Slush announces 2,200 investors for its first round of events

4,200 startup founders and operators and 2,200 investors are expected to join Slush this year. This group of investors has close to a trillion of growth capital. This means that there will be one investor per startup in Helsinki during Slush. There is no better place for startups to raise funding, said Eerika Savolainen, CEO of Slush.

The stage program will feature top-level speakers from around the world, such as the legendary Venture Capital investor Doug Leone, who has led the private equity firm Sequoia for more than 20 years, Loreanne Garcia, the founder of Kavak, one of Latin America's most successful growth companies, and Nikolay Storonsky, founder of Financial SuperApp Revolut. Over the two days, Slush will feature more than 150 speakers and moderators.

Slush stages will host the well-known Slush 100 pitching competition, as well as Builders' Studio, a new highly popular stage concept from Slush 2021 that unpacks a startup's journey from idea to exit. Around Helsinki there will be 200 side events during the Slush week.

Slush's mission is to help and create entrepreneurs to change the world. In the coming years, Slush will focus more on relevance rather than scale, both in terms of traffic and content. We always focus on early-stage startup founders and their needs in Savolainen states.

Slush is a non-profit movement with a mission to help and create founders to change the world. On May 25, 2022, ticket sales start.

In addition to the main event, Slush supports six international teams on three different continents to host their local Slush'D events.

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