Investor Day - slush.org

2026-11-17 · 12:30:00

Finlandia Hall

Mannerheimintie 13 e, 00100 Helsinki

Held at Finlandia Hall ahead of Slush, Investor Day gathers over 2,000 venture capitalists and institutional allocators for focused industry stage panels, roundtables, and networking.

Investor Day is the legendary gathering of all investors at Slush, taking place at Finlandia Hall. Meet 2,000+ venture investors for a full day of high-quality, investor-only conversations, stage panels, roundtables, and networking. The event features top LPs and GPs discussing venture trends, the future of the industry, and secondaries.

Founder brief

Who should attend

Venture capitalists, fund managers, and institutional limited partners seeking market intelligence will find direct value here. While focused on investor-only discussions rather than startup pitching, founders tracking market sentiment or building fund-level relationships can gain insight into current LP and GP dynamics.

What happens

Starting at 12:30, the afternoon runs through successive stage panels covering topics like exit gaps, fund concentration, venture predictions for 2027, secondaries, and LP relationship building. Alongside panels, participants gather for roundtables and informal discussions throughout the venue until the final sessions conclude after 5:15 PM.

Who's in the room

Finlandia Hall hosts over 2,000 venture investors representing 4 trillion euros in assets under management. Speakers and panelists include Amir Malayery of Insight Partners, Brett Gibson from Initialized, Christian Nagel of Earlybird, and representatives from organizations like Nato Innovation Fund, Forbes, and PitchBook.

How to prepare

Review the panel agenda in advance to target specific conversations around secondaries or early-stage fund dynamics. Because formal pitching is absent, prepare concise questions about macroeconomic trends and fund allocations rather than standard startup elevator pitches.

Organizer: Slush

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At a glance

Attendance
2,000+ venture investors, €4T in VC assets under management
Sectors
Agnostic

Agenda

  1. 1:15PM – 1:45PM · Closing the Late-stage & Exit Gap
  2. 1:50PM – 2:20PM · How Many Bets? Conviction & Concentration
  3. 2:25PM – 2:55PM · Prediction Panel: Where is VC Moving in 2027
  4. 3:00PM – 3:30PM · Unlocking Critical Technology
  5. 3:35PM – 4:05PM · Finding Liquidity: Emergence of Secondaries
  6. 4:10PM – 4:40PM · Early-stage Trust: Building LP Relationships
  7. 4:45PM – 5:15PM · The Transition: Established VCs to Spinout Funds

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Ariella Vidan Young — Alicorn VP (Panelist)
  • Carles Reina — Baobab (Panelist)
  • Colette Ballou — Ballou Capital (Panelist)
  • Iain Martin — Forbes (Panelist)
  • Leah Hodgson — PitchBook (Panelist)
  • Lucinda Shen — Axios (Panelist)
  • Sander Verbrugge — Nato Innovation Fund (Panelist)
  • Amir Malayery — Managing Director, Insight Partners (Speaker)
  • Antti Vasara — Board Member, European Innovation Council (Speaker)
  • Brett Gibson — Managing Partner, Initialized (Speaker)
  • Christian Nagel — Co-Founder and General Partner, Earlybird (Speaker)
  • Ethan Choi — Founder, Atomus Ventures (Speaker)
  • Feyza Haskaraman — Partner, Felicis (Speaker)
  • Jason Risch — Partner, Greylock (Speaker)
  • Joel Hwang — Managing Director, HarbourVest (Speaker)
  • Julia Hawkins — General Partner, LocalGlobe (Speaker)
  • Matt Auxier — Managing Director, University of Chicago (Speaker)
  • Michael Kim — Founder and Managing Partner, Cendana (Speaker)
  • Niko Bonatsos — Founder and Managing Partner, Verdict Capital (Speaker)
  • Partick Chun — Founder and Managing Partner, Juxtapose (Speaker)
  • Robin Dechant — Partner, General Catalyst (Speaker)
  • Ted Persson — Partner and Co-Head Scaleup Europe Fund, EQT (Speaker)