More than 800 people have attended the XX Foro Medcap organized by BME in person. The importance of being listed on the stock exchange to grow, valuations of small and mid caps, and the crucial role of these companies in the economy have been the focus of the event panels.
BME has concluded the twentieth edition of the Foro Medcap today after holding nearly 1,200 meetings, a historical record, between 106 companies and 188 investors registered in Discovery meetings and one-on-one meetings. Of the attending investors, 26.5% are international, coming from Germany, France, Finland, England, Switzerland, Italy, the United States, Andorra, India, and Portugal. In addition to the meetings, the Forum has also hosted eight panels to promote exchange and debate on the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises and the main sectors of the economy. The event has been attended by more than 800 participants.
With the 2024 edition, the Foro Medcap celebrates 20 years of history, during which it has facilitated more than 15,000 meetings between 3,700 companies and 1,600 investors. These data, along with its continued growth edition after edition, highlight the importance that this event has reached in promoting small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as positioning the Forum as a reference meeting point for this type of companies.
“It is a pride to celebrate the twentieth edition of this Forum that underscores the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as the prominence that we give them from BME. In these 20 years, we have wanted to give importance to medium-sized companies because we believe in their relevance for the proper functioning of the Spanish economy. In addition, we have also set ourselves the goal of being an ally of small and medium-sized companies in their growth and expansion journey,” says Jesús González, Managing Director of BME Growth and BME Scaleup.
The central theme of the public debate panels of the XX Foro Medcap has been the central role of financial markets as a source of financing for business growth and economic development, in line with the White Paper on boosting the competitiveness of Spanish capital markets published recently by BME. Issues such as current valuations of small and mid caps, investment opportunities they offer, diversity of these types of companies in the Spanish market, and sustainability as a key growth factor have also been discussed.
Cuatrecasas and Norbolsa have been the main sponsors of the twentieth edition of the Forum, while Renta 4 Banco, GVC Aesco, PWC, EthiFinance, Mediatree, Morningstar, and World Television (Wtv.) have been sponsors, and Atribus, the Spanish Institute of Analysis, and CFA Society Spain, collaborators.
The Foro Medcap is part of BME’s initiative to promote the stock market segment for small and medium-sized enterprises. Along with the forum, BME has an investment ladder that facilitates the incorporation of SMEs into the stock market, which includes the Pre-Market Environment, helping companies prepare to go public; BME Growth, the SME stock exchange, and, more recently, BME Scaleup, a market focused on scaleups with a proven business model, also open to SOCIMIs and family businesses, which welcomed its first company in January of this year and already has three listed companies. The main market is the final step of this financing ladder that adapts to the companies’ needs at each stage of development.
You can find all the information about the event on its website and all the photos of these three days of the Foro Medcap here.
via: MiMub in Spanish
