just over €3 million with no single named lead, at a reported €36M …

2024-01-15

Bit2Me · Other · €14M

Spanish digital-asset exchange Bit2Me, registered with the Bank of Spain, closed a €14 million investment led by Bahrain-based Investcorp to…

2023-06-15

Bit2Me · Other

Telefónica, through Telefónica Ventures, said at its Metaverse Day on 29 September 2022 that it had invested in the crypto exchange Bit2Me. …

2022-09-29

Durcal · Seed · €8M

Durcal (formerly Safe365), which sells a GPS smartwatch paired with a telecare app for seniors, closed an €8M round led by Telefónica Ventur…

2022-05-18

Smart Protection · Series B · €10M

Madrid anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting platform Smart Protection closed a €10M Series B co-led by Knight Capital and Swanlaab Venture Fa…

2020-11-17

Koa Health · Series A · €14.1M

Koa Health spun out of Telefónica's Alpha moonshot factory with a €14.1M first close of a Series A that targets up to €30M, from Ancora Fina…

2020-11-05

Satlantis · Seed · €2.35M

Satlantis' first investment round, raised from four large companies (Telefónica, everis-NTT, engineering firm IDOM and Basque investment veh…

2016-11

News & media 6

Published	Article
2025-07-23	Telefónica Tech expands its AI services by offering Perplexity to B2B ↗ IoT Now
2025-01-20	Wayra invested €9.3 million in 37 startups in 2024 ↗ Wayra
2024-10-15	Telefonica joins big hitters with Perplexity investment ↗ Mobile World Live
2024-10-15	Monogoto, an innovator in 'connectivity as a service,' raises $27M ↗ TechCrunch
2024-05-08	Telefónica ploughs second batch of funding into "critical" Nozomi ↗ TelcoTitans
2023-12-22	Telecomunicaciones y emprendimiento: así impulsa Telefónica Ventures la vanguardia tecnológica ↗ Libertad Digital