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Meet our Speakers for Slush 2025.

Stage AgendaLivestream
Tom Matsuda
Fintech Reporter
Sifted
Alexandre Momeni
Partner
General Catalyst
Guillaume Princen
Global Head of Startups, Digital Natives, and Mid-Market
Anthropic
Ben Fletcher
Partner
Accel
Marius Hobbhahn
Founder & CEO
Apollo Research
Pekka Laurila
Co-founder & CSO
ICEYE
Moritz von der Linden
Co-founder & CEO
Marvel Fusion
Tuomo Riekki
Founder & CEO
Zero
Emma Burrows
Co-founder & CTO
Portia AI
Antoine Nussenbaum
Partner
Felix Capital
Oana Jinga
Chief Commercial & Product Officer
Dexory
Fabian Gruner
Partner
HV Capital
Yazhou Sun
Reporter
Bloomberg
Meredith Whittaker
President
Signal
Peter Sarlin
Co-founder & CEO
Silo AI
Peter Carlsson
Co-founder
Aris Machina & Sonder Labs
Gerry Giácoman
Co-founder & CEO
Clara
Aura Salla
Member of European Parliament
European Parliament
Stephen Whitworth
Co-founder & CEO
incident.io
Alexey Milovidov
Co-founder & CTO
Clickhouse
Courtney Fukuda
Co-founder & Chief Integration Officer
Metropolis
Darren Mowry
Vice President of Global Startups
Google
Romain Huet
Head of Developer Experience
OpenAI
Franz Faerber
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Everest Systems
Tom Wehmeier
Partner & Head of Intelligence
Atomico
Sarah Guemouri
Principal
Atomico
Judith Dada
General Partner
Visionaries Club
Robert Lacher
Founding Partner
Visionaries Club
Francesco Simoneschi
Founder & CEO
TrueLayer
Ali Parsadoust
Founder
Quadrivia
Laura Connell
Partner
Atomico
Avery Pennarun
Co-founder & CEO
Tailscale
Lucinda Shen
Deals Reporter
Axios
Paul Müller
Partner
EWOR
Elias Torres
Founder & CEO
Agency
Annu Nieminen
Founder & CEO
The Upright Project
Amandine Durr
CPO
Back Market
Marina Farthouat
Chief People Officer & Chief of Staff
Oyster
Philip Johnston
Co-founder & CEO
Starcloud
Rebekka Mikkola
Co-founder & CEO
Trismik
Francesco Volpe
Co-founder & CEO
Renaissance Fusion
Felicia von Reden
Co-founder & CEO
Ovom Care
Pierre Desjardins
Co-founder & CEO
C12
Jan Erik Solem
Co-founder & CEO
Staer
Ralf Gulde
Co-founder & CEO
Sereact
Valentin Neumann
Co-founder & CEO
Cortea AI
Hakob Astabatsyan
Co-founder & CEO
Synthflow AI
Nicolas Wolikow
Co-founder & CEO
Cure51
Lukas Saari
Co-founder & CEO
Tandem Health
Sauraj Gambhir
Co-Founder
Prior Labs
Insiya Jafferjee
Co-founder & CEO
Shellworks
Joana Cartocci
Co-founder & CEO
Robeauté
Max Schertel
Co-founder
finmid
Joe McDonald
Co-founder & CEO
tem
Suvi Haimi
Co-founder & CEO
Ovido
Ula Rustamova
Co-founder & CEO
Level Zero Health
David Budde
Co-founder & CEO
trawa
Bernhard Kratzwald
Co-founder & CTO
EthonAI
Rihab Lajmi
Co-founder & CEO
Asendia AI
Anders Mayntzhusen
Founder & CEO
Humani
Gideon Schwich
Co-founder & co-CEO
cylib
Anh-Tho Chuong
Co-founder & CEO
Lago
Din Bisevac
Co-founder & CEO
Buena
Emilė Radytė
Co-founder & CEO
Samphire Neuroscience
Noel Hurley
CEO
Literal Labs
Niilo Säämänen
CTO
Wolt Oy
Ryan Luke Johns
Co-founder & CEO
Gravis Robotics
Ruben Bryon
Co-founder & CEO
DataCrunch
Charles Maddock
Co-founder & CEO
Strawberry Browser
Nick Zumbühl
Co-founder & CEO
Nala Earth
Sébastien Willems
Co-founder & CEO
Antfarm
Patrycja Kucharczyk
Co-founder & CEO
Treeless AG
Maxine Rior
Principal
Northzone
Katie King
Co-founder & CEO
BioOrbit
Susanna Partanen
Co-founder & CEO
Woamy
Kristjan Lepik
Co-founder & CEO
Arbonics
Lucas Christel
Co-founder
Purpose Green
Lars Langhout
Co-founder & CEO
NoPalm Ingredients
Chris Sidlauskas
Co-founder & CEO
Sintra
Crijn Bouman
Co-founder & CEO
Rocsys
Jake Taylor-King
Co-founder & CIO
Relation
Siddharth Khullar
Co-founder & CEO
Aris Machina
Elin Mårtensson
Co-founder & CEO
AI-BOB
Maija Itkonen
Co-founder & CEO
Onego Bio
Max Werner
Founder & CEO
Hades Mining
Jonathan Sanders
Co-founder & CEO
Light
Julien Launay
Co-founder & CEO
Adaptive ML
Lauri Sippola
Co-founder & CEO
Gosta Labs
Joonas Jokela
Co-founder & CEO
Aavuus
Urho Konttori
Co-founder & CEO
Distance Technologies
Johannes B Woehrstein
Co-founder & CEO
mbiomics
Gleb Chuvpilo
Co-Founder & CEO
Thor Dynamics
Mikko Mäntylä
Co-founder & CEO
Realm
Luke Tan
Co-founder & CPO
Supercritical
Diane-Laure Pagès
Co-founder & COO
Orakl Oncology
Niilo Pirttijärvi
Co-founder
Inven
Rohit Shawarikar
Co-founder & COO
Phaseshift
Johannes Tervo
Growth
Intergrid
Egzon Delija
Co-founder & CEO
Mantis Vision
Osman Ramadan
Co-founder
Agemo
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Through our stage programs, we support our mission to help and create founders to change the world. Our stages primarily feature the most accomplished founders and operators, sharing candid, no-nonsense insights on building high-growth, enduring companies.

Each stage has a distinct purpose—whether it’s spotlighting early-stage founders, unpacking the startup and tech landscape, sharing company-building advice, or diving into raw founder journeys.

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Our selection process centers on one question: What aspect of company-building is this person uniquely qualified to speak on?

We feature experienced founders—often behind unicorns—who share real stories and offer candid, practical advice.

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