Telefónica Ventures

With offices in London, Silicon Valley and Madrid, Telefónica Ventures aims to maximise the VC portfolio value within the Telefónica Group, enhance Telefónica’s relationship with start-ups and identify tomorrow’s opportunities.

Telefónica Ventures has four key operating principles:

• To have presence in innovation hotspots
• To take risks by investing in future bets
• To be agile in taking advantage of opportunities
• To have ownership and accountability of decisions

Telefónica Ventures focuses on early, mid and late stage funding rounds, particularly in Europe, US and Israel. It is especially keen to identify investment opportunities within Telefónica’s Digital service areas.

Telefónica Ventures currently holds investments in the following companies:

• Amobee
• Assia
• Kit Digital
• Eventful
• Quantenna
• Joyent
• Boku