Alicerce Educação, a Brazilian network of education centers to supplement students in the public school system living in city peripheries, raised a USD5m seed extension from Valor Capital Group, Canary…

Trocafone, a Brazilian resale marketplace for electronics, raised R$30m from Bulb Capital and existing investors Barn Investments and Wayra. (Baguete) – A Trocafone, startup especializada na compra e venda de…

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…

Teravoz, a Brazilian VoIP services provider to small businesses and call centers, was acquired by Twilio, providing an exit to investors Canary and Wayra Brasil. Teravoz reports a 30x return…

Atlantia Search, a Mexican market intelligence platform, raised an undisclosed bridge round from Redwood Ventures, Wayra Mexico and GC Capital. (AMEXCAP) Redwood Ventures lideró la última ronda bridge de Atlantia…

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…

Wayra Colombia made an undisclosed investment in Peiky, a Colombian sales management tool for social media platforms. (Press Release) Wayra, el brazo de inversión corporativa e innovación abierta de Telefónica…

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.

Brazilian iPaaS integration platform LinkApi raised R$5m from Wayra Brasil and Cassis Capital founding partner Jander Martins. (Press Release) O LinkApi, plataforma de integrações B2B baseada no modelo iPaaS (Integration…

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…

Wayra Chile made an undisclosed investment in Webdox, a legal document and contact management platform.

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

Wayra Brasil announces investments in Back4App, Getup Cloud, RankMayApp, Social Miner and DB18.

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…

DataGran is an ad optimization startup in New York that raised an undisclosed amount of capital from Wayra Colombia and Quake Capital earlier this year. In this interview with founder & CEO Carlos Mendez, we learn about DataGran’s traction to date, why they are expanding globally, and what’s next for adtech (hint: it involves AI and blockchain)…

Agruppa, a Colombian produce start-up accelerated by Wayra, the accelerator of Telefonica Open Future_, represented Colombia and won El Future Agro Challenge 2017. • La solución colombiana Agruppa es una…

Algar Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Algar Group, made an undisclosed investment in NetSupport. The start-up, which was accelerated by Wayra, the accelerator of Telefónica Open Future, utilizes…

Wayra Chile, Telefónica Open Future_’s digital business accelerator, has invested close to US$400k in digital startups: Ipsum, Rocketpin, Hitmap, and ComunidadFeliz. (Press Release) Santiago, 3 de febrero de 2017. Wayra…

Wayra Brasil, Acelera Partners, Microsoft Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures invested US$250k in Widow Games, a video game startup that specializes in creating digital versions of classic board games. Widow Games…

(Telefonica Open Future_) Wayra, the digital business accelerator of Telefonica Open Future_ along with Movile and 500 Startups, has exited Cinepapaya which sold to Fandango for an undisclosed amount. This…

(Press Release) Wayra, the digital business accelerator of Telefonica Open Future_, is celebrating five years of investments in Colombia, including Viajala, Hogaru, FLUVIP, Mensajeros Urbanos, Verifícalo and Celotor. Con un…

(VCCircle) Naspers-backed and Goibibo Group operated redBus.in, acquired a majority stake in Peru-based bus ticketing platform Busportal, accelerated by Wayra Peru and operated by Empresa Digital Peruana S.A.C, for an…

(Press Release) Any startups aspiring to enter Wayra, the corporate accelerator for Telefónica Open Future, will be able to apply to develop their idea at the academies in Caracas (Venezuela),…

(Fusões&Aquisições) An initiative of Telefónica Open Future, Wayra Brazil announced the acceptance of five startups in its acceleration program for 2016.

(Press Release) Brazilian & digital marketing campaign optimization company with clients such as Netshoes, Terra & Globo, Ocapi, announced the sale of its operations to Reaamp, a one-stop-shop for digital…

(Pulso Social) Early this May, Wayra Peru launched Andes Factory, a technology incubator for socially responsible tourism industry. The number of tourists in Peru is expected to reach 3 million…

(Pulso Social) Wayra and MercadoLibre have joined forces to promote up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Argentina. The two announced an agreement to support local technology startups through financing and training.

Moova, an Argentine route optimization software platform for last-mile delivery, raised USD10m from Alaya Capital, FJ Labs, Wayra, MatterScale Ventures, Kalei Ventures, iThink VC, Parser Digital, Reflect Ventures, Murchinson VC,…

Italian investment firm doValue led a ~USD3m Series A for QueroQuitar, a Brazilian debt negotiation platform, with participation from BossaNova Investimentos and 500 Global and follow-on from Wayra and BR…

IDB Invest, Blue Like an Orange and Mexico Ventures led a USD27.5m round in kubo.financiero, a Mexican peer-to-peer lending platform, with participation from Dalus Capital, and follow-on from Bamboo Finance…