About

barcelona 2014

This year, the third annual Bubble Over Barcelona mixer will take place in a very majestic, modernist building from 1906 located on scenic Paseo de Gracia, in the Eixample area.

front of building

Format:

  • Dinner - from 8pm onwards
  • Cocktail Party - from 10pm onwards

At the cocktail party TechCrunch is also holding a mini pitch off at the event, inviting 5 entrepreneurs to take the stage to pitch to a panel of expert judges. The five entrepreneurs will get two free tickets each and the winner will get a table at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York and two runners up will get a ticket to the event. Apply here.

building interior

The goal of the event remains to connect influencers from around the world with mobile innovators from brands large and small while in town for MWC.

We hope to expose our guests to more of the beauty of Barcelona, and this venue will deliver! The terrace views alone will make the event special.

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For US-based inquiries, please reach out to Candace Locklear at Mighty - candace@mightypr.com

For all other inquiries, please reach out to Matthaus Krzykowski at Xyo - matthaus@xyo.net

Hosts of BoB

  • Mighty PR

    Mighty is a marketing and public relations firm that propels new ideas into the public eye.

    We are on a quest to find innovation, and work with entrepreneurs who are disrupting the old way of doing things with new offerings in mobile, social and cloud. Partnering closely with companies to help them tell their special stories is what we do best. Our approach centers on creatively connecting deep into a variety of influencer circles to drive visibility and conversation across industry and consumer audiences. Mighty was founded by Candace Locklear and Rebecca Fuller, both experienced communications pros with a track record of standout work for some of the world's best brands.

  • Xyo - The Leading App Search Provider

    Xyo.net is the next generation app search. The company offers its custom search boxes and app advertising to carriers, device makers, app stores, media portals and advertising networks.

    Xyo was founded in 2010 in Berlin by mobile industry veterans Zoe Adamovicz, Matthaus Krzykowski, and Marcin Rudolf. The company went on to rapidly develop breakthrough data-driven app search technology, and is funded by well-known VCs both in the US and Europe, including Rick Thompson of Signia Venture Partners. Now prepared to unleash a new age of app discovery, Xyo is seeking partners ready to disrupt the status quo of app distribution.

Past & Future Events

BOB 2012
BARCELONA

This 3 hour event is designed to be a place where edge-pushing companies can cross pollinate with each other and also meet up with the many venerable...

BOB 2013
BERLIN

Bubble over Berlin was held ahead of the inaugural TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin conference. Set in the international art house, The WYE, BoB brought together key players in the art and tech world in an exclusive networking setting - for the first time.

BOB 2013
BARCELONA

This year BOB was set as an exlusive opportunity for innovators and disruptors from the Silicon Valley area and the rest of the world to meet in a personal...

The Origins

the origins of bob

In 2012 we set up Bubble Over Barcelona (BoB) as a unique mini-conference that aimed to bring many innovators and disruptors from the Silicon Valley area to the global mobile meet up that is Mobile World Congress. The three hour event was designed to be a place where edge-pushing companies could cross pollinate with each other and also meet up with the many venerable operators and device manufacturers – in a setting that catered to the needs of innovators

what bob stands for

Innovation as recognized by peers and not industry committees
BoB’s themes and speakers are chosen under the guidance of respected advisors from the tech community.

We make it easy for digital journalists and bloggers to interpret the value and meaning of innovation
BoB recognizes that we need to make it easy and valuable for them to be effective.

The right mix of the right people equals fun
BoB events cater to the right combination of industry actors. Good business in the right environment equals fun.

Organizers

This inaugural event is being organized by consummate connectors in mobile that span the globe, Mighty PR and dots'n'spaces.

dots~n~saoces

Co-founded by Olga Steidl, Maria Shashkova and Matthaus Krzykowski is a collective of technology professionals that supports telco professionals and hightech startups that need to bring their products and services to the market and make them successful - globally.

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Candace Locklear of Mighty PR has been bringing innovators and influencers together at MWC since it was back in Cannes and called GSMA. Mighty PR is a San Francisco-based marketing and public relations firm that propels new ideas into the public eye. We are on a quest to find innovation, and work with entrepreneurs who are disrupting the old way of doing things with new offerings in mobile, social and cloud. Find us @2bmighty