Telefónica leads in number and volume of investments
The most mediatic one has been carried out by Telefónica Ventures in the everythng.me $25M together with SingTel Innov8, Mozilla and others investors actuales. Everything.me está impulsando un cambio de paradigma para smartphones enmarcado en un proceso de transición del concepto «inteligente» hacia el concepto «dinámico». En lugar de la experiencia estática que brinda un smartphone actual, un teléfono “dinámico” adapta su oferta de aplicaciones sobre la marcha. A través de una búsqueda, hace coincidir los contenidos y servicios en los que está interesado un usuario en un momento determinado, con las aplicaciones disponibles sobre éstos más relevantes.
The operator, through Telefónica Digital (and of its venture capital division), participated in a financing round of the US mobile payment technology company Boku. La operación en su conjunto ha rondado los $35M. En este sentido, Telefónica explicó que Boku va a convertirse en socio preferente en el sector de pagos por móvil y permitirá a la operadora el acceso a la red de socios comerciales de la compañía estadounidense, «ampliando así el número de lugares donde los clientes pueden utilizar su cartera móvil». Telefónica añadió que, con la operación, Boku tendrá acceso a sus más de 300 millones de clientes en todo el mundo.
Addfleetafter reaching an agreement with accelerator Inspirit by Didac Leeclosed a financing round with Telefónica and La Caixa with a €3M joint investment to boost the company's global commercialisation. The company, addFleet, thus consolidates its position as a provider of urban mobility management solutions. Prior to the current investment, Telefónica signed a global commercial agreement with addFleet to include this service in its global portfolio of M2M (mobile services) products.
"One of the great advantages of signing a round with a inverter The main objective of the corporate strategy is to strengthen commercial ties that will allow for a faster and more global introduction into the market", says Diego Gutierrez, an expert in alternative financing at Abra Invest.
Mobility is also a field for business angels.
Along with the large investments of TelefónicaThe mobility sector has also seen the presence of smaller investors. This is a good sign that the sector is not mature and that much remains to be done. One example is the company ItinerariumThe company, specialising in the development of geolocation applications, was founded in 2007 by Narcís Vives and received the support of two investors who have provided €1.2M for the expansion of the company's business.
Also the spin-off of the University of Seville, Icineticspecialising in the development of applications for Windows mobile, was financed by investors of the business network angel Keiretsu. Or Gijón's investment in fleet management company ADN context mobile solutions.