Founders Day is an exclusive event, curated for founders and startup operators coming to Slush. Taking place on Day 0, a day before the main event, Founders Day is all about creating unforgettable memories, peer-networking, and enjoying carefully curated content.

Info on the 2025 edition coming later.

Slush’s Startup Stage shines the spotlight on the top early-stage startups from Europe and beyond.

Info on the 2025 applications coming later.

Do you want to have a booth at the heart of the Slush venue?

It’s the most concrete way to get traction, leads, and general visibility for your early-stage startup and your product.

Info on the 2025 edition of Startup Booths coming later.

Reach out to [email protected] if you’re interested in snatching a booth for 2025.

Investor Office Hours are 75-minute private sessions hosted by VCs with topics ranging from fundraising to company building. If you’re interested in meeting your future investors or networking with other cool founders—this one is for you.

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Slush 100 is the most coveted startup competition in the world.

At Slush 2024, the winner of Slush 100 got an equity investment from the leading early-stage funds in Europe: General Catalyst and Cherry Ventures. These world-class funds have backed exceptional companies like Stripe, Airbnb, Flix, and Auto1.

The startups accepted into the top 20 got hands-on sparring sessions with company founders and mentoring from experts within the startup ecosystem.

Info on the 2025 edition coming later.

At Slush, we help founders change the world through highly curated mentoring sessions run by our speakers during both event days. These sessions offer more personalized advice and insights to our early-stage founders.

Info on the 2025 editions of mentoring concepts coming later.

For media coverage during Slush Week, you can launch your newsworthy announcements to the Slush Media Bank—a curated platform ensuring journalists don’t miss a thing. 

Info on the 2025 edition of Media Bank coming later.

Investor lounges give an intimate setting to work & wind down during the Slush days. Perfect spaces for pre-booked meetings & team gatherings alike.

Last year, lounges were chosen by Index Ventures, Earlybird, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, and Goldman Sachs, among others.

Want one for your team at Slush 2025? Drop us a line at [email protected].

Imagine you’d have a 75-minute private session with access to hand-picked startup invitees according to your interests in one go.

And better yet, what if this session had the flexibility to offer a customized program, ranging from stage presentations to workshops? How about catering options that help you tailor your session for the most effective use of time?

Want to host a session at Slush 2025? Drop us a line at [email protected].

No founders, no media.

Just you and 2,000+ fellow investors under the same roof one day before the Slush main event.

Get a headstart on your Slush experience through Investor Day with a program created to maximize your networking and learning opportunities. Participate in spontaneous networking, book 1-1 meetings, engage in roundtable discussions, and listen to high-quality stage talks.

Info on the 2025 edition coming later.

Want to pitch your fund in-front of top LPs?

Slush x RAISE, Europe’s leading emerging manager event, is a pitch competition for the continent’s best GPs that haven’t yet raised their fund III. Our selection committee consisting of 12 top LPs including TopTier, Northwestern University, LGT, Blue Future Partners, and others chooses 20 managers to pitch at Slush in front of over 100 LPs.

The application period for this year’s Slush x RAISE will open in August 2025. Get ready!

20,000+ meetings take place at Slush over 2 days. Matchmaking is at the core of Slush, and we’re here to make meeting your next unicorn, LP, or investor peers a walk in the park.

Browse the other attendees at Slush, schedule meetings, chat with attendees, and make magic happen with our custom in-house-built Matchmaking Tool.

Info on the 2025 edition coming later.

If you’re looking for media coverage as an investor at Slush, this is for you.

The Slush Media Bank is a curated resource bank and a platform for you to launch your news during Slush Week, making sure journalists don’t miss a thing.

Submit your newsworthy announcements on the Slush Platform for a chance to be featured on the Media Bank. Requires a Slush ticket.

Info on the 2025 edition of Media Bank coming later.

This is where Media Pass holders will write their next story, interview future shapers, network with peers, and relax during the event

At the Media Area, you will have access to pre-bookable interview and podcast pods, and working tables.

