About us

Mobile World Capital Barcelona is an initiative that boost digital development of society and help to improve people’s live globally.

About us

Mobile World Capital Barcelona is an initiative that boost digital development of society and help to improve people’s live globally.

Foundation

Mobile World Capital Barcelona is an initiative that boost digital development of society and help to improve people’s lives globally.

With public and private support, MWCapital focus its activity in four areas: acceleration of innovation through digital entrepreneurship; transfer scientific knowledge to the market, promoting a more competitive industry based on the collaboration between science and business; digital talent growth between new generations and professionals; and think about the impact of technology in our society.

Together, our programs are transforming economy, education and society in a positive way.

MWCapital hosts MWC Barcelona and fouded 4 Years From Now [4YFN], the business platform for the startup community present in all MWC events arround the world.

Values

Transformative

We express the potential of the project to generate changes at different levels of society, from local culture to citizens daylife.

Open

We refer to the integrative and collaborative nature of the project, besides to the predisposition of the MWCapital management to incorporate external ideas.

Closer

We boost MWCapital perception and its capacity to impact on people’s daylife. The project belongs to everyone, and it reaches all citizens.

Experiential

We emphasize that we doesn’t work with preexisting and tested technology. We dare to expand the limits beyond what is established, transforming the city into a living lab.

Creative

We remember our teams the spirit that must guide them and reinforce the importance of creative factor in project’s culture.

We believe in a humanist use of technology to…

Build a more inclusive future

Working for a more equitable, sustainable and inclusive world and taking action to face the digital emergency.

Promote a sustainable digital transition

Training citizens for a digital transformation that leaves no one behind.

Generate innovative alliances

Promoting agreements that transform the economy and bring technology and innovation closer to society, institutions and companies.

Promote the territory and global projection

Boosting social and economic progress in national territory through knowledge transference, technology, training, innovation and dissemination with an international vocation.

Build a unique model of cooperation

Creating large-scale public and private agreements to face the global challenges of digital disruption through cooperation.

Anticipate the future

Working to build the future of Internet and the technological progress, positioning Barcelona as the most advanced telecomunications lab in south Europe.

Areas

Innovation

We connect scientific and entrepreneur talent to create disruptive startups based on technology to face the challenges of society and industry.

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Intelligent connectivity

We boost disruptive product and services development using intelligent telecommunication networks to generate real value to society.

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Talent

We promote the empowerment of new generations of citizens to ensure that the process of digital transformation leaves no one behind and include all society.

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Society

We boost social progress in digital economy shaping the impact of technology in society through citizen empowerment.

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Impact and legacy

Innovation Hub

A business platform that allowed startups, corporations and public institutions discover, create and launch new initiatives together.

Going Digital

Experiences focused on key sectors professionals, aimed to improve their digital skills and help companies to understand digital transformation.

d-LAB

A program focused to give answers to global social challenges through identification of solutions and digital transformation projects via private public consortiums.

4YFN

Startup platform of MWC that connect startups, investors, companies and institutions to promote development, discovery and launch brand new technological projects. Founded by MWCapital, 4YFN is one of the worlds most relevant startup meeting with events in Barcelona, Shanghai and LA.

mSchools

mSchools help students and teachers to integrate digital technologies in classroom, which allows to offer new ways of learning and teaching, improving academic results and employability. In 2019, the program was recongnised by UNESCO as world referent in mobile learning.

Our legacy in numbers

+1200

People trained in digital talent in the last 2 years

1500

Professionals had participated in our mentoring and reskilling workshops

18

Startups created

+150

Companies and organizations participate in our events and initiatives

Transparency

An open portal for publish the information required by Spanish legislation regarding transparence, information acess and good government. Here you can find all the information about the Foundation related with the institution, its legal framework and economical and administrative data report.

TRANSPARENCY PORTAL

Work with us

Mobile World Capital invites the most talented professionals to join our team. We are a group of young-minded people, aimed to results and passionate about digital world.

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Partners

Promoted by Economics Ministry, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona City Hall, Fira de Barcelona and GSMA, Mobile World Capital Foundation also have private companies partnership that contribute to Barcelona’s digital ecosystem development.