4,200 startup founders and operators and 2,200 investors are expected to join Slush this year. This group of investors manages close to a trillion of growth capital. This means that there will be one investor per startup in Helsinki during Slush. Eerika Savolainen, CEO of Slush, said there is no better place for startups to raise funding.
The stage program will feature top-level speakers from around the world, such as legendary Venture Capital investor Doug Leone, who has led private equity firm Sequoia for more than 20 years, Loreanne Garcia, 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, along with 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 create entrepreneurs who can change the world. In the coming years, Slush will focus on growing in relevance rather than in scale, both in terms of traffic and content. We focus on early-stage startup founders and their needs in Savolainen states.
Slush is a non-profit movement that aims to create founders who can change the world. The public ticket sales start on May 25, 2022.
In addition to the main event, Slush supports six international teams on three different continents to host their local Slush'D events.
A curated online community that gives startup founders access to all the resources they need on their founder journey.
The leading European source of founders is the European Institute of Technology.