# Wayra Chile

> Wayra Chile is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wayra-chile
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/wayrachile
- Website: https://cl.wayra.co
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/wayrachile

Wayra Chile is a VC fund in Madrid focused on Software and Information Technology. Wayra is the most global, connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business.Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $888k–$3.1M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $210k–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 76% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 35% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 35% |
| Apps | 3 | 18% |
| Security | 3 | 18% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 41% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 24% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 12% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 5 | 29% |
| United States | 5 | 29% |
| Spain | 3 | 18% |
| Canada | 2 | 12% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claudio Barahona | Country Manager Chile | 28 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudio-barahona |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Busbud | Busbud is a mobile app and platform that connects passengers to bus operators. It enables its users to search, compare, and book city-to-city bus tickets for any location and from any location. It is a comprehensive source of city-to-city bus schedules and tickets around the world, gathering schedules for over 10463 cities in 89 countries, in 10languages, and 15 currencies. The app offers a search tool allowing travelers to discover and plan their next bus trip.Busbud was founded by Michael Gradek, LP Maurice, and Frederic Thouin in October 2011. It is headquartered in Montreal City in Québec, Canada. | $11M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Proppos | Proppos provides AI checkout solutions for retail and hospitality industries based on computer vision algorithms. | $887.7K | Seed | Nov 13, 2020 |  |
| Colektia | Colektia is a digital platform that helps financial institutions create new digital collections models, based on artificial intelligence. They predict the best communication strategy for companies to contact debtors (best channel / best time / best day) and use robots to do so. The platform generates portals so that users can generatetheir payments, refinance and schedule payment promises.Colektia uses predictive models throughout the management process in key stages such as segmentation, validation, and management of management channels. Their artificial intelligence processes allow them to develop the best strategy to achieve greater effectiveness and efficiency in the collection. They integrate new channels such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, etc., Expanding the management capacity and improving the contact ability.Colektia was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2019 |  |
| Aerial | Aerial's technology leverages existing infrastructure to recognize activity without the need for cameras, sensors or wearables. Aerial's patented technology analyzes distortions and fluctuations in the existing wireless signals and uses AI to interpret them and classify human activities. | $1.9M | Seed | Feb 26, 2018 |  |
| Datagran | Data Scientists, Data Analysts or Business Analysts can now focus on their work without having to worry about scaling machines, scheduling or building apps when deploying an ML model. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 10, 2018 |  |
| Cloner | Cloud backup service providers for over 9 years. More than 200 companies trust their data to us. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 29, 2017 |  |
| News Deeply | Founded in 2012, News Deeply is an innovative network of theme-driven information and community platforms, convening engaged, knowledgeable and passionate audiences.Led by an award-winning team of domain-expert journalists, our topical platforms combine real-time storytelling, investigative reporting and data, and expert-driven insights withonline and offline community interactions. Our readers and our partners include leaders from the private sector, government, civil society, and academia and research, as well as members of the engaged public.In an increasingly complicated information environment, we surface the vital insights and stakeholder connections that help to advance conversations and inform decision-making on the issues that matter, deeply, to the state of our world today. | $3.1M | Seed | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| PostedIn | We are Latam’s first organic marketing solutions hub: + Tailored Strategy: We create custom inbound strategies designed to attract leads. We also optimize your website’s SEO using data-driven analysis and EEAT best practices. + Marketing: We produce original, relevant content, incorporating focus and semantic keywords. Additionally, we developDigital PR and Linkbuilding campaigns to increase your site's authority. + Technological Innovation: Manage your content processes through our content marketing platform, and migrate your site to our SEO CMS Headless solution to boost speed and web performance (WPO). Amplify your organic performance and accelerate your lead generation with Postedin! Request your demo at www.postedin.com. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2017 |  |
| Preseries | PreSeries is the Operating System for startup investing upon which investors are building their own private solutions to automate sourcing, dealflow & assessment.PreSeries is redefining how technology investments are made by helping investors identify the most promising early stage startups, track the performance of their portfolios, and seethe potential impact of key management decisions such as new hires and company relocation. Preseries platform takes advantage of the latest innovations in Machine Learning to transform startup financing from its current subjective form into a highly objective data-driven practice. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 01, 2017 |  |
| Rocketpin | Trust as a service (TaaS) platform for Businesses and Consumers. Using our in-house technology and a network of well-trained on-demand professionals, we carry out trustworthy jobs with agility and efficiency. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Quake Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quake-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Canadian Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canadian-business-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Telefónica Innovation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telefonica-innovation-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wayra](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayra) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Armat Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armat-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Wayra Chile invest in?

Wayra Chile invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Wayra Chile's check size?

Wayra Chile typically joins rounds of $888k–$3.1M at Seed and $210k–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Wayra Chile participates in.

### How do I contact Wayra Chile?

Public channels for Wayra Chile include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Wayra Chile?

The team at Wayra Chile includes Claudio Barahona (Country Manager Chile). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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