Startups - Slush 2026

2025-11-17 · Helsinki

Helsinki's Dance House

Kaapeliaukio 3

Slush is the most founder-focused event on the planet, helping founders pack months worth of VC meetings, sales calls, and growth efforts into three days. The event features numerous side activities, pitch competitions like Slush 100 with €500,000 equity-free, mentorship sessions, and investor office hours. Attendees include early-stage and growth founders, investors, and industry operators.

Organizer: Slush

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At a glance

Who can apply
Any startup at Series A or earlier can apply for Startup Booths.
Prizes
€500,000 equity free (Slush 100)
Attendance
hundreds of founders
Stage
Pre seed, Seed, Series a
Sectors
Agnostic
Ticket options
  • Startup Booth (1 day) — 1500 EUR
  • Startup Booth (2 days) — 3000 EUR

Agenda

  1. Nov 17, 9:30 AM - 1 PM · Hardware Foundry — Hear from Maximilian Oligschläger, Matthijs Rijlaarsdam, Max Gulde and Andreas Klinger on stage.
  2. Nov 17, 5:30–9 PM · Founder Dawn — Evening of practical advice with in-depth Q&As, industry-specific networking, and peer support.
  3. Nov 17, 9 PM–12 AM · Founders Party — The biggest founder-only gathering of the week with music, dancing, and networking.

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Aarthi Ramamurthy — General Partner (Speaker)
  • Alexander Stubb — President of the Republic of Finland (Speaker)
  • Alex Ferrara — Partner (Speaker)
  • Anders Forslund — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Andrea "Annie" Kritcher — Co-founder & Chief Scientist (Speaker)
  • Andreas Klinger — Prototype Capital, EU-Inc (Speaker)
  • Andy Beam — Co-founder & CTO (Speaker)
  • Anton Osika — Lovable (Speaker)
  • Antti Vasara — Board member (Speaker)
  • Baiju Bhatt — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Benedetto Vigna — CEO (Speaker)
  • Benedict Evans — Principal (Speaker)
  • Benoit Lemaignan — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Brett Gibson — Managing Partner (Speaker)
  • Carla Gómez Cano — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Carles Reina — Managing Partner (Speaker)
  • Carlos Espinal — Managing Partner (Speaker)
  • Carmen Alfonso Rico — Founder / VP of Business Operations (Speaker)
  • Christopher Pedregal — CEO & Co-Founder (Speaker)
  • Colin Zima — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Dan Mishin — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • David Kirtley — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • David Paffenholz — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • David Silver — Founder & CEO & CEO (Speaker)
  • Deedy Das — Partner (Speaker)
  • Diana Avila — Chief Banking & Expansion Officer (Speaker)
  • Din Bisevac — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Dr. Christian Nagel — Co-founder & General Partner (Speaker)
  • Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Ekaterina Zaharieva — European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation (Speaker)
  • Elena Verna — Head of Growth (Speaker)
  • Emily Yuan — Co-founder & COO (Speaker)
  • Eoin Hinchy — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Erik Bernhardsson — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Fabrizio del Maffeo — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Feyza Haskaraman — Partner (Speaker)
  • Francesco Sciortino — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Gabriel Le Roux — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Grace Isford — Partner (Speaker)
  • Grant LaFontaine — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Grant Lee — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Hayley Barna — Partner (Speaker)
  • Hélène Huby — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Iain Martin — Senior Editor (Speaker)
  • Ilya Fushman — Partner (Speaker)
  • Jack Zhang — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Jacomo Corbo — CEO & Co-Founder (Speaker)
  • Jagdeep Singh — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • James Cadwallader — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Jan Hammer — Partner (Speaker)
  • Jan Oberhauser — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Jason Risch — Partner (Speaker)
  • Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Jessica Livingston — Co-founder (Speaker)
  • Joel Hwang — Managing Director (Speaker)
  • Johannes Reck — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • John Thornhill — Tech columnist FT, founder Sifted (Speaker)
  • Joshua Browder — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Judith Dada — Co-CEO / Senior Partner (Speaker)
  • Julia Hawkins — General Partner (Speaker)
  • Khaled Helioui — Partner (Speaker)
  • Koen Bok — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Lainie Yallen — Co-Founder & COO (Speaker)
  • Lotti Siniscalco — General Partner (Speaker)
  • Madeline Lawrence — Co-Founder & CGO (Speaker)
  • Marcelo Lebre — President and Co-Founder (Speaker)
  • Mark Thompson — Co-Founder & CTO (Speaker)
  • Markus Villig — Bolt (Speaker)
  • Matthew Prince — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Matthijs Rijlaarsdam — Co-founder and CEO, QuantWare (Speaker)
  • Matt Turck — Partner (Speaker)
  • Max Gulde — Co-founder and CEO, constellr (Speaker)
  • Maximilian Oligschläger — Co-founder and COO, ERC System (Speaker)
  • Moritz Baier-Lentz — Senior Advisor (Speaker)
  • Neil Zeghidour — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Niklas Zennström — CEO & Founding Partner (Speaker)
  • Niko Bonatsos — Founder & Managing Director (Speaker)
  • Paolo Fois — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Parag Agrawal — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Peter Sarlin — Founder & Executive Chairman (Speaker)
  • Philip Chopin — Managing Partner (Speaker)
  • Philip Johnston — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Pia d'Iribarne — Founder (Speaker)
  • Rafal Modrzewski — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Renen Hallak — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Richard Socher — Co-founder & CEO, Managing Partner (Speaker)
  • Ross McNairn — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Ruben Bryon — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Ryan Beiermeister — Partner (Speaker)
  • Sauraj Gambhir — Co-Founder & Co-CEO (Speaker)
  • Shardul Shah — Partner (Speaker)
  • Somesh Dash — General Partner (Speaker)
  • Sonya Huang — Partner (Speaker)
  • Steve Basher — Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Ted Persson — Partner (Speaker)
  • Tom Mackenzie — Anchor (Speaker)
  • Tuomas Artman — Co-founder & CTO (Speaker)
  • Victoria van Lennep — Co-founder (Speaker)
  • Victoria Weller — Operations (Speaker)
  • Vojtech Horna — Co-lead (Speaker)
  • Vrushali Paunikar — Chief Product Officer (Speaker)
  • Will Bryk — Co-founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Will Ross — Co-Founder & CEO (Speaker)
  • Zhenya Loginov — Partner (Speaker)

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