From 3–6 March 2025, EVOLVE2CARE partners Anthology Ventures (AV) and SPLORO attended and contributed highly to the Mobile World Congress (MWC2025) in Barcelona, Spain!

As the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event, MWC2025 featured 48 keynote speakers and over 1,200 speakers across MWC and 4YFN (Four Years From Now), bringing together innovators, industry leaders, and technology enthusiasts — all essential players in today’s thriving digital startup ecosystem. This year’s speakers were bold thought leaders from diverse industries, who addressed directly how technology and global challenges are reshaping the world and the business landscape.

Adriane Thrash (AV), together with Miguel García González and Virginia Gómez Oñate (SPLORO), promoted the project’s opportunities for innovators and Living Labs, and highlighted the launch of the Open Call.

Building on this engagement, SPLORO experts contributed to several panels, demonstrating their commitment to supporting startups and innovators across sectors, while showcasing key initiatives in funding, deeptech, and innovation. In parallel, AV held meetings with health-tech startups to publicise the Open Call and also connected with ECHAlliance leadership to explore potential synergies.

The two partners also collaborated in the high-profile panel discussion “The Future of Women in Tech: What’s Next?”. Virginia Gómez Oñate led the session on empowering women entrepreneurs, highlighting funding opportunities under Women TechEU, the EmpoWomen Programme, Open Horizons, and EVOLVE2CARE, while Adriane Thrash, as a panelist, shared her experiences and strategies for increasing female representation in deeptech.

EVOLVE2CARE’s presence at MWC2025 marked an important step in building visibility, partnerships, and momentum for the project’s insightful upcoming activities.