Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
4YFN
Four Years From Now, mobile technology entrepreneurial event
24-26/February
Montjuïc. 1st edition
The Montjuïc trade fair venue was quick to
fill the technological vacuum created by the
transfer of the Mobile World Congress to Gran
Via, as 2014 saw the birth of 4YFN, or Four
Years From Now, the meeting of entrepreneurs
and emerging companies in the mobile
technology industry. Launched as part of Mobile
World Capital Barcelona (MWCB), this 1st
edition of this meeting of start-ups, investors,
incubators, accelerators and gurus brought
together more than 2,300 participants from
55 countries, positioning the event as a
reference in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The 4YFN programme, including more
than 50 talks, featured representatives from
some of the initiatives that are changing
the world panorama, including WhatsApp,
Fon, Waze, Chartboost, Doodle, Arduino,
Teambox and Airbnb. Moreover, theory was
accompanied by around 30 practical workshops
that enabled participants to explore concepts
like Big Data, the Internet of Things and
augmented reality.
Besides entrepreneurs, representatives
from some fifty venture capital companies
from around the world showed their support
for and interest in the MWCB entrepreneurial
programme. These companies included 360
Capital Partners, Accel Partners, Active Venture
Partners, Acton Capital Partners, Holtzbrinck
Ventures, Intel Capital, Nauta Capital, Northzone
Venture, Wayra, Techstars and Creathor Venture,
amongst others.
The 4YFN programme also included a
competition for start-ups, involving nearly
200 companies from 50 countries. The Israeli
company Cellbuddy won this competition
and, in addition to a cash prize, received a trip
to Silicon Valley and access to several
acceleration projects.
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Area
4,000 m
2
(net)
Exhibitors
235
Type
Professional
Activities
Start-up Competition,
Wayra Demo Day,
Startupbootcamp,
Imagine Express and the
Swell Innovation Awards
Organised by
Mobile World
Capital Barcelona in
cooperation with GSMA
+50
conferences
