Wayra UK

Wayra UK is the corporate venture arm and accelerator of Wayra, the global open-innovation program of Telefónica. It runs accelerator programs for early-stage technology startups across industries including health care, information technology, cybersecurity, smart transport and smart city, and 5G, providing investment and acceleration support. The unit connects startups with Telefónica’s networks and partners to enable collaboration and scale opportunities, aiming to generate joint business opportunities between innovators and Telefónica. As part of a worldwide network spanning multiple countries, Wayra UK positions itself as a bridge between entrepreneurs and corporate-scale opportunity, facilitating access to capital, mentorship, and business development.

Marta Antunez

Bruno Moraes

Managing Director

Gary Stewart

Director

Kyle Tsai

Investor

Past deals in Smart Home

Volava

Seed Round in 2021
Volava is a technology-enabled fitness platform that brings studio-style workouts to the home. It provides a connected fitness experience through equipment such as fitness bikes and boxing kits, paired with online workouts and video sessions to enable accessible, effective training at home. The service aims to be entertaining, approachable, and convenient while building a community around wellness and social connection. Volava was founded in 2017 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Broomx Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Broomx Technologies SL, founded in 2014 and based in Barcelona, Spain, specializes in developing advanced virtual reality technologies that enhance real-world experiences. The company offers proprietary solutions in software, hardware, and cloud services, with a focus on its MK Player360 technology. This innovative system integrates projection capabilities, a CPU, internet connectivity, audio, and domotics control, allowing users to create immersive environments without the need for virtual reality headsets. Broomx's unique projection system employs a patented end-to-end rendering process and an exclusive fish-eye lens to deliver visuals onto three walls and the ceiling, making it suitable for various professional and institutional applications. The company's multidisciplinary team combines expertise in design, engineering, and business development to ensure a user-centered approach in their disruptive solutions.

MYSPHERA

Series A in 2019
MYSPHERA SL is a company based in Paterna, Spain, that specializes in developing location and process visibility solutions for the healthcare sector using Internet of Things (IoT) technology and real-time location systems (RTLS). Established in 2012, MYSPHERA offers a range of IoT devices and applications designed to enhance patient care and operational efficiency in acute care hospitals, senior living facilities, and patient homes. Its solutions include tracking systems for residents and nursing services, as well as alerts for patients. The company also provides various web applications, such as MYHOSPITAL, MYNURSING, and MYLOCS, which assist healthcare professionals and administrators in managing services effectively. By delivering actionable insights through smart sensors, MYSPHERA aims to improve patient outcomes and optimize resource management across healthcare organizations in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Climo

Seed Round in 2018
Climo specializes in climate control services, offering smart air conditioning solutions for residential and commercial clients. Their comprehensive service includes technical advice, process monitoring, energy consumption reports, and comparative efficiency statistics to optimize electricity costs and maintain efficient cooling.

BeCheckin

Venture Round in 2017
BeCheckin provides digital solutions for smart buildings, enabling digital transformation through mobile-connected systems that control and monitor access, climate, lighting, electricity, security and telecom. Its platform serves hotels, garages and community facilities, allowing guests and users to manage access and automate actions in each room or area. The company focuses on keyless entry and streamlined check-in for hospitality, with mobile door unlocking, Bluetooth-enabled garage access, remote lighting and energy control, personal card-based access, and keypad entry with codes. By integrating access control with building management, BeCheckin helps clients in hospitality, real estate and commercial sectors improve security, efficiency and user experience, while providing visibility into activity within spaces. The solution aims to simplify operations, enhance security, and deliver data-driven insights to optimize space usage and automation across connected environments.

Aerial

Convertible Note in 2017
Aerial Technologies Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in cloud-based motion analytics solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and existing wireless infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Aerial has developed the Motion Capture Plug, a WiFi Motion device that analyzes distortions in wireless signals to provide insights into motion activity in various environments such as homes, workplaces, hospitals, and hotels. This technology allows for monitoring without the use of cameras, wearables, or sensors, making it a cost-effective solution for detecting human presence and activities. Aerial serves a diverse clientele, including internet service providers, healthcare organizations, security systems integrators, and smart object manufacturers across the globe, with regional offices in the United States and Spain.

RYSTA

Venture Round in 2017
RYSTA offers a service called Transparency-as-a-Service, utilizing indoor multisensors to measure room climate parameters such as temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels. This data is accessible remotely via different platforms for stakeholders like owners, users, or managers, enabling evidence-based decisions, enhancing transparency, and optimizing processes to reduce waste. The company's primary focus is on preventing mold formation in newly built or renovated residential properties by providing real-time climate monitoring and intelligent algorithms to maintain optimal indoor conditions.

