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April 7, 2020

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR CYBER ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME

The National Cyber Security Centre is opening a call for start-up businesses to help create a new wave of security solutions by joining its acclaimed Cyber Accelerator programme.

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March 27, 2020

WEST MIDLANDS 5G AWARDS O2 CONTRACT TO LAUNCH UK'S FIRST 5G ACCELERATORS IN THREE MAJOR CITIES. OVER 2,000 BUSINESSES TO BENEFIT.

West Midlands 5G (WM5G) Limited has awarded a major contract to a consortium led by Telefonica UK (O2) to build 5G accelerators in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry. The other consortium members include Deloitte, Wayra and Digital Catapult.

March 24, 2020

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS RESPONSE FROM WAYRA UK START-UPS

Wayra UK - the British arm of Telefónica's open innovation hub – is proud to support and present the various initiatives of its start-ups as a response to the Coronavirus crisis.

March 16, 2020

WAYRA AND NOVARTIS OPEN APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT HEALTH HUB

Wayra - Telefónica's open innovation hub – and the pharmaceutical company Novartis UK, call all health tech start-ups to apply for the second cohort of the Health Hub, a partnership between both companies created in 2019.

March 9, 2020

THE INTELLIGENT MOBILITY ACCELERATOR IS NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS NEXT COHORT

The Intelligent Mobility Accelerator is now taking applications for its next cohort The Intelligent Mobility (IM) Accelerator for Start-ups with innovative solutions to improve the UK transport system, is now taking applications for its next group of businesses.

March 5, 2020

EDINBURGH’S TECH ECOSYSTEM WELCOMES AI AND BLOCKCHAIN ENTREPRENEURS

Wayra, Telefónica’s open innovation arm, and the University of Edinburgh are proud to welcome the third Cohort of start-ups to the Edinburgh AI and blockchain Accelerator.

January 30, 2020

WAYRA UK APPOINTS NEW COUNTRY MANAGER TO LEAD NEW STRATEGY AND START-UPS

Wayra - Telefónica's open innovation hub – has just hired the entrepreneur Bruno Moraes, as its new Country Manager for the UK market. Bruno will be responsible to manage a portfolio of 193 start-ups valued over $1bn and to scale new start-ups that are coming on board in 2020, alongside a pivotal shift in the strategy for how Wayra finds the best start-ups.

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