On 12 November, the second demoday was held for the Wayra the incubator of Telefónica with the presentation of 16 startups.
A total investment of $45M
According to their managers at the Demo Day investor meeting held on Tuesday in London and Sao Paulo, the total number of investment to date is around 45 million dollars (around 33.5 million euros). Of this, around 13.4 million dollars (around 10 million euros) corresponds to contributions made directly by Telefónica through Wayra, while the other 31.3 million are external financing, provided by third parties. investors.
A total of 16 startups. 3 of them from the Spanish academies
Among the 16 startups presented to the investors 2 come from the Barcelona academy and the other from the Madrid academy.
AUDIOSNAPS - WAYRA UK (Barcelona Academy) http://audiosnaps.com is an application that allows you to take pictures with sound by aggregating everything into a single standard JPG format compatible with any server and device. Stop capturing images and start capturing moments.
MARFEEL - WAYRA (Academia Barcelona) http://www.marfeel.com Currently, web content consumed through touch devices, such as smartphones and tablets, is not optimised for their size, resolution and performance, often frustrating users' expectations. An experience that triples average browsing time, activates page views and user retention.
RUSHMORE - WAYRA SPAIN (Madrid Academy) https://rushmore.fm directly connects artists with their fans through a channel that offers live, interactive experiences, artist news and connects a passionate community of fans.
Gonzalo Martín-VillaWe are very satisfied with the level of the companies we have presented at this demoDay and also with the feedback received from the investment community," says Wayra's CEO about the event. Both factors show us the way forward, which is to continue to offer opportunities for our entrepreneurs and also opportunities to investment validated by our model of acceleration".
Wayra and its model will continue to expand in 2014 and 2015.
The operator also indicated that during 2014 Wayra will carry out a series of presentations in the USA, where it will bring the ecosystem closer to the inverter The US company has a value proposition to further contribute to the success of its accelerated businesses. It aims to invest in a total of 1000 startups technology until 2015.
"The impact Wayra is achieving in such a short time is overwhelming, it has placed itself at the same level as the leading companies in the sector.ncubators American as 500startupps e Ycombinator. The greatest merit they have is the change of philosophy in treating entrepreneurs with a "friendly" approach and proposal, focusing on contributing and not, as in the past, on controlling", analyses Diego Gutierrez, an expert in technology startups at Abra Invest.
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