Yolanda Perezdirector of BStartup on Sabadell Bank states that: “Our goal is to be the reference financial partner for startups and scaleups in Spain, providing them with specialized banking and investment capital”. This is the reason why the bank’s commitment to 4YFN has been carried out from the beginning, “since work began on its first edition in 2014” Perez says.
Banco Sabadell’s BStartup is once again a Platinum Sponsor of 4YFN due to the great potential of the initiative and to take advantage of the multitude of commercial opportunities at the MWC for the benefit of the startups it supports.
In this new edition, the BStartup team will once again highlight its firm commitment to supporting young innovative and technological companies, and to developing their projects with the maximum guarantees of success, through banking and financing services applied depending on the phase in which is the startup.
Created in 2013, this Banco de Sabadell financial service provides this type of new company with specialized banking services, including access to dedicated managers, specific financial products and its own risk circuit.
In Pérez’s opinion: “This is a service for emerging technology companies from a dual perspective: the banking perspective, with specialized products and services that today serve more than 4,000 customers throughout Spain, and also with an investment objective which is aimed at digital and technological companies, with strong growth potential and scalable and innovative business models”.
The bank collaborates with the event’s official agenda with valuable content and organizes sessions with entities from the entrepreneurial ecosystem where topics related to innovation, health, agrotech, legaltechamong others, as well as topics related to investment and business growth.
In this scenario, the forecasts point to even surpassing the excellent results of the previous edition and that are reflected in the significant examples of startups that will bring their experience to 4YFN, so that visitors can learn first-hand about the most significant trends.
The bank will display in a prominent place on its stand 20 of the most promising seed-stage startups that are already part of its investment portfolio.
In this context and for the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem, BStartup has become one of the main investors in Spain in startups in phase seedscurrently has 58 invested companies in its portfolio.
At the entity’s stand, entrepreneurs can also find advice on banking solutions for startups and scaleups.
Another important fact to note is that throughout this edition, there will also be sessions of content of interest prepared in collaboration with various partners reference.
Contents for the four 4YFN scenarios
Monday 28from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Banco Sabadell Stage, event How I sold my startup.
Panel moderated by Yolanda Pérez and in which 3 CEOs will participate to talk about the recent process of 3 large Spanish startups that have recently been sold: Chartboost, Deporvillage and Holded. According to the organizers, this is one of the highlights of Banco Sabadell’s agenda of activities in the business and innovation scene par excellence of the MWC.
Maria Joyfulco-founder and former CEO of Chartboost, one of the leading programmatic advertising and in-app monetization platforms
Xavier Pladellorensco-founder and CEO of Deporvillage, an online sports retailer specializing in cycling, running and the outdoors
Javi Fondevilaco-founder and CEO of Holded, the intelligent business management software for SMEs
The session will be moderated by Yolanda Pérez, Director of BStartup at Banco Sabadell
Tuesday 1 of March, from 4:05 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. in the Workshop Stage. Startup Funding Roadmap. Panel where Laurent Arens, Sergio Pérez and Elena García explain the 3 ways of private financing for a startup, Venture Capital, Venture Debt and Bank financing.
Tuesday 1, from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. on the Discovery Stage. In this scenario several of the outstanding startup investees that will make their presentation to different investors on the Discovery Stage.
Banco Sabadell’s BStartup is one of the most active investors in seed-stage startups in Spain. In this session, some of his latest investments are reviewed. All these companies have high potential and come from very different sectors.
Amphora, Froged, Incapto, Napptive, Qbeast, Qida and Wegaw.
Wednesday 2, from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. What are VCs looking for in 2022, at Banco Sabadell Stage: Jose Carol will moderate this session with 4 very powerful international Venture Capital funds. This is another of the great highlights of Banco Sabadell’s presence at the congress
Moderator: Jose Carol, Director of Operations BStartup Banco Sabadell, which will include the participation, among others, of Jacky Abitbol, Partner, Cathay Innovation
theme display
Monday: startups of impact
Tuesday: Tech companies
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Wednesday: companies dedicated to Health
Thursday: startup that have been part of Banco de Sabadell’s portfolio for a long time