4YFN - the fastest growing startup business platform

4YFN AMERICAS

At Mobile World Congress Americas San Francisco

12-14 September 2017

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4YFN SMART CITIES

At Smart City Expo World Congress Barcelona

14-16 November 2017

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4YFN BARCELONA

At Mobile World Congress Barcelona

26-28 February 2018

Join the 5th edition

Connecting Startups

4 Years From Now (4YFN) is the startup business platform of Mobile World Capital Barcelona that enables startups, investors and corporations to connect and launch new ventures together.

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Surfing USA!!! Startups are in preparation.

Check out the startup programme for MWC Americas

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Meet the startups receiving

€3.6 million equity-free

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Smart City Startups

Go to the leading event for Smart Cities

News

Startups! Invest your time and get tips on how to approach investors during Mobile World Congress Americas!

Our next destination with GSMA Mobile World Congress takes us to the global tech startup hub – Silicon Valley! As you can probably tell, we are super excited and cannot wait to tread in the footsteps of all the mighty entrepreneurs that reside in that part of the world and have blessed our daily devices with the technology that we have and use continuously today.

May I take this opportunity to introduce to you all, Michael Fox, our investor relations leader for our first edition of 4YFN at Mobile World Congress Americas. Michael is a senior strategist and a consummate networker, who has built a world class circle of influence in the startup and venture community, corporate partners and service providers. Read More

15 phenomenal finalists will face the centre stage at the 4YFN Americas Awards next month!

THREE categories, THREE pitching sessions, THREE days, ONE winner! We are thrilled to say we received 128 entries from contestants spanning over 53 cities in 20 countries worldwide.

“Don’t look for a hot area, but follow your passion” says Rhodium, an early stage VC

Photo taken by Ilan Porat

Meet Rhodium, one of Israel’s leading early stage VCs. Rhodium is backed by the Recanati family, one of Israel’s premier business families, which played a key role in the establishment of the Israeli tech industry.

This year 4YFN takes the members of its “Tel Aviv experience” delegation to explore the cradle of the Israeli startup ecosystem, in the north of the Tel Aviv metropolitan during DLD Innovation Festival. As part of the tour we will visit leading innovation stakeholders, Rhodium, as well as the HAC Accelerator and the Amdocs-AT&T Foundry, who will share their experience and views about the Israeli tech space, and their unique approach to working with and helping startups.

The rise of the robotics: will a robot be YOUR next friend?

Towards the end of 2010, Adele Robots was developed by a group of entrepreneurs who were seeking to improve people’s lives through the use of robotics.

We caught up with the CEO and Founder at Adele Robots, Celestino Álvarez Martinez to further find out about his pioneering robotics startup company and what has brought them back to exhibit time and time again at our events from Barcelona, all the way to Shanghai. Read on to hear Celestino’s story…

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