Nearly 20,000 pre-scheduled meetings were held at Slush 2023, all arranged through our Matchmaking Tool. This is the tool to use to find relevant people to meet and ensure you’ll hit all of your goals at Slush.

You can use the Matchmaking Tool to see both companies and individuals joining Slush, send meeting requests, and pre-book meetings at the Slush venue for our event days. By pre-booking your most important meetings, you can ensure you secure a table at our designated Meeting Area, making the meeting experience a breeze. 

Slush is much more than just the Main Event. The whole Slush Week is full of Side Events and Activities covering a broad spectrum of industries, attendees, and interests.

Side Events are the perfect way to get connected to people in your industry and beyond, whether it’s other startup founders or operators, investors, or anyone else. Pick from workshops, parties, pitching competitions, and sports events to make your Slush Week an experience for the books.

You need to have both your badge and wristband to access Slush.

You can exchange your ticket for a badge and wristband at any of our Badge Claim points. To claim your badge, you only need your ID. Claim your badge already before the event at one of our pre-badge claim locations on Nov 18 or 19:

• Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (Arrivals Hall) | Open: 9 AM—9 PM
• Citycenter (Keskuskatu 6, Helsinki) | Open: 12 PM—8 PM
• Elisa Kulma (Aleksanterinkatu 19, Helsinki) | Open: 12 PM—8 PM
• Mall of Tripla (Fredikanterassi 1, Helsinki) | Open: 12 PM—8 PM
• Flying Cinema Tour of Helsinki (Katajannokanlaituri 2B, Helsinki) | Open: 12 PM—8 PM

Explore stage programs, craft your personalized Slush Week agenda, and plan your schedule using the Slush Agenda Tool. Accessible online or via the My Slush app, the Agenda Tool is the ultimate guide to curate your own unique Slush experience.

Download the Slush App for iOS here and for Android here.

Stay in the loop also after Slush through Slush Online. Slush Online is a year-round online platform to help early-stage startups outside the Slush Main Event. There are weekly online events hosted to provide founders with mentoring and access to meeting investors.

Slush Online is free to join and open to all early-stage startups and VC or CVC investors.

Interested? Log in to the Slush Platform and create a company profile. If you are new to the platform, your application is reviewed within 48 hours. The same application gives you access to Slush Online and to buy tickets to the Slush 2024 Main Event in Helsinki.

Founders Day will host Helsinki’s largest beach party, taking place at the indoor beach venue Biitsi Salmisaari from 5 PM–11 PM on Day 0 (Nov 19). Founders Day is all about creating unforgettable memories: come and enjoy carefully curated, no-bullshit content and relax with other founders before the hectic Main Event days kick off.

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 the investors and networking with your peers—this one is for you.

At Slush 2024, the winner of Slush 100 gets a €1,000,000 investment from the leading early-stage funds in Europe: Cherry Ventures and General Catalyst.

These world-class funds have backed exceptional companies like Stripe, Airbnb, Flix, and Auto1.

Highlighting the top-early stage founders from Europe and beyond, the Startup Stage will highlight the 60 most promising future unicorns at seed stage.

With companies like Pleo and Kahoot having pitched here back in their early days, this is where we give founders a 10-minute spotlight–from pitching your company to showcasing a product, the stage is yours.

Applications to speak on Startup Stage at Slush 2024 are closed.

When was the last time you dipped in the icy sea or sweated in a hot sauna next to the Presidential Palace? Maybe you’re looking for an activity to network with founder peers? We’ve got experiences for the adrenaline junkies and those that want to relax before kickstarting their time at Slush.

Sauna and Ice Dipping at Allas Sea Pool: Nov 19, 12–2 PM

Padel at Social Sports Club: Nov 19, 1–4 PM

Golf at Social Sports Club: Nov 19, 1–4 PM

Escape Room: Nov 19, 1–5:30 PM

Female Founder Office Hours (FFOH) is the largest office hours initiative for women founders in Europe – and this year for the third time at Slush. Started by the Playfair Capital team in 2019, FFOH has brought together 2500 founders for 10,000 one-to-one mentoring and pitch meetings with over 200 investors across eleven editions to date.

What would be a better way to kickstart your Slush experience than sharing a lunch with people who’ll shape the future of entrepreneurship, fostering inclusivity and scalability?

We invite all female founders to enjoy a delicious lunch at Levain Merikortteli accompanied by Monika Liikamaa, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Enfuce. Monika is a disruptive leader in the payment industry, advocating for social inclusion and climate action.

This event offers practical insights, empowering content, and valuable networking for female founders navigating the male-dominated startup world. Connect, learn, and build lasting relationships.

Female Founders Lunch is happening on Day 0 (Nov 19) at 1–3 PM.

The Startup Booths are 5 m² booths at the heart of the Slush venue. We will be selecting 56 of the most potential early-stage startups to showcase their product here – it’s one of the best places to stand out at Slush and get traction, leads, and visibility for your company. If selected, you’ll be allocated a booth for either Day 1 or Day 2 of Slush, and the cost is €1,500 per day.

Applications are now closed.

This event is all about empowering underrepresented founders by expanding their social networks and connecting them with relatable, category-defining role models.

We are inviting all underrepresented founders to an intimate stage talk with the Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Twelve—Etosha Cave, followed by an exclusive networking session where you can meet the future unicorn founders of today.

Network with a curated audience of peers and gain inspiration from those who’ve paved the way. In other words—Entrepreneurship re(DEI)fined.

WHERE: Siipi, Messukeskus

WHEN: Day 1 (Nov 20) at 11:50 AM–1 PM

At Slush, we help founders change the world, and one way to do so is sharing of wisdom through mentoring. By orchestrating highly curated mentoring sessions run by our speakers throughout both event days, we are able to give back to the ecosystem by offering more intimate personalized advice and insights to our early-stage founders.

Read more about mentoring at Slush 2024 here.

If you’re looking for media coverage, 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 starting in October for a chance to be featured on the Media Bank.