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Meet our first 100 Speakers for Slush 2025. More speaker announcements coming weekly.

Anton Osika
Founder & CEO
Lovable
Lucy Liu
Co-founder & President
Airwallex
Gabe Pereyra
Co-founder & President
Harvey
Qasar Younis
Co-founder & CEO
Applied Intuition
Vlad Tenev
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Robinhood Markets, Inc.
Hélène Huby
Founder & CEO
The Exploration Company
Max Junestrand
Co-founder & CEO
Legora
Luciana Lixandru
General Partner
Sequoia Capital
Markus Villig
Founder & CEO
Bolt
Ekaterina Zaharieva
European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
EU Commission
Tom Hale
CEO
ŌURA
Nina Achadjian
Partner
Index Ventures
Hanno Renner
Co-founder & CEO
Personio
Tim Zheng
Co-founder & CEO
Apollo.io
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-founder & CEO
Runway
Eileen O'Mara
Chief Revenue Officer
Stripe
Alexandre Prot
Co-founder & CEO
Qonto
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner
Benchmark
James Hawkins
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Posthog
Harry Nelis
Partner
Accel
Laurent Sifre
Co-founder & CTO
H Company
Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
Co-founder & CEO
Natural Cycles
Benedict Evans
Analyst
Independent
Merritt Hummer
Partner
Bain Capital Ventures
Timo Ahopelto
Founding Partner
Lifeline Ventures
Greg Jackson
Founder & CEO
Octopus Energy
Jeremy O'Brien
Co-Founder & CEO
PsiQuantum
Jane Alexander
Partner
CapitalG
Varun Anand
Co-founder & COO
Clay
Deann Evans
Managing Director, EMEA
Shopify
Staffan Helgesson
Founder & General Partner
Creandum
Taavet Hinrikus
Partner
Plural
Jarek Kutylowski
Co-founder & CEO
DeepL
Anne Sraders
Senior Reporter
Sifted
John Thornhill
Founder & Tech Columnist
Financial Times; Sifted
Kaarel Kotkas
Founder & CEO
Veriff
Jacomo Corbo
Co-founder & CEO
PhysicsX
Zhenya Loginov
Partner
Accel
Meera Clark
Partner
Redpoint
Gabriel Vasquez
Investment Partner
a16z
Arpan Shah
General Partner
Spark Capital
Julien Bek
Partner
Sequoia Capital
Gabriel Hubert
Co-founder & CEO
Dust
Ritu Narayan
Founder & CEO
Zum Services, Inc
Jacob Wallenberg
VP International
Ramp
S.Y. Lee
Co-founder & CEO
Story
Filip Dames
Founding Partner
Cherry VC
Shensi Ding
Co-founder & CEO
Merge
AJ Tennant
Founder & GP
Tenacity Capital; Ex-Glean, Slack & Facebook
Théau Peronnin
Co-founder & CEO
Alice & Bob
Musa Tariq
Former Marketing Leader
Airbnb, Apple & Nike
Tony Jamous
Founder & CEO
Oyster
David Reger
Founder & CEO
Neura Robotics
Philipp Schröder
Co-founder & CEO
1KOMMA5°
Lara Smith Weber
Chief Financial Officer
Inari
Marcus Räder
Founder & CEO
Hostaway
Barney Hussey-Yeo
Founder & CEO
Cleo
Thomas von der Ohe
Co-founder & CEO
Vay
Rob Moffat
General Partner
Balderton Capital
Emma Burrows
Co-founder & CTO
Portia AI
Antoine Nussenbaum
Partner
Felix Capital
Alexey Milovidov
Co-founder & CTO
Clickhouse
Courtney Fukuda
Co-founder & Chief Integration Officer
Metropolis
Franz Faerber
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Everest Systems
Lars Jörnow
Partner
EQT Ventures
Sanjot Malhi
Partner
Northzone
Francesco Simoneschi
Founder & CEO
TrueLayer
Avery Pennarun
Co-founder & CEO
Tailscale
Paul Müller
Partner
EWOR
Felicia von Reden
Co-founder & CEO
Ovom Care
Alexander Glätzle
Co-founder & CEO
PlanQC
Hakob Astabatsyan
Co-founder & CEO
Synthflow AI
Fanny Jaulin
Co-founder & CEO
Orakl Oncology
Sauraj Gambhir
Co-Founder
Prior Labs
Philip Johnston
Co-founder & CEO
Starcloud
Amir Bohnenkamp
Co-founder & CEO
Heyflow
Insiya Jafferjee
Co-founder & CEO
Shellworks
Ralf Gulde
Co-founder & CEO
Sereact
Valentin Neumann
Co-founder & CEO
Cortea AI
Rebekka Mikkola
Co-founder & CEO
Trismik
Pierre Desjardins
Co-founder & CEO
C12
Florian Hildebrand
Co-founder & CEO
Greenlyte Carbon Technologies GmbH
Nicolas Wolikow
Co-founder & CEO
Cure51
Lukas Saari
Co-founder & CEO
Tandem Health
Francesco Volpe
Co-founder & CEO
Renaissance Fusion
Joana Cartocci
Co-founder & CEO
Robeauté
Kevin Berghoff
Co-founder & CEO
Quantum Diamonds Sensor Technology
Joe McDonald
Co-founder & CEO
tem
Suvi Haimi
Co-founder & CEO
Ovido
Bernhard Kratzwald
Co-founder & CTO
EthonAI
Rihab Lajmi
Co-founder & CEO
Asendia AI
Anders Mayntzhusen
Founder & CEO
Humani
Max Schertel
Co-founder
finmid
Olle Gelin
Co-founder & CEO
AirForestry
Gideon Schwich
Co-founder & co-CEO
cylib
Gleb Babiy
Co-founder & CEO
Aspect Health
Ula Rustamova
Co-founder & CEO
Level Zero Health

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What is Slush's philosphy for curating stage program ?

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.

As a not-for-profit, we don’t pay speakers, and they don’t pay us.

How do I suggest a speaker for Slush 2025?

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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.

Got any Suggestions?

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