Switchee

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, Switchee specializes in connected devices and analytics for social housing. It provides an IoT-enabled smart thermostat that helps landlords manage heating and hot water efficiently, reduces fuel bills, and improves communication with residents. The company serves large residential landlords and has become a market leader in the UK's social housing IoT sector.

ACTION.AI

Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, ACTION.AI is a London-based company that develops messaging platforms. These platforms enable enterprises to create chatbots for their customer base, transforming customer engagement via natural language interfaces on platforms like Alexa and Facebook Messenger.

Green Momit

Grant in 2015
Green Momit, founded in January 2012 and based in Madrid, Spain, specializes in the development of smart home technologies aimed at enhancing quality of life through energy efficiency. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative smart devices that focus on energy management. Their flagship products include smart temperature sensors that can reduce energy bills by up to 30%. These devices learn user habits to optimize energy savings, ensuring comfort by automatically adjusting heating or cooling when residents are home and turning off when they leave. Users can control their home temperature remotely via mobile devices, helping them manage energy expenditure effectively. Green Momit also has commercial offices in London, UK, and emphasizes research and development and international growth in its operations.

Green Momit

Grant in 2014
Green Momit, founded in January 2012 and based in Madrid, Spain, specializes in the development of smart home technologies aimed at enhancing quality of life through energy efficiency. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative smart devices that focus on energy management. Their flagship products include smart temperature sensors that can reduce energy bills by up to 30%. These devices learn user habits to optimize energy savings, ensuring comfort by automatically adjusting heating or cooling when residents are home and turning off when they leave. Users can control their home temperature remotely via mobile devices, helping them manage energy expenditure effectively. Green Momit also has commercial offices in London, UK, and emphasizes research and development and international growth in its operations.

Vanderdroid

Grant in 2014
Vanderdroid is a company focused on creating innovative products that enhance home automation experiences. It specializes in developing lighting control devices that utilize Bluetooth technology to manage energy consumption effectively. These devices offer the advantages of LED lamps, enabling users to automate and control their energy usage in residential and commercial settings. By doing so, Vanderdroid's solutions help homeowners and building owners achieve energy savings of up to 80 percent, contributing to reduced utility costs and promoting sustainable living.

Green Momit

Seed Round in 2014
Green Momit, founded in January 2012 and based in Madrid, Spain, specializes in the development of smart home technologies aimed at enhancing quality of life through energy efficiency. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative smart devices that focus on energy management. Their flagship products include smart temperature sensors that can reduce energy bills by up to 30%. These devices learn user habits to optimize energy savings, ensuring comfort by automatically adjusting heating or cooling when residents are home and turning off when they leave. Users can control their home temperature remotely via mobile devices, helping them manage energy expenditure effectively. Green Momit also has commercial offices in London, UK, and emphasizes research and development and international growth in its operations.

Green Momit

Grant in 2014
Green Momit, founded in January 2012 and based in Madrid, Spain, specializes in the development of smart home technologies aimed at enhancing quality of life through energy efficiency. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative smart devices that focus on energy management. Their flagship products include smart temperature sensors that can reduce energy bills by up to 30%. These devices learn user habits to optimize energy savings, ensuring comfort by automatically adjusting heating or cooling when residents are home and turning off when they leave. Users can control their home temperature remotely via mobile devices, helping them manage energy expenditure effectively. Green Momit also has commercial offices in London, UK, and emphasizes research and development and international growth in its operations.

Mirubee

Seed Round in 2014
Mirubee is a Madrid-based company that specializes in manufacturing devices designed to quantify electricity consumption by various electrical appliances. The company offers innovative energy-efficiency solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as domestic users. Mirubee empowers consumers to gain insights into their energy usage through a combination of hardware and software. Its intuitive and cost-effective monitoring tools, along with a web-based platform, provide disaggregated data on energy consumption. This enables users to make informed decisions regarding energy efficiency and effectively manage their electricity bills.

Modebo

Seed Round in 2014
Modebo is a manufacturer of Internet of Things devices focused on enhancing energy efficiency in buildings. The company provides a Virtual Chief Engineer platform, which is an innovative and user-friendly application designed to offer detailed insights into energy consumption and management. By utilizing homeostatic design principles, passive architecture, and advanced automation and monitoring techniques, Modebo enables clients to optimize energy performance, reduce consumption, and achieve significant cost savings. Its technology presents scalable and affordable solutions for businesses seeking to improve their energy efficiency and sustainability efforts.

Green Momit

Seed Round in 2013
Green Momit, founded in January 2012 and based in Madrid, Spain, specializes in the development of smart home technologies aimed at enhancing quality of life through energy efficiency. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative smart devices that focus on energy management. Their flagship products include smart temperature sensors that can reduce energy bills by up to 30%. These devices learn user habits to optimize energy savings, ensuring comfort by automatically adjusting heating or cooling when residents are home and turning off when they leave. Users can control their home temperature remotely via mobile devices, helping them manage energy expenditure effectively. Green Momit also has commercial offices in London, UK, and emphasizes research and development and international growth in its operations.

