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Equity

Wayra (Telefónica open innovation and investment arm)

Wayra

Status

Status not published

Rolling applications by hub plus periodic thematic challenge calls with fixed deadlines.

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Amount
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GIVEN: Wayra invests directly in startups and, more importantly, offers a commercial route into Telefónica's operating businesses (O2, Movistar, Vivo) as a customer or channel partner. Historic standard tickets have been in the region of EUR 100,000-250,000 with follow-on capacity. TAKEN: a minority equity stake. Wayra also runs equity-free corporate challenge calls with no cash. Terms vary by country hub (Spain, Germany, UK, Brazil, Hispanoamérica).

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Funder

Wayra / Telefónica Innovación Abierta

private · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications by hub plus periodic thematic challenge calls with fixed deadlines.

Your odds
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This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Best fit for B2B companies whose product a telecom operator could resell or deploy. Selection is heavily influenced by fit with a Telefónica business unit.

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Source. https://www.wayra.com/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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