Wayra

Docket, a Brazilian document management platform, raised R$35m over two tranches from KaszeK Ventures, ONEVC and Valor Capital, with participation from Canary and Wayra Brasil. (Fusões & Aquisições) A Docket,…

2019 marked a significant year for Telefonica’s evolution supporting Latin American startups. Responding to a maturing market, Telefonica re-launched the Wayra brand, focusing on larger tickets (up to US$250k) for more…

Wayra invested R$500k in Brazilian agtech startup IoTag. (ti Inside) Vivo anunciou nesta quinta-feira, 08, investimento de quase meio milhões de reais na startup IoTag, no Paraná. O aporte será…

Since the 2011 launch of the Wayra spaces and the Telefonica Innovation funds, Telefonica has emerged as one of the most active investors in Latin American startups, with almost €12 million invested across more than 20 deals in 2018.

Wayra and Liga Ventures were chosen by BNDESPAR to run the inaugural Programa BNDES Garagem for entrepreneurs. The four-month acceleration program happens in Rio and has separate tracks for MVP…

Peruvian IT startup Quantum Talent SAC  received a seed investment round of US$397,500 from Wayra Peru and undisclosed angel investors

Angel Ventures Peru led a US$500k seed investment in Culqi, a Peruvian payments startup accelerated by Wayra Peru. (Press Release)– Culqi, a payments startup based in Lima, Peru announced today that…

Since its deployment, Telefonica Open Future_ has evolved its investment strategy to the interests of Telefónica, and today it only invests in startups that have a clear fit with the global corporate strategy or with the local strategy of its different units of business. Thus, to date, more than 62 Latin American startups are doing business with the Telefónica Group.

1Doc3 is a digital health platform providing individualized medical information to over 1.5 million Spanish-speaking users per month. In this interview with founder Javier Cardona, we learn how 1Doc3 is innovating around access to medical information and care: “the digital revolution in the health industry has not even started, and we are playing the leading role.”

Wayra Chile invested US$500k across three startups: ZappingTV, PostedIn, and Cloner. (Press Release) La compañía sumó a su portafolio a Zapping TV, plataforma de televisión vía streaming; “Cloner” servicio automático…