Wayra

Wayra

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Investment Firm

Overview

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.

Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with driven entrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Incubators

Employees

101-250

Investment

1122

Lead Investment

77

Exits

46

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Corporate Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Wayra, established in 2011 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Enterprise Software, SaaS, Crowdsourcing, E-Commerce, Mobile, Brand Marketing, Fashion, Web Hosting, TV, Telecommunications. The organization boasts a portfolio of 1000+ investments, with an average round size of $522.0K and 46 successful exits. Their recent investments include Polisofia, Shopear, Telefonica, PixelPin, EverybodyCar. The highest investment round they participated in was $25.2B. Among their most notable exits are Polisofia and Shopear. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Gary Stewart

Director

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Maureen Ms Carter

EA to Simon Devonshire - Wayra

imagePlace Paloma Castellano Sanz

Paloma Castellano Sanz

Director - Wayra Madrid

imagePlace Rebeca Renedo Jiménez

Rebeca Renedo Jiménez

Finance Director

imagePlace Andres Saborido

Andres Saborido

Managing Director

imagePlace Lorena Andrea Suarez

Lorena Andrea Suarez

Country Manager - Argentina

Investment portfolio

Wayra has made 1122 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 24, 2024, when Payflow raised $6.5M.

Wayra has made 35 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Feb 15, 2024, when GrabrFi raised $2.2M.

investments

1122

Diversity investments

35

Lead investments

77

Number of exits

46

Investments

1122

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 16, 2024
Depasify Depasify
Information Technology2.4M
Jan 17, 2024
Remuner Remuner
Software2.2M
Feb 15, 2024
GrabrFi GrabrFi
Internet2.2M
Jul 24, 2024
Payflow Payflow
Financial Services6.5M

Exits

46

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

1122

Investors

0

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

1122

Wayra has raised 1122 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 24, 2024 from a Venture Round - Payflow round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 16, 2024
Seed Round - Depasify Seed Round - Depasify
-2.4M-
Jan 17, 2024
Pre Seed Round - Remuner Pre Seed Round - Remuner
-2.2M-
Feb 15, 2024
Venture Round - GrabrFi Venture Round - GrabrFi
-2.2M-
Jul 24, 2024
Venture Round - Payflow Venture Round - Payflow
-6.5M-

Investors

1

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
-No
Seed Round - Wayra
26.9K

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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