These are our recommended meeting spots inside the Slush Main Venue, Helsinki Messukeskus:

• Startup Cafe, right next to the Southern (main) entrance stairs.
• Wow Working Space, right in front of the Southern (main) entrance stairs and the cloakroom.
• Impact Working Space in front of the Impact Stage—next to the Photo Wall.
• Builder Working Space next to the Builder Stage and the Meeting Area entrance.

Yes! We have 10 ad-hoc tables in the Meeting Area.

Come ask for one at the Meeting Help Desk. If there’s an empty table, we’ll guide you to it.

If not, there are plenty of working areas and cafés around the Slush Main Venue (Helsinki Messukeskus), where you can have your meeting. Here are our official recommendations:

• Startup Cafe — right next to the Southern (main) entrance stairs.
• Wow Working Space — directly in front of the Southern (main) entrance stairs and the cloakroom.
• Impact Working Space — in front of the Impact Stage, next to the Photo Wall.
• Builder Working Space — next to the Builder Stage and the Meeting Area entrance.

The Meeting Area is a seated area inside the Slush venue, reserved for pre-booked meetings. It includes a record number of tables to host 25,000+ meetings during the event days.

Each meeting in the area has a dedicated table for 25 minutes. When you arrive, we will help you find your table. You’ll also find water, coffee, sandwiches and snacks to keep you fueled between back-to-back meetings.

You’re free to meet outside the Meeting Area too. Here are our official recommendations inside the Slush Main Venue, Helsinki Messukeskus:

• Startup Cafe, right next to the Southern (main) entrance stairs.
• Wow Working Space, right in front of the Southern (main) entrance stairs and the cloakroom.
• Impact Working Space in front of the Impact Stage—next to the Photo Wall.
• Builder Working Space next to the Builder Stage and the Meeting Area entrance.

Meeting Tool gives you access to the most extensive, self-submitted database on startups and investors out there.

Join or create a company profile on the Slush Platform. Being listed as part of your company makes it much easier to land meetings.

Fully complete both your personal and company profile. This is the first thing others see after you send a meeting request.

Your profile is visible to all Slush 2025 attendees. Some info stays private: your pitch deck and any confidential financial or team details are only visible to investors on the Slush Platform.

You can also set your profile to not visible here.

You can send up to 50 requests at once. As requests get accepted or declined, or if you cancel some, you’ll be able to send more.

Your table number will be assigned shortly. You’ll see it in the Meeting Tool once it’s confirmed.

Click My Meetings under Meetings in the left sidebar. Find the meeting you want to transfer and select it. Then click Reassign in the upper right corner.

Each participant’s calendar can only host one confirmed meeting per slot in Meeting Tool. However, your co-founder can book their own meetings for the same times—that way, you can split up and cover more ground.

Currently, meetings are personal and tied to the participant who booked them, so it’s not possible to directly add a colleague to an existing meeting in Meeting Tool. However, you can share the meeting details with your colleague so they can join on-site.

Tables in Meeting Area seats 4 people.

No. Meeting slots only show as busy if there’s an overlapping accepted meeting.

Here’s how it works in practice:

Founder A sends meeting requests to Investor A and Investor B with the same proposed slots (say 8:15–8:40 AM on Day 1 and Day 2).

• Investor A accepts the Day 1 slot.
• Investor B now only sees Day 2 as available—Day 1 shows as unavailable.

25 minutes. You’ll have a 5-minute break before the next one starts.

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