It's a high-wire balancing act, running a corporate innovation programme; nurturing eager, unstructured startups while answering to the ROI-focused, risk-sensitive business that’s supporting you.

4YFN can bridge the gap.  

Whether it's connecting you with the right founders, curating investor introductions, or boosting your profile in front of key players from across the global startup community, 4YFN can help your programme flourish so everyone benefits. And co-locating with MWC Barcelona gets you and your organisation access to a truly international tech and telco audience hungry to do business. 

The 4YFN solution

Your pain point How 4YFN solves it
Reaching the right startups
Whether scouting new startups or selling products and services to them, building meaningful relationships across a fragmented landscape can be slow, resource-intensive and difficult to scale. 		A global startup ecosystem in one place
Through curated introductions and targeted networking meet 1,000+ startups across multiple sectors, stages and markets - to discover, evaluate and engage founders with ICPs most relevant to your business goals.
The 'Innovation theatre' effect
When your programme struggles to prove its strategic worth or how its solutions will integrate, impacting funding. 		Cross-industry benchmarking
Corporate leaders can see real-world case studies of successful corporate/startup integrations and learn how global peers structure their spin-ins and commercial pilots.
Lack of buy-in
Middle management, IT or legal teams reluctant to greenlight pilots because the technology seems unfamiliar or disruptive. 		Immersive executive experiences
Internal corporate stakeholders at 4YFN get targeted industry intelligence on emerging tech, to better understand how they work and integrate with wider business systems.
Break out of the silo
Programmes work in localised corporate bubbles, cut off from global exposure and the opportunity to make strong investor connections. 		Concentrated investor access
4YFN concentrates international VCs, angel networks, and other CVCs in one venue, bringing co-investment and syndication opportunities from all points of the compass.

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They came, they connected, they closed

Join the companies already turning 4YFN into their best business decision of the year.

Barcelona 2026 success in numbers

  • 105000

    MWC & 4YFN Total attendees

  • 1000+

    4YFN Startups & Exhibitors

  • 300+

    4YFN Speakers

  • 110

    4YFN Hours of content

  • 260+

    4YFN Startup pitches

  • €70bn+

    Investors representing in total funds

  • 700+

    Curated meetings. More than 60% between startups and investors.

  • 2600

    Media & industry analysts across MWC & 4YFN

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