congress start-ups 4YFN, which mobilized nearly 45 million investments for emerging companies last year, turns ten in 2024 and launches this Monday in Barcelona. The meeting organized within the framework of the Mobile World Congress will continue until next Thursday. This fair coincides with a sensitive period for entrepreneurs and investments. start-ups Last year, it reached 1 billion 462 million euros, with a 42 percent decrease.
Last year, 4YFN brought together nearly 1,000 investors, 8,000 CEOs and senior corporate officers. The event is facing its tenth edition with a venue expansion that will provide access to more participants. This platform for digital businesses grew in parallel with MWC and was integrated into it in 2021. For the new edition, 4YFN will be located in two pavilions at the Gran Via exhibition center in Barcelona and will feature more than 800 exhibitors and 350 speakers. They will participate in the edition that will start this Monday.
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“Despite the crisis in the sector, we have received very good offers from entrepreneurs and we continue to receive them.”Those responsible for the Demium investment fund say this in a press release sent to the media. For Luis Garay, partner of the Samaipata fund, these meetings are an opportunity to expand his network. “We have visibility here and it allows entrepreneurs to seek capital, get to know us and contact us in the context of the financing round,” explains Lusi Garay.
Cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Valencia gather the bulk of the activity and are positioned as the main centers of innovation and host many of these meetings for start-ups.. Of all the sectors, technology is the most attractive to entrepreneurs; Because, according to the State of European Technology 2023 report presented by Atómico, investment in technology startups will reach 250 billion dollars this year and Europe will receive 17% more investment than the world average. That is why more and more new events are emerging in these cities, such as the Meta World Congress, which will hold its second edition next April focused on artificial intelligence, after the resounding success of its first congress. Figures with more than 6,000 participants.