Investments
38Portfolio Exits
13Funds
1Partners & Customers
1About Telefonica Tech Ventures
Telefónica Tech Ventures is Telefónica's global Corporate Venture Capital vehicle for investing in the best Cybersecurity, cloud, IoT and Data startups worldwide and develop business together.
Telefonica Tech Ventures Headquarter Location
Ronda de la Comunicación Edificio Central. Planta 3
Madrid, 28050,
Spain
Latest Telefonica Tech Ventures News
Jan 4, 2022
The market of cybersecurity in Europe for the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices are in a growing phase Cybersecurity in Europe is expected to grow from US$3.6 billion in 2021 to US$19.6 billion in 2026 at an annual growth rate (CAGR 2021-2026) of 8.38%. The European cyber security market for the Internet of Things ( IoT ) and connected devices are in a growing phase. Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy, are leading European countries to adopt IoT and connected devices. However, many consumers across Europe are also seeing the importance of wearable devices and increasingly understand the benefits. The severity of cyber breaches has become more and more intense in recent years across European countries. The threat to UK companies from hackers and other malicious elements online was magnified in 2020. The number of attacks continued to grow and cybersecurity has become increasingly important to many more parts of the UK economy. Germany is pushing itself as a technologically independent country like the United States and China in terms of cybersecurity. In August 2020, the country announced a federal agency dedicated to handling cyberattacks and strengthening the country’s digital security. The agency is also slated to receive total funding of US$412 million by 2023 to continue innovation and solutions to cyber-attacks. Furthermore, telecommunication companies are increasing their investment in cybersecurity to deal with the rapid increase of cyber threats. For instance, Telefonica launched Telefonica Tech Ventures in October 2020 to find strategic start-ups along with the development of the capabilities of its investment to invest in markets for Telefonica in Germany along with other countries of Europe. The major players operating in the cyber security market are Sophos Solutions, IBM Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Micro Focus, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Cisco Systems, AVG Technologies, Dell EMC, Fortinet and others. Major companies are developing advanced technologies and launching new services to stay competitive in the market. Other competitive strategies include mergers and acquisitions and new service developments.
Telefonica Tech Ventures Investments
38 Investments
Telefonica Tech Ventures has made 38 investments. Their latest investment was in Internxt as part of their Series A on April 4, 2022.
Telefonica Tech Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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4/25/2022 | Series A | Internxt | Yes | Balaji Srinivasan, and Wayra | 1 | |
8/2/2021 | Series D | Nozomi Networks | $100M | No | Forward Investments, Honeywell Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Keysight Technologies, Porsche Digital, Triangle Peak Partners, and Undisclosed Investors | 27 |
6/9/2021 | Seed VC | Monogoto | $11M | Yes | 10 | |
3/18/2021 | Unattributed VC | |||||
12/15/2020 | Seed VC |
Date | 4/25/2022 | 8/2/2021 | 6/9/2021 | 3/18/2021 | 12/15/2020 |
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Round | Series A | Series D | Seed VC | Unattributed VC | Seed VC |
Company | Internxt | Nozomi Networks | Monogoto | ||
Amount | $100M | $11M | |||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Balaji Srinivasan, and Wayra | Forward Investments, Honeywell Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Keysight Technologies, Porsche Digital, Triangle Peak Partners, and Undisclosed Investors | |||
Sources | 1 | 27 | 10 |
Telefonica Tech Ventures Portfolio Exits
13 Portfolio Exits
Telefonica Tech Ventures has 13 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was ASSIA on May 02, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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5/2/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
10/20/2021 | IPO | 4 | |||
8/4/2021 | Acquired | 3 | |||
Telefonica Tech Ventures Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Telefonica Tech Ventures acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Altostratus Cloud Consulting on July 01, 2021.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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7/1/2021 | Acq - Fin | 3 |
Date | 7/1/2021 |
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Investment Stage | |
Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | |
Note | Acq - Fin |
Sources | 3 |
Telefonica Tech Ventures Fund History
1 Fund History
Telefonica Tech Ventures has 1 fund, including Vivo Ventures.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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4/11/2022 | Vivo Ventures | $68.93M | 1 |
Closing Date | 4/11/2022 |
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Fund | Vivo Ventures |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | $68.93M |
Sources | 1 |
Telefonica Tech Ventures Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Telefonica Tech Ventures has 1 strategic partners and customers. Telefonica Tech Ventures recently partnered with Quside on April 4, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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4/9/2021 | Partner | Spain | 1 |
Date | 4/9/2021 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | Spain |
News Snippet | |
Sources | 1 |
Telefonica Tech Ventures Team
1 Team Member
Telefonica Tech Ventures has 1 team member, including current Managing Director, Guenia Gawendo.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Guenia Gawendo | Managing Director | Current |
Name | Guenia Gawendo |
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Work History | |
Title | Managing Director |
Status | Current |
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