Investors / Wayra
Wayra
Corporate VC
Wayra is the corporate venture capital arm of Telefónica, investing in startups and connecting them with Telefónica's business units through a venture-client model. It also designs and delivers open innovation and corporate venture programmes for Telefónica and other corporations.
Invests inCybersecurityAI & Machine LearningFintech
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Your fit with Wayra
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Or find every investor that fitsWayra lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Cybersecurity (23%), AI & Machine Learning (23%) and Fintech (15%). 43% of its companies are based in Spain. It invests most often alongside 1991 Ventures, 3LB Seed Capital and 99 Startups.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Wayra, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundWayra does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 57% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 6 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 12th | 7 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 43% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 28th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity | 23% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 8% | 3% |
| Consumer | 8% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 8% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 1991 Ventures | 1 |
| 3LB Seed Capital | 1 |
| 99 Startups | 1 |
| Athos Capital | 1 |
| Big Sur Ventures | 1 |
| Brighteye Ventures | 1 |
| Cadenza | 1 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Wayra head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Wayra| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 15 Aug 2025 | Seed | |
| 13 May 2025 | Series A | |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Series A | |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Wayra
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Wayra's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devengo helps businesses integrate money flows into their operational processes through its API and payment products. | Fintech | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides a home setup service to help individuals manage tasks related to moving into a new home, such as setting up utilities and finding service providers. | Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Feb 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Kunzapp provides software management for finance and IT teams | FintechSpace & Defense | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company detects fake-account networks, impersonation, synthetic media, and synchronized amplification behind emerging narratives on social media platforms. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Luxquanta brings quantum security solutions for the post-quantum era by delivering quantum cryptography that protects sensitive data against threats. | Industrial & ManufacturingCybersecurity | Oct 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| The company provides quantum-safe solutions for network security, including post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Shakers connects companies and AI specialists to develop projects with impact | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | May 2025Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- wayra.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 15 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 7
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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