Volunteer at Slush
Ready to take your first step into the startup ecosystem or dream becoming a startup founder, operator, or investor? This is your chance to get a first-class ticket behind the scenes of the world’s leading startup event and be part of a community shaping the future.Join us and be part of something bigger. Your journey starts here.
Group Lead and Volunteer applications will open on Aug 4, 2025
Slush is in someway one of these remarkable feats where young people can achieve amazing things.
Be a part of a community & build relationships
“Year after year I keep wanting to come back because of the love for the strong Slush community.”
First step into becoming a startup founder, operator, or a VC
“Being a volunteer at Slush gave me a lot of opportunities inside the startup ecosystem and I actually found my current job at Slush.”
Experience the world's leading startup event
“It was a once in a lifetime experience to be a part of organizing an event in the scale of Slush.”
Learn about the startup ecosystem
"If you want to think big, volunteering at Slush can be a life-changing experience"
Challenge yourself
“The best thing about being a volunteer was challenging myself and learning new things about the ecosystem.”
Make an impact—we trust you by default
“The world’s leading startup event is built by volunteers, led by volunteers.”
Hey! It’s Aino here from Slush.
My journey started back in 2014 when I first volunteered at Slush and got hooked by the extraordinary community and the spirit within it. I fell in love with tech and entrepreneurship at a really young age, and Slush was my way to get involved with the startup ecosystem. In the end, I ended up volunteering for four years in a row. In 2020, I joined the team full-time, and today, I am the CEO.
I think there are as many different kinds of roles as there are volunteers. I have found myself helping speakers find the right stage, hosting roundtables, and selecting 400 top-tier startups to showcase their products at the heart of the Slush venue. These experiences showed me the kind of impact Slush can have, and how a group of young, ambitious volunteers can drive real progress and shape the entrepreneurial tomorrow in just two days.
Volunteering at Slush is a one-of-a-kind experience. Slush wouldn’t be what it is without its volunteers. As a volunteer, you’ll get a front-row seat to the edge of technology, witness true progress being made, and become part of a close-knit community of Slushers.
Slush opened the door to the startup world for me. I became passionate about building and solving hard problems, rather than just optimizing what already exists—that’s what I believe it takes to create world-changing companies.
So yeah, it’s fair to say Slush changed my life.
Moin! It’s Philipp—former Slush tourist, now calling Helsinki home.
Just before 2024, I had no idea what Slush was. While browsing Nordic exchange options, I stumbled on Helsinki—and quickly fell down the Slush rabbit hole. I got so hooked that I applied to volunteer before I was even accepted to Aalto University. I chose my exchange destination because of Slush.
I joined as a Startup Booth Team Lead, supporting over 100 top-tier startups at the heart of the event. But the real game-changer was the people—1,600 volunteers building something bigger than themselves. That experience gave