The 4YFN is an international program empowered by Mobile World Capital and GSMA, which gathers in a 4 days event tech startups, investors and corporations to create connections, broad knowledge and boost innovative ways of doing business.
This was the third year of the 4YFN and it took place from 22th to 25th of February at Fira Montjuïc in Barcelona. Big corporations such as IBM, Telefónica, La French Tech, Intel, and many others got together to approach to innovation through the startup culture.
Telefónica Open Future is a global network of entrepreneurship and investment of Telefónica which aims to help talent turn their ideas into successful business. During 4YFN they’ve hosted several tech talks and events to support the startup ecosystem.
One of the presentations was about introducing the top 9 hottest european startup hubs and Talent Garden was invited to talk about the growing tech ecosystem in Milano. Chiara Brughera, head campus of Talent Garden Milano, shared stage with other experts who talk about the ecosystems in Paris, Berlin, Copenhague, Barcelona, Stockholm, Madrid, Budapest and London.
All the speakers explained how their ecosystems can support startups in their acceleration, internationalization and looking for investment. The aim of this activity was doing an overview of the current situation of tech ecosystems in Europe, so startups can decide which ones are more prosperous for their growth.