Posted February 4th, 2021 for Telefónica
1.8 million euros were invested in 15 startups in Spain, 29% more than in the previous year.
Countercraft, Ludus, Kymatio, Proppos, Humanox, Pridatec, Galgus, Alias Robots, Kenmei, Payflow and YBVR are the projects Wayra Spain invested in at its headquarters in Madrid and Barcelona, while Wayra X invested in Peoople, Blabla, Nannyfy and Suscrip.
2020 was also the year in which for the first time Telefónica acquired two startups partly owned by Wayra (Govertis and iHacklabs) with the aim of enhancing Telefónica Tech’s cybersecurity capabilities.
Madrid, 4 February 2021.- In 2020, Wayra , Telefónica’s open innovation hub, invested a total of 4.5 million euros in 39 startups in Europe and Latin America. Out of that global amount, 1.8 million euros were invested in 15 startups in Spain, 29% more than in the previous year. The projects are related to artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, video, virtual reality, cybersecurity, connectivity, data analytics and fintech.