Innovation Ventures
We are Telefónica’s Corporate Venture Vehicle. We aim to address the big challenges facing Telco industry and create new businesses leveraging cutting edge technology. TIV invests, directly in startups or through a network of leading VC’s funds in key markets, to build strategic partners fully aligned with TEF global strategy. We have a portfolio formed by 10 startups directly invested and + 80 startups invested through our network of VC’s.
TIV is part of an open ecosystem, we fuel Telefónica’s business globally with local presence. With scouting offices in Silicon Valley and in Madrid.
HOW WE INVEST
We invest via two vehicles:
- Direct investments in startups with a global impact across the Telefónica’s value chain, sponsored by business or technical areas and with a working plan to be deployed within Telefónica’s footprint.
- Indirect investments through our network of VC Funds. These VC funds have presence in key innovation ecosystems for Telefónica. They bring us operational partners with startups, strategic insights, deal Flow opportunities multiplying the scope of our scouting.
WHERE WE INVEST
INVESTMENT THESIS
TIV invests tickets from €150K to €6m in minority stakes of product-market fit and Early Growth stages. We invest in strategic stakes, with leading VCs funds, in startups sponsored by a Telefónica top executive and with a working plan to scale in our business areas.
PORTFOLIO
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4iQ
4IQ powers Cyber Intelligence Centers for defense and law enforcement agencies and provides enterprises with Intelligence Services.More information
Cibersecurity
Spain
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Aerial
Owns a patented technology targeted for smart homes, which detects presence and recognizes activities using the WiFi signal. More information
- Networks
Canada
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Altiostar
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. More information
- Networks
- USA
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Assia
Delivers broadband solutions for leading service providers across the globe More information
- Networks
- USA
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BigML
Sophisticated Machine Learning-based solutions affordably by distilling the predictive patterns from their data into real-life intelligent applications usable by anyone. More information
- AI
- USA
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Blueliv
Provides cyber threat information and analysis intelligence for enterprises, service providers, and security vendors. More information
Cibersecurity- USA
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Boku
Mobile payments platform, enabling consumers to pay for goods and services using their mobile phone number, with purchases billed to mobile network operator bill.More information
- Digital Customers
- USA
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ClearX
Clear builds blockchain-based settlement and clearing networks for global industries. More information
- Blockchain
- Israel
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Sigfox
Provider of connectivity for the IoT. It has built a global network to connect billions of devices to the Internet while consuming the lowest possible amount of energy. More information
- IoT
- France
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Scytl
Independent communication channel between political leaders and citizens to encourage and favor open governments and citizen participation.More information
- Digital Transformation
- Spain
Our Succesful Exits
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Amobee
A mobile advertising platform offering end-to-end mobile advertising solutions and services for advertisers and publishers. More information
- Marketing, Media, Entertainment
- USA
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Quantenna
Quantenna’s solutions combine semiconductor architecture with system-level software and cloud analytics to deliver the highest speed, broadest coverage, highest capacity. More information
- Connectivity, Networks
- USA
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MindMeld
An advanced AI platform powering a new generation of intelligent conversational interfaces. More information
- AI
- USA
VC FUNDS NETWORKS
2019- On going
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Alter VP
Californian investment fund focused on hard tech startups, in B2B companies. More information
- California, USA
2012 - 2018
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Kibo I & II
Kibo Ventures (two funds) invest in seed stage startups, mainly in Spain. More information
- Madrid, Spain
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Active
European venture fund with presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia. More information
- Barcelona, Spain
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InvestTech I & VC
Investment Brazilian Venture Capital and Private Equity focused on growth startups, in B2B companies. More information
- São Paulo, Brazil
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Axon
Invests in countries in the Pacific region such as Colombia, México and Peru. More information
- Pacific area: Colombia, Peru & Mexico
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Scale
Chilean investment fund that invest exclusively in communication, media and IT sectors.More information
- Santiago de Chile, Chile
