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4YFN27

4YFN27 is the leading startup event running alongside MWC Barcelona, connecting founders, investors, corporates, and public leaders. The event provides a unique platform for networking, business deals, and innovation, attracting over 105,000 attendees across both 4YFN and MWC. 4YFN is focused on tangible business outcomes, including investment, partnership b…

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47Speakers
64Sponsors
50Exhibitors
39Sessions
153Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at 4YFN27, in alphabetical order.

Alexandra Cooke
Senior Director of Global Membership · ACT
Alvaro Martinez
CEO · Luzia
Amit Thakker
Executive Chairman · Africa Health Business
Atif Rafiq Ritual
CEO & Co-Founder · Ritual
Azeem Azhar
Founder · Exponential View
Benedict Evans
Analyst · Benedict Evans
Bret Taylor
Co-Founder · Sierra
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
Founder and CEO · Nu Quantum
Caroline Chayot
Partner · Atomico
Charlotte Hogg
Chief Executive Officer, Europe · Visa
Cristina Fonseca
General Partner · Indico Capital Partners
Daniel Hulme
Chief AI Officer · WPP
Dominik Kirchdorfer
Founder & CEO · Acute XR
Eimear Creaven
President MasterCard Western Europe · MasterCard
Elisenda Bou Balust
Co-Founder & CEO · Cala
Enrique Lizaso
CEO · Multiverse Computing
Hendrik Brandis
Founding Partner · Earlybird Venture Capital
Itxaso Del Palacio
General Partner · Notion Capital
Jan Koum
Co-Founder · WhatsApp
Jesse Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO · Decagon AI
Jim Mckelvy
Co-Founder · Block
Jimmy Wales
Co-Founder · Wikipedia

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

ACCIOHost Sponsor
ACT App AssociationTier 2
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Ajuntament de Barcelona (BCA)Host Sponsor
AstrazenecaTier 2
AWS StartupTier 3
AWS Startups
Banco SabadellMain Sponsor
Barcelona ActivaTier 3
Barcelona Knowledge AllianceTier 2
BCAHost Sponsor
BCA (Ajuntament de Barcelona)Host Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim
Caixa BankMain Sponsor
CNBCMedia Partner
Consorci
Cruz Roja
DazeinfoMedia Partner
Deal Room
Dealroom
Dealroom.co
Dell
Disrupt (TechCrunch)
EICTier 5
El Ecosistema
El Referente
EsadeTier 3
ESN
ESN (European Startup Network)
ET NewsMedia Partner
EuroNewsMedia Partner
European Startup NetworkMedia Partner
EYTheme Headline Sponsor
Fast ModeMedia Partner
Financial TimesMedia Partner
Global Health Connector
GSMA Foundry4YFN Awards Prize Sponsor
HKSTPTier 3
ICEXHost Sponsor
ICEX Invest in Spain

Agenda

Selected from 39 sessions.

  • 09:00 - 13:00 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, Sky Stage

    Accelerating AI Innovation with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA

    INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 10:00 - 11:10 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, Banco Sabadell Stage

    4YFN Opening Session: Exponential Value in the AI Economy

    INFINITE AI
  • 11:00 - 11:35 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, Agora Stage

    From Apps to Agents: Your Next Teammates Will Be AI

    INFINITE AI
  • 11:00 - 12:00 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, Founders Stage

    4YFN Awards Semi-Finals: Climate Tech & Digital Horizons

    INFINITE AI
  • 11:00 - 12:00 • Hall 8.1 - 4YFN, 4YFN Pitching Stage

    Startup Pitching Session: Spain Pavilion showcase (I)

    FOUNDERS ACADEMY
  • 11:30 - 13:00 • Hall 8.1 - 4YFN, 4YFN Meeting Hub

    4YFN Exhibitor Mentoring: Health Tech

    HEALTH TECH
  • 11:35 - 12:45 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, Banco Sabadell Stage

    From SaaS to Agent-Driven Economy

    INFINITE AI
  • 11:55 - 12:25 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, Agora Stage

    When AI Becomes Agentic: The Next Evolution of Telco Intelligence

    INFINITE AI
  • 12:00 - 13:00 • Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District, 4YFN Workshop Room

    Founders Workshop: Turning your Tech Genius into Business Growth

    FOUNDERS ACADEMY
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 153 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

153 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
59Sponsoringsponsor only
48Exhibitingexhibitor only
44Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Acció·&act

Speakers by seniority

79% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1532%
  • Founder / Owner1736%
  • Director / Head of511%
  • Manager / Lead36%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles511%

Of 47 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ACCIOSponsor · Host Sponsor-
2AccióExhibitor1
3&actExhibitor1
4ACT App AssociationSponsor · Tier 2-
5Ajuntament de BarcelonaSponsor-
6Ajuntament de Barcelona (BCA)Sponsor · Host Sponsor-
7AstraZenecaSponsor · Tier 2-
8AWS StartupSponsor · Tier 3-
9AWS StartupsSponsor-
10Banco SabadellSponsor · Main Sponsor-
11Barcelona ActivaSponsor · Tier 3-
12Barcelona Knowledge AllianceSponsor · Tier 2-
13BCASponsor · Host Sponsor-
14BCA (Ajuntament de Barcelona)Sponsor · Host Sponsor-
Sponsors by tier
4yfn awards prize sponsor1
2% of 64
host sponsor9
14% of 64
main sponsor2
3% of 64
media partner12
19% of 64
theme headline sponsor1
2% of 64
tier 24
6% of 64
tier 36
9% of 64
tier 52
3% of 64
unspecified27
42% of 64
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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Partner conferences

Listed on this event's own sponsor page