A year ago we learned that the Generalitat awarded Aticco the project to create a financial innovation Hub in its former offices in the Barcelona Stock Exchange building.
The time has gone very fast since then: signing in December, start of the works in March (delays in the works), partial opening in July with the start of the first events, opening of the coworking in September ... until this week we could finally install doors and turnstiles on the first floor and give the space for finished.and also this week we released our new website where we can now give visibility to members and partners and the activities of the Hub.
But, in the meantime, we have not been standing still and the Barcelona Finance Hub by Aticco has begun to fulfill one of its main objectives: to energize the ecosystem... More than 30 events of different types have already been held: round tables, trainings, meetups, corporate events... and the BFH has become in a few months the center of reference for events in the world of financial innovation in Barcelona.
The BFH itself held its first Open Pitch in September with more than 100 people and has already held two sessions of its "Founder Fundamentals" series with full houses in the workshop space, among other events, but above all the ecosystem itself is already using our spaces: The Business Angels network WA4STEAM held its annual event with more than 150 investors and entrepreneurs carrying out activities during 2 days.
EAE or Netmentora have made episodes of their podcasts with an audience. InnoMads a Business Speed Dating. Wayra a private event with its employees. Reental a round table about DeFi.
The informal groups of entrepreneurs BCN FinTech or Bitcoin Only have held events with more than 100 attendees and, even earlier than we expected, international activity.
Business associations from Hong Kong, China, Japan and Brazil have used the BFH for networking meetings, and in this way we have reached, almost without realizing it, more than 30 events of all kinds in the first months of the BFH's life, and in parallel, and a bit at a slow pace while waiting to have all the space available, we have begun to incorporate members (more than 100 at the moment) and partners such as the Caja de Ingenieros - which has trusted the BFH since its launch - with whom to begin to shape the community that will be the basis of this project.
It has been a very intense year and we are just beginning to see the results. Let's go for more!