4YFN: Connecting Start-ups at MWC Barcelona

GSMA

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BARCELONA, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

 

    - 300+ speakers and BStartup Banco Sabadell back as platinum sponsor

 

   The GSMA's leading start-up and innovation platform, 4YFN (Four Years From

Now) [https://www.4yfn.com/], returns to the heart of MWC Barcelona

[https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/] for a second consecutive year. Located in Hall

6 of Fira Gran Via and now in its eighth edition, the event signifies the

importance of the 4YFN community, bringing together start-ups, investors,

institutions, corporations, and more.

 

   "The global start-up community is thriving, and we're excited to bring this

positive momentum to Barcelona with 4YFN, where there is a vibrant and bustling

local scene for innovation and technology," said Pere Duran, 4YFN Series

Director. "We're seeing an optimistic investment landscape right now, so there

is real opportunity out there. By bringing the worlds of innovation and

investment together, we are supporting an inclusive tech ecosystem, which can

innovate, collaborate and inspire."

 

    4YFN's presence at MWC Barcelona will support networking and learning

opportunities for many diverse start-ups, enterprises, and investors, with more

than €4 billion of potential investment available at this year's event.

 

   This year, 4YFN will focus on four key themes

[https://www.4yfn.com/key-themes/]:

 

   - Tech Humanism – looking at how innovation is influencing humanity and

society;

   - Founders – where founders, funders, and experts share their insights and

advice;

   - Funding & Corporate Venturing – where best practices in designing,

implementing and executing programmes are shared; and

   - Creative Minds – where creative leaders explore the latest trends in

culture and entertainment.

 

   In addition to the new themes, curated programmes

[https://www.4yfn.com/programmes/] will spotlight start-ups and innovation in

high growth verticals and strategic areas, including digital health, impact,

frontier tech, fintech, sports, investors, communities, and Diversity4Tech. All

these topics and more will are in the lineup of more than 300 speakers –

including Sasha Michaud, the co-founder of Barcelona-based tech unicorn, Glovo

– alongside:

 

   - Francesca Bria – President, Italian National Innovation Fund

[https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page];

   - Judit Carrera – General Director, CCCB [https://www.cccb.org/en];

   - Gemma Galdón Clavell – Founder and CEO, Eticas Research and Consulting

[https://www.eticasconsulting.com/];

   - Zina Jarrahi – President, AMPT [https://www.amptnetwork.com/];  

   - Ali Parsadoust – Founder, Babylon Health [https://www.babylonhealth.com/];

   - Zoe Peden – Principal, Ananda Impact Ventures [https://ananda.vc/];  

   - David Siegel – CEO, Meetup [https://www.meetup.com/];

   - Maximilian Tayenthal – Co-Founder, N26 [https://n26.com/];

   - Teddy Zee – COO, MintNFT [https://mintnft.com/]; and more…

 

   Over 500 international start-ups will exhibit their latest products at 4YFN,

and over 200 will pitch at the 4YFN Discovery Area Pitching Stage, aiming to

secure funding from leading funds, VCs, and CVCs to support the next phase of

their journey.

 

   The 4YFN Awards 2022

 

   Part of the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO

Awards)[https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/mobile-awards/2022-categories-and-awards],

the 4YFN Awards aims to find the best digital start-ups from around the globe.

This year's five finalists are Authena [https://authena.io/], Nax Solutions

[https://www.naxsolutions.com/], IDUN Technologies

[https://iduntechnologies.com/], Citibeats [https://www.citibeats.com/], and

ROYBI Roboi [https://roybirobot.com/]. Selected by a panel of industry experts

and investors, who follow criteria such as impact, innovation, and scalability,

these finalists will now have the opportunity to pitch their projects on stage,

with the winners receiving a booth at 4YFN MWC Barcelona 2023.

 

   Sponsors at 4YFN

 

   4YFN is supported by platinum sponsor BStartup

[https://bstartup.bancsabadell.com/] Banco Sabadell, host sponsors ACCIÓ

[http://www.accio.gencat.cat/ca/inici/] from the Government of Catalonia,

Barcelona Activa [https://www.barcelonactiva.cat/] (Barcelona City Council),

ICEX [https://www.icex.es/icex/es/index.html] / red.es [https://red.es/es] from

the Government of Spain, and Mobile World Capital Barcelona

[https://mobileworldcapital.com/]. The headline sponsors in 2022 are CaixaBank

– dayOne [https://www.caixabank.es/empresa/dayone_en.html], Esade and Wayra

[https://www.wayra.uk/], Telefónica Innovation.

 

   Join us at one of the world's most influential start-up events by

registering here.

 

   About GSMA

 

 

   The GSMA is a global organization unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover,

develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments

and societal change. Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so

that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and

organizations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA

delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good,

Industry Services and Solutions, and Outreach. This activity includes advancing

policy, tackling today's biggest societal challenges, underpinning the

technology and interoperability that make mobile work, and providing the

world's largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at the MWC and M360

series of events.  

 

   We invite you to find out more at gsma.com [https://www.gsma.com/].

 

   About 4YFN

 

   4YFN is the start-up event of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile

industry, GSMA MWC. Our goal is to support start-ups, investors, and companies

to connect and launch new business ventures together.

 

   Source: GSMA

 

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