4YFN
Mobile Technology Entrepreneurial Event
Montjuïc venue
02 04 /March
Edition
2nd
Area
19,000 m²
Exhibitors
235
Type
Professional
Activities
Innovation Market
Founders & Investors
4YFN Awards
Organised by
Mobile
World Capital Barcelona
and GSMA
46
Trade Shows
At its second edition, 4YFN, organised
by Mobile World Capital Barcelona and
GSMA as part of the Mobile World Con-
gress programme, tripled the numbers
from its debut version, attracting more
than 8,000 visitors. Comprising an exhibi-
tion area –the innovation market– and a
programme of lectures 4YFN attracted
235 exhibitors and provided 160 hours
250
investors
of talks centring on three main themes:
Disrupted by Mobile, Internet of Things
and Digital Media.
The leading speakers included Andrew
Creighton, president of Vice Media; John
Ploumitsakos, online sales director of
Twitter; Michael Curtis, vice-president
of engineering at Airbnb; and Philippe
Botteri of Accel Partners, the fund that
invested in the start-up phases of such
companies as Facebook, Dropbox, Linke-
dIn and Kayak.
4YFN also generated intense network-
ing activity, linking up more than 450
entrepreneurs and startups with more
than 250 investors, capital risk funds and
directors of innovation, and hosting more
than 5,000 meetings.
During 2015 investments
in mobile startups in
Spain exceded 500
million dollars
(Mobile World
Capital Barcelona)
