Banco Sabadell's BStartup grants more than 1,000 million euros of financing to start-ups since its launch, which will be ten years old this year. The specialized banking service for start-ups and scale-ups, a pioneer in Spanish banking, with exclusive teams for these companies, financing and specialized products and services, today has more than 4,500 start-ups among its clients. Its 360º approach to your financial needs has also made Banco Sabadell one of the main investors in Spain in start-ups in the seed phase: BStartup has invested in 85 start-ups.
Carlos Ventura, General Manager and Director of Corporate Banking and Network at Banco Sabadell, takes stock of these ten years: "In 2013 we saw that some of the young technology companies that were standing out were destined to be the big companies of tomorrow, and that despite having financing and development models very different from traditional companies, due to our high specialization in companies we could be the first bank in our country to accompany them.
BStartup has consolidated year after year, we are proud of the role it has played during a few years of enormous transformation of the Spanish economy, and we will continue to support these companies in their development”. One more example of Banco Sabadell's commitment to the entrepreneurial ecosystem is translated into the presence for the ninth consecutive year of BStartup as the main sponsor of 4YFN, the event that functions as a platform to connect start-ups, investors and corporations organized by the Mobile World Congress .
4YFN is held in Barcelona from February 27 to March 2 and Banco Sabadell is present with its financing and investment teams in startups, innovation and technology.
In this edition of 4YFN, BStartup presents at its stand the 15 most recent promising start-ups in the seed stage of its investment portfolio: on Monday it will exhibit five start-ups in the field of sustainability and social impact, on Tuesday 5 start-ups innovation ups in health and biotechnology, and on Wednesday and Thursday, new digital investments from various sectors.
In addition, Banco Sabadell offers its own programming at its stand with 14 small-format content where hubs from different territories and sectoral associations in fields such as digital health or legaltech will be given prominence. And within the official contents of the congress, three panels organized by the entity stand out: on Monday at 11:00 a.m., the financial health of start-ups will be discussed with representatives of Abacum, Housfy and The Startup CFO; On Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. the new growth paradigm for scale-ups will be discussed with the CEOs of Exoticca, Trendier and Qida, and on Wednesday at 10:45 p.m. there will be great examples of the "product led growth" methodology ( product-led growth) with the CEOs of Wallapop, Kapita, We are knitters and Factorial.
