Wayra, the open innovation hub of Telefónica, will be present from February 25 to 27 at the new edition of 4 Years From Now (4YfN), where 15 startups from its portfolio will participate, coming from Wayra's hubs in Munich (Germany), London (United Kingdom), Caracas (Venezuela), Lima (Peru), Barcelona, and Madrid. For the sixth consecutive year, Wayra will be present at 4YFN, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) space where the most promising startups will gather. disruptive. Wayra's participation in 4YFN is aligned with the company's new strategy, which seeks to invest in more mature technology startups that fit with Telefónica's own strategic projects. This edition will feature 300 presentations and more than 700 international exhibitors, including the Wayra stand where startups in cybersecurity, IoT, Big Data, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and video will be able to explain their technological solutions to investors, corporations, and public institutions seeking new business opportunities. On Monday, February 25, the Wayra stand will host Clevernet, Emotions AR, Genial.ly and We are testers. While on Tuesday the 26th it will be the turn of the startups Conntac, Plaza Points, SocialGest and ybVR. And finally, on Wednesday, Eccocar, Engidi, Valerann, and Redsift will be present. Wayra will also have a prominent presence on the event's agenda with speakers such as Miguel Arias, Global Entrepreneurship Director of Telefónica, who will explain the company's innovation strategy on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. on the Banco Sabadell Stage in a presentation entitled ‘We Scale Startups’ alongside Alicia Asín, founder of the multinational Libelium; Guenia Gawendo, Scouting & Innovation Director of Telefónica, and entrepreneur David Grant, from Aerial. Under the title ‘From Zero to Hero’, Andrés Saborido, director of Wayra Spain, will bring together three of the fastest-growing startups in Spain on Tuesday at 3:50 p.m. in the Garden Stage: Tappx, winner of the Tech 5 – TNW ranking in 2018; Typeform, winner of the Tech 5 – TNW ranking in 2017; and Housers. The conference will focus on scalability and entrepreneurship, along with Mariano de Beer, Chief Commercial and Digital Officer of Telefónica. In addition, Agustín Moro, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Telefónica, will speak on Wednesday at 12:30 on the Garden Stage about cybersecurity with Daniel Solis, CEO of Blueliv, Rahul Powar, CEO of Redsift, and Steven Sprague, CEO of Rivetz. This year, as a new feature, TrenLab, Renfe's accelerator with Wayra, will participate on Wednesday at 12:00 on the Agora stage of 4YFN with the panel ‘The future of transport.’ Hyperloop End2End Vision’.
Wayra at Mobile World Congress
Telefónica's stand at MWC will host three Wayra startups. On Tuesday, Tappx, a developer community that allows free promotion of mobile applications, will talk about ‘New opportunities in digital video advertising’ and there will be a demo of the startup Ludus, specializing in virtual reality simulation for training and education of professionals in industry and emergency services. On Thursday, Carto will speak in the same space in a presentation entitled ‘Driving Smarter Cities & Indoor Mapping through Location Intelligence at Telefónica.
About Wayra
Wayra is Telefónica's most global, technological, and connected open innovation hub in the world. Wayra operates through 11 hubs in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. More than 400 of the startups that participated in Telefónica's Open Innovation program are still active, and more than 100 startups are doing business with the company.