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Venture Leaders Mobile 2025: The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona opens doors for ten high-potential Swiss startups

17.12.2024 09:30 Rita Longobardi

Ten deep-tech startups were selected as the newest members of the Swiss National Startup Team to attend the 4YFN at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from March 2nd to 6th, 2025. The weeklong roadshow connects Switzerland’s top mobile startups with international investors and telecom leaders, offering a prime opportunity to expand their global presence.

After reviewing over 90 applications, the jury of professional investors and mobile technology experts selected ten startups to join the Venture Leaders Mobile 2025 roadshow in Barcelona. These startups span deep-tech sectors such as AI, gas detection, virtual and augmented reality, cybersecurity, underwater communication, and drone technology. Venture Leaders Mobile is organized by Venturelab and supported by Huawei, Swisscom Ventures, and VISCHER.

The Venture Leaders' schedule for the 4 Years from Now (4YFN) – part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s largest and most important mobile industry event – includes exhibiting at the fair and investors events, offering a unique opportunity for meetings with first-rate investors, industry leaders, and potential clients at key MWC events, such as the startup conference. The Venture Leaders Mobile will also attend exclusive networking and pitch events and participate in the sixth Venturelab sailing trophy.

Venturelab has been organizing the Venture Leaders international roadshows for the Swiss National Startup Team for 19 years. These roadshows provide a platform for determined entrepreneurs and their promising startups, offering them the opportunity to connect with top experts, investors, and potential customers in key technology hubs around the world, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, Barcelona, Munich, and London.

"The quality of business and technology is once again reflecting the deep-tech and innovation leadership which Switzerland consistently achieves in the global ranking,” commented Jordi Montserrat, managing partner at Venturelab. “Bringing avant-garde augmented and virtual reality solutions or underwater communication technologies to the market are just examples of the potential of this team, which we very much look forward to putting in touch with global industry leaders and investors in Barcelona."

Join the team’s introduction and virtual pitch session on January 22nd, 2025, and follow the Venture Leaders Mobile roadshow on social media using the hashtag #VLeadersMobile or on www.venture-leaders.ch/mobile from March 2nd to March 6th, 2025.



ABOUT VENTURE LEADERS
The Venture Leaders – the members of the Swiss National Startup Team – have a clear goal: envisioning themselves as global players, they want to take the first step towards their global expansion. Venturelab has over 19 years of experience bringing Switzerland’s best entrepreneurs to the heart of the global technology hubs: Silicon Valley, Boston, China, London, Barcelona, and Munich. Companies founded by the 560 Venture Leaders alumni have created more than 11,900 jobs and raised more than CHF 8,3 billion in investment capital. For more information, visit www.venture-leaders.ch, and discover all the alumni here.

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