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Telefonica's Wayra invested EUR 4.5 mln in 39 startups in 2020

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Telefonica announced that its Wayra startup accelerator invested a total of EUR 4.5 million in 39 European and Latin American startups last year. The figure included EUR 1.8 million in 15 startups in Spain, some 29 percent more than in the previous year. Projects ranged from artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud services to video, virtual reality, cybersecurity, connectivity, data analytics and fintech, said the company.

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