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Venturing & InvestmentsSafaricom energy ally Circle Gas lands big Japanese backer
Deal with conglomerate Marubeni Corporation comes with prepaid LPG startup planning to expand beyond Safaricom-supported deployment in Kenya and into new markets in Africa and Asia.
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Wayra continues blockchain drive with ‘climate marketplace’ investment
Telefónica’s innovation hub takes part in €7m Pre‑Series‑A round. ClimateTrade utilises blockchain tech to help its clients reach carbon neutrality.
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DT invests in Teridion for multi-cloud WAN connectivity
Takes minority stake in Israel-based WAN specialist. Teridion adds another prong to DT’s SD-WAN approach.
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DT’s renewed SoftBank tie‑up leads to GoStudent investment
Deutsche Telekom and strategic partner SoftBank co‑invested in ed-tech platform provider GoStudent. Investment collaboration one of the promised benefits to renewed friendship last year, with GoStudent the first to profit from DT–SoftBank tie‑up.
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DT backs wireless asset tracking startup MonoLets
Group continues to build out IoT ecosystem with cash injection into US connected-label startup. hubraum flags system as potentially “really useful” add to DT’s IoT armoury.
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hubraum progeny Blinkist turns a profit
Book‑summarising startup gets into the black for the first time. Milestone reached decade into life of the business. Deutsche Telekom incubator hubraum exits startup on the cusp of profitability. Operator was early investor in 2012.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Innovation & Venturing: Wayra buys into Sceenic
Wayra buys into watch together app developer, and expands Hispam portfolio with Mexican startup duo.
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T-Systems MMS continues blockchain drive with Polkadot support
Interoperable framework of public blockchains becomes T‑Sys MMS’s fourth investment in the sector.
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SignalWire secures investment from DT’s strategic fund
Telekom Innovation Pool gets involved following $30m (€27m) Series-B round in June.
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Wayra Hispam expands startup investment portfolio with Mexican duo
Vinco and Retrypay join over 100 startups as part of Wayra Hispam’s “ongoing commitment to digital transformation”.
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DT venturing execs formalise digital infra vehicle
DTCP CEO Vento quietly launches Digital Transformation Capital Partners, an independent venturing unit with a European infrastructure bent. Shared management sees Vento and Klima at the helm, but new names also in leadership. Registrations in Germany, and Luxembourg, with Dutch assets in the portfolio.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Associates & JVs: TPG’s billion‑dollar strategy
TPG unveils billion‑dollar strategy; Telecom Egypt to retain Vodafone stake.
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Deutsche Telekom Innovation & Venturing: Cellwize earns HPE investment
Group adds to Heap and everphone backing; DTCP investment Cellwize catches HPE’s eyes; e‑charging tie‑up in Hamburg for future taxis.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Innovation & Venturing: handful of Wayra investments flagged
Handful of investments flagged by regional Wayra hubs with interests in autonomous robotics, ed‑tech, and fintech.
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Höttges: “All options open” for BT stake
Patrick Drahi free to make bigger move on BT from 11 December. French billionaire is planning to increase BT stake, reports Reuters. Sources say any move likely to involve DT. Höttges keeps cards close to chest.
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Wayra buys into robotics startup
UM Autonomous Systems attracts €2.3m investment. Wayra additionally backs software solution developer Cobrainer.
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Vodafone veterans steer mimik to $14m funding
mimik Technology, founded and led by former Vodafone venturing executives, to use Series‑A investment round to develop go‑to‑market strategy. T‑Mobile‑backed 5G OI Lab graduate picks up funding from multiple US VCs.
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Vivo transaction carries Telefónica Tech into Brazilian IoT space
Telefónica’s expansive growth areas division furthers its international ambitions by negotiating a tie-up with Vivo on IoT and analytics-based services. Deal mirrors an August transaction that gave Telefónica Tech an interest in Vivo’s cloud and security business.
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Vi can live long and prosper, insists CEO
Takkar welcomes government four-year moratorium on AGR dues and spectrum fees. Confident that relief package paves way for private investment. Vodafone rules out (again) cash injection into JV. Floor pricing issue still to be resolved.
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DT’s RAN buddy Cellwize gets HPE investment
Automated RAN platform provider and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners’ investment Cellwize takes cash injection from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Pathfinder venturing programme.
