| Slush | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Technology, startups |
| Venue | Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre |
| Location(s) | Helsinki |
| Country | Finland |
| Inaugurated | 2008 |
| Attendance | 25,000 (2019) |
| Website | www |
Slush is a startup and tech event held annually in Helsinki, Finland. Slush facilitates meetings between the founders of startups and investors such as venture capitalists, accomplished with events such as matchmaking and pitching competitions. Slush aims to build a worldwide startup community. In 2021, Slush brought together 8,800 attendees from around the world to participate together in this global networking festival.[1]
Since 2015, Slush also run events throughout the world. These include previous events such as Slush Tokyo, Slush Shanghai and Slush Small Talks events.[2] Since 2021, Slush'D has served as the primary avenue for international offshoots of the main Helsinki event.
Slush has created various products and resources available year-round to support and inform founders and investors. Among these products are Soaked by Slush, a startup media platform established in 2019,[3] and Node by Slush, a startup and investor community established a year later.
The company's turnover is more than ten million euros.[4]
- ^ "Slush 2021 for attendees". Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "What Is Slush". Slush. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ "About Soaked". Slush. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ Lappalainen, Elin (June 24, 2019). "Miki Kuusi nappasi entiset Slushin toimitusjohtajat Woltiin – Onko Slush-nuorisosta muodostumassa Suomen oma PayPal-mafia?" [Miki Kuusi captures former Slush CEOs in Wolt - Is Slush Youth Becoming Finland's Own PayPal Mafia?]. Talouselama (in Finnish). Retrieved October 22, 2019.