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June 30, 2020

PROVENANCE BLOCKCHAINS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE  EU’s HORIZON 2020 1M€ PRIZE  

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, 30 June 2020 - Provenance, the leading transparency platform for brands, has been awarded the prestigious “Blockchains for Social Good” prize from the European Commission to continue their work enabling supply chain and impact information to be communicated and digitally authenticated through their pioneering software

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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.

January 14, 2020

WAYRA’S INTELLIGENT MOBILITY START-UPS HAVE RAISED OVER $250M

Wayra UK - Telefónica's global open innovation arm – celebrates the end of the 3rd Intelligent Mobility Accelerator with a Demo Day event. The Intelligent Mobility (IM) Accelerator is a partnership between Connected Places Catapult (UK Government funded) and Wayra UK, with support from Stagecoach, Hyundai and Amey (part of the Ferrovial Group). To date, it has generated 24 commercial pilots for the 28 start-ups that have gone through three cohorts. All start-ups combined have raised over $250M in external investment.

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