We are one of the Telefónica’s Corporate Venture vehicles for strategic investments. We aim to address the big challenges facing Telco industry and create new businesses and verticals aligned with the Core strategy from Telefónica, leveraging cutting edge technology.
This is how we invest
Telefónica invests, directly in startups or through a network of leading VC’s funds in key markets, to build strategic partners fully aligned with Telefónica global strategy. We are an open ecosystem, we fuel Telefónica’s business globally with local presence.
Investment Thesis
We invest tickets from €350K to €5M in minority and strategic stakes of product-market fit and Early Growth stages directly, and indirectly through a network formed by the main Venture Capital funds leading in key markets for the group where Telefónica Ventures is a Limited Partner. The startups are sponsored by a Telefónica top executive and have a working plan to scale in our business areas.
- Product Market Fit
- Early Growth
- Mature Age
How we invest
In Telefónica Ventures we invest through three vehicles:
Direct Investments
We invest in startups with a global impact across the Telefónica’s value chain, sponsored by our technical areas and with a working plan to be deployed within Telefónica’s footprint.
Indirect Investments
Investments through our network of VC Funds, which have presence in key innovation ecosystems for Telefónica. They bring us operational partnerships, strategic insights, and deal flow opportunities.
Leadwind
We invest in ‘deep tech scaleups’, fast-growing startups with a disruptive and transformative technology base, located in Southern Europe and Latin America. This independent venture capital fund is open to public and private investors.
Where we invest
Ventures
- Digital Customers: Home, Healthcare, Fintech, Energy, Entertainment
- B2B: Cyber, IoT, Cloud y Data
- Next Generation Networks
Venture capital funds
- Telefónica Markets: Spain, UK, Germany, Brazil and Hispam
- Strategic Markets: US and Israel
Key Figures
Telefónica Ventures in the world:
Startups located in the best tech ecosystems: US and Israel.
Startups with operations in the highlighted Telefónica footprint: Spain, Brazil, UK, Germany, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.
Our Portfolio
Hiya
Connectivity. Global
Hiya connects businesses with their customers, helps carriers secure their networks, and protects people from spam and fraud calls.
Airalo
Connectivity. Global
Airalo is the world’s first eSIM shop for travellers to access over 200 eSIMs at the most affordable local rates around the world, all via an eSIM-enabled smartphone, tablet or PC.
Smart Protection
Cibersecurity. Spain
We track down and eliminate illegal copies of your assets through our technology platform. Our goal is to minimize the negative impact that such infringements have on your sales and brand reputation.
ClearX
Blockchain. Israel
Clear builds blockchain-based settlement and clearing networks for global industries.
Aerial
Networks. Canada
Owns a patented technology targeted for smart homes, which detects presence and recognizes activities using the WiFi signal.
Boku
Digital Customer. US
Mobile payments platform, enabling consumers to pay for goods and services using their mobile phone number, with purchases billed to mobile network operator bill.
Devo
Cibersecurity. US
Improve visibility, transform the SOC, and achieve enterprise-wide business initiatives. Leverage built-in algorithms or integrate custom models, in real time, at scale.
Altiostar
Networks. US
Provides a 5G-ready virtualized open RAN software solution that supports open interfaces and disaggregates the hardware from the software to build an open multi-vendor web-scale network.
BigML
AI. US
Sophisticated Machine Learning-based solutions affordably by distilling the predictive patterns from their data into real-life intelligent applications usable by anyone.
Blueliv
Cibersecurity. US
Blueliv has developed a cloud-based enterprise cyber threat intelligence platform designed to discover, detect, deny and disrupt the growing number of cyber threats in the world.
Constella
Cibersecurity. Spain
Constella powers Cyber Intelligence Centers for defense and law enforcement agencies and provides enterprises with Intelligence Services.
Napster
Virtual Reality. UK
Music entertainment platform that combines immersive visual content and music streaming through virtual reality.
Assia
Networks. US
Delivers broadband solutions for leading service providers across the globe.
Quantenna
Connectivity. Networks. US
Quantenna’s solutions combine semiconductor architecture with system-level software and cloud analytics to deliver the highest speed, broadest coverage, highest capacity.
Amobee
MKT Media Entertainment. US
A mobile advertising platform offering end-to-end mobile advertising solutions and services for advertisers and publishers.
Durcal
Connectivity. Spain
Platform for family care and relationships focused on the silver economy.
Bit2Me
Blockchain. Spain
Company specialized in financial technology. With a deep knowledge of Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
Nova Labs
Connectivity. Global
Helium is a decentralized wireless network and a settlement layer leveraged on a blockchain-based deployment fueled by token economic incentives.
GestureTek
Connectivity. Canada
GestureTek develops the gesture-recognition technology for gesture controlled immersive surfaces, signs, displays and games.
MindMeld
IA. US
Conversational AI platform. It is used by the world’s most innovative companies to power next-generation voice and chat assistants.
Box
Connectivity. US
A cloud-based content management company that enables businesses to revolutionise the way they work by securely connecting employees, information and applications.
Satlantis
Space. Canada
Space technology company for Earth observation and exploration of the Universe. It focuses on the language of light, translating it to the needs of end users.
Nozomi
Cibersecurity. US
The leader of industrial cybersecurity, delivering the best solution for real-time visibility to manage cyber risk and improve resilience for industrial operations.
Cyngn
Software development. US
Cyngn is an autonomous vehicle robotics company specializing in autonomous mobile robots for industrial applications.
Monogoto
Cibersecurity. Spain
Employee cyber risk Global cellular connectivity for IoT and M2M devices with full control and best-in-class security.
Leadwind
Sur de Europa y Latinoamérica
Fund launched by Telefónica and K Fund. It invests in fast-growing startups with a disruptive and transformative technology base (deep tech scaleups).
Alter VP
California, US.
Californian investment fund focused on hard tech startups, in B2B companies.
Vintage IP
Tel Aviv, Israel.
Vintage is a global venture platform invested in the world’s leading venture funds and startups, driving digital innovation across industries.
RedPoint e.ventures
São Paulo, Brasil.
RedPoint is the first and only Silicon Valley presence on the ground in Brazil. Supports Brazilian digital market entrepreneurs to create fast-growing companies.
Borderless Capital
United States.
Investment through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in Helium, a decentralized wireless network.
Kibo I & II
Madrid, Spain.
Kibo Ventures (two funds) invest in seed stage startups, mainly in Spain.
Active
Barcelona, Spain.
European venture fund with presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia.
Indicator Capital
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The largest early-stage venture capital firm in Latin America specializing in the Internet of Things (IoT).
InvestTech I & VC
São Paulo, Brazil.
Investment Brazilian Venture Capital and Private Equity focused on growth startups, in B2B companies.
Scale
Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Chilean investment fund that invest exclusively in communication, media and IT sectors.
Axon
Invests in countries in the Pacific region such as Colombia, México and Peru.
Invests in countries in the Pacific region such as Colombia, México and Peru.
Telefónica Ventures
Contact with our Telefónica Ventures department.