Plus, if you need help during the event, we’ve got you covered. A help desk will be available during the whole event.

Media Bank is the resource bank for finding your next story.

Located inside the Slush Platform, it gathers all announcements happening during Slush Week so none are lost in the noise.

Media Bank will open in mid-November.

Looking to do an interview or record a podcast at Slush? The Media Area’s pre-bookable, quiet pods are here for you.

More info on the 2025 edition coming later.

Slush is the largest gathering of venture capital in the world, bringing together $3 trillion in assets under management under one roof.

We’re thus welcoming a wide slate of both established and emerging managers.

Meet them at Slush either through our Matchmaking Tool or at one of our curated Side Events.

We arrange exclusive LP-only Side Events to connect you with other LPs, help you exchange notes on managers, and provide you with a relaxed setting to discuss the ecosystem.

Slush brings together 5,500+ founders and startup operators.

Reach out to them through our Matchmaking Tool, and gain a deeper understanding of the ecosystem.

Our LP team will be at your disposal to help you navigate the event, set up meetings with relevant managers, and curate bespoke GP lists according to your investment criteria.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us by emailing our LP Relations at [email protected]

Access the 13,000 bright minds of tech and VC through our in-house Matchmaking Tool. Whether you’re joining Slush to meet peers, lock leads, or find collaborators, everyone’s here. During Slush, over 20,000 meetings take place under one roof amongst the most relevant crowd in startups and tech on the planet.

Our stages are carefully curated to showcase the best and brightest in startups and tech, and for good reason: they’re at Slush to share their knowledge to help you level up your business. In addition to having them on stage, we offer curated mentoring sessions with these industry experts.

This year, we’re introducing a mentoring concept, Speaker Deep-dives, which is accessible to all ticket types, including Attendee and Thursday Pass holders.

Slush is not just a 2-day event in Messukeskus. It’s a movement that floods Helsinki for one whole week with curated events ranging from niche to general, official to party. Make your visit count by exploring what our partners and community collaborators have to offer.

With our My Slush app and lead generative badges, you’ll easily rack up a collection of potential clients and collaborators from our 13,000 visitors.

They call Slush the Tomorrowland of conferences for good reason. Step in and experience the famous Slush magic for yourself with an immersive event experience from morning to night.

Close to 50% of the people you see at Slush are founders and 25% are investors.

Slush is a visibility opportunity like no other.

We offer unmatched visibility through our fully customizable Partner Booths, which you can get in contact with us about at [email protected].

Designed to help our partners laser-focus on relevancy, Partner Pods offer our partners a unique space to host exclusive events such as meetings, lunches, mentoring, and pitching sessions.

Located inside Slush Main Venue, each Pod is tailored to create the perfect space for more intimate and exclusive gatherings. Sessions in the pods will be listed online to attract attendees, and our trained volunteers will assist in setting up the space to ensure everything runs smoothly.

To discover more about how you can leverage this unique opportunity, please contact us at [email protected].

How can you meet anywhere between 50 to 350 of the most relevant people to you at Slush? It’s simple: organize a Partner Side Event.

Side Events are the second most popular activity among all of our visitors, directly after 1-on-1 meetings.

Our packages include a fully furnished and equipped venue next door to the Slush Main Event, invitations to the most relevant Slush visitors, and our Slush Side Event tool for all your admin needs.

Slush is the ideal place to generate new business with the help of our in-house-built Lead Scanning tools.

More info on the 2025 edition of lead scanning at Slush coming later.

Want to bring a delegation of startups to Slush and give them the best chance to meet investors and clients and gain visibility? Our Delegation Partners can reserve one or more Startup Booths to showcase their best startups during the event days on Nov 19–20, 2025. Legend says, that some startups have even closed funding on the spot at their booth at Slush.

Startup Booths have a default design and setup, so no production is needed, but customization for delegation partners is possible. To learn more about the possibilities of Startup Booths for delegations, reach out to [email protected].