Barcelona is hosting the new edition of Wayra Investor Days for two days, an event that brings 100 investors to the city with a portfolio of over €2 billion. This initiative represents an opportunity to connect the national investment ecosystem with international funds. For the startups at Wayra Spain, Telefónica's open innovation hub, this is an opportunity to attract investment, scale internationally, and connect with top funds. A total of 18 startups from Wayra Spain, specializing in virtual reality, the Internet of Things, Big Data, artificial intelligence, video, connectivity, and cybersecurity, are presenting their projects today to a selection of national and international funds, including Elaia Partners (France), Point Nine Capital (Germany), Plus 8 Equity Partners (United States), Semapa (Portugal), Notion Capital (United Kingdom), and Banc Sabadell (Spain). “These sessions reflect Wayra's commitment to co-investing in startups “Mature and technologically advanced startups with a clear business plan that align with Telefónica’s strategic projects,” highlights Andrés Saborido, director of Wayra Spain. “In this new edition of Wayra Investor Days, we not only focused on connecting Wayra’s portfolio startups with over 100 national and international investors, but we also wanted to offer investors the opportunity to share deal flow and co-investment strategies,” explains Julian Vinué, director of Wayra Barcelona. “Elaia has become a very active investor in the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem. For us, Wayra Investor Days is a great opportunity to discover new, innovative startups and to jointly invest in successful companies, as we did in the past with Wayra in the case of Marfeel,” explains Pauline Roux, partner at Elaia Partners.
Participating startups include Booklyng, Madeof Genes, Citibeats, Bia Power, Engidi, DataGran, Broomx, Teltoo, Clevernet, SmartIoTlabs, HDiv, YBVR, MySphera, IUrban, Quadminds, Ludus, Cognicor and Genially.