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Are you invited?

Are you invited? #GlobalDemoDay http://ow.ly/qySbf #VC #fundraising #Investing #EIS #Startup HT @WayraUK @tefdigital Wayra Global Demo Day 2013 15 Start-ups. One common brave start-up spirit. Wayra, the international accelerator for Telefónica’s digital startups is proud to announce its second “Global demoDay” for investors on November 12th, 2013. Introducing a groundbreaking event format. The event will feature …

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It’s AirBnB for car journeys @Gocarshare

Gocarshare is a great start-up I’ve invested in. It’s AirBnB for car journeys. When you consider how many cars complete journeys with less than full occupancy or sit in car parks and the growing number of people making journeys – you can see why this is a growth market. Here’s a blog piece from them: …

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Great #wayrapreview day yesterday

Bloomberg & @WayraUK hosted an invitation only investor preview day for the brilliant start-ups in Wayra UK. (http://bit.ly/15ffwdv) Great event, absolutely packed with over 150 investors, press and influencers. Lots of interest in all the companies and good to see DFJ Esprit, Delta, Microsoft and others in preparation for Ensygnia’s series A next year. Good …

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Ensygnia granted second patent

Another great step forward for my company: Ensygnia, the mobile payments company backed by Telefonica’s technology start-up accelerator Wayra, today confirmed it had been granted its second UK patent. The company, which recently closed its $3.3m start-up funding round, added that its granted UK patents now covered both log-in and payment processes. Read more…

Ensygnia completes $3.3M seed funding, Telefonica on board | Mobile World Live

See on Scoop.it – Ensygnia UK start-up Ensygnia, a mobile payments company pitching itself as the “visual equivalent of NFC”, has closed its final seed-funding round. Richard H Harris‘s insight: Great news for UK start-ups.  It is possible to complete a large seed round here, rather than the valley. See on http://www.mobileworldlive.com

Ensygnia secures $3.3m in seed funding

Ensygnia has just closed a $3.3m pre-revenue, seed round in the UK. Backers include Wayra the Telefonica / O2 accelerator, Rhoddy Swire (of Pantheon Ventures – investing personally), Irongate Capital, Sancy Capital and Jesus College Cambridge as well as other investors, the founders and management team. The round was 9.96% oversubscribed. Richard H Harris, CEO …

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17 tech start ups chosen for support by Telefonica’s accelerator academy Wayra

See on Scoop.it – Ensygnia 17 tech start-ups have been chosen by Telefonica’s accelerator academy Wayra which will see them each receive to €40,000 in funding to… Richard H Harris‘s insight: Wayra is a wonderful family of bright, motivated and helpful people and Enygnia is proud to have been selected to be part of it! …

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