CENTERSONIC

Seed Round in 2013
CENTERSONIC specializes in providing a vendor-independent smart home solution designed for ease of installation, configuration, and operation. The company offers software tools that facilitate the automation of various household functions, including lighting, dimmer switches, heating, and window treatments, as well as security features like smoke detectors and surveillance cameras. By integrating these technologies, CENTERSONIC enhances the comfort and convenience of everyday life, allowing users to control their home environment effortlessly.

Vanderdroid

Seed Round in 2013
Vanderdroid is a company focused on creating innovative products that enhance home automation experiences. It specializes in developing lighting control devices that utilize Bluetooth technology to manage energy consumption effectively. These devices offer the advantages of LED lamps, enabling users to automate and control their energy usage in residential and commercial settings. By doing so, Vanderdroid's solutions help homeowners and building owners achieve energy savings of up to 80 percent, contributing to reduced utility costs and promoting sustainable living.

Modebo

Grant in 2013
Modebo is a manufacturer of Internet of Things devices focused on enhancing energy efficiency in buildings. The company provides a Virtual Chief Engineer platform, which is an innovative and user-friendly application designed to offer detailed insights into energy consumption and management. By utilizing homeostatic design principles, passive architecture, and advanced automation and monitoring techniques, Modebo enables clients to optimize energy performance, reduce consumption, and achieve significant cost savings. Its technology presents scalable and affordable solutions for businesses seeking to improve their energy efficiency and sustainability efforts.

Modebo

Grant in 2013
Modebo is a manufacturer of Internet of Things devices focused on enhancing energy efficiency in buildings. The company provides a Virtual Chief Engineer platform, which is an innovative and user-friendly application designed to offer detailed insights into energy consumption and management. By utilizing homeostatic design principles, passive architecture, and advanced automation and monitoring techniques, Modebo enables clients to optimize energy performance, reduce consumption, and achieve significant cost savings. Its technology presents scalable and affordable solutions for businesses seeking to improve their energy efficiency and sustainability efforts.

Green Momit

Seed Round in 2013
Green Momit, founded in January 2012 and based in Madrid, Spain, specializes in the development of smart home technologies aimed at enhancing quality of life through energy efficiency. The company designs, manufactures, and sells innovative smart devices that focus on energy management. Their flagship products include smart temperature sensors that can reduce energy bills by up to 30%. These devices learn user habits to optimize energy savings, ensuring comfort by automatically adjusting heating or cooling when residents are home and turning off when they leave. Users can control their home temperature remotely via mobile devices, helping them manage energy expenditure effectively. Green Momit also has commercial offices in London, UK, and emphasizes research and development and international growth in its operations.

Modebo

Seed Round in 2012
Modebo is a manufacturer of Internet of Things devices focused on enhancing energy efficiency in buildings. The company provides a Virtual Chief Engineer platform, which is an innovative and user-friendly application designed to offer detailed insights into energy consumption and management. By utilizing homeostatic design principles, passive architecture, and advanced automation and monitoring techniques, Modebo enables clients to optimize energy performance, reduce consumption, and achieve significant cost savings. Its technology presents scalable and affordable solutions for businesses seeking to improve their energy efficiency and sustainability efforts.

Mirubee

Convertible Note in 2012
Mirubee is a Madrid-based company that specializes in manufacturing devices designed to quantify electricity consumption by various electrical appliances. The company offers innovative energy-efficiency solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as domestic users. Mirubee empowers consumers to gain insights into their energy usage through a combination of hardware and software. Its intuitive and cost-effective monitoring tools, along with a web-based platform, provide disaggregated data on energy consumption. This enables users to make informed decisions regarding energy efficiency and effectively manage their electricity bills.

Mirubee

Grant in 2012
Mirubee is a Madrid-based company that specializes in manufacturing devices designed to quantify electricity consumption by various electrical appliances. The company offers innovative energy-efficiency solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as domestic users. Mirubee empowers consumers to gain insights into their energy usage through a combination of hardware and software. Its intuitive and cost-effective monitoring tools, along with a web-based platform, provide disaggregated data on energy consumption. This enables users to make informed decisions regarding energy efficiency and effectively manage their electricity bills.

Mirubee

Seed Round in 2011
Mirubee is a Madrid-based company that specializes in manufacturing devices designed to quantify electricity consumption by various electrical appliances. The company offers innovative energy-efficiency solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as domestic users. Mirubee empowers consumers to gain insights into their energy usage through a combination of hardware and software. Its intuitive and cost-effective monitoring tools, along with a web-based platform, provide disaggregated data on energy consumption. This enables users to make informed decisions regarding energy efficiency and effectively manage their electricity bills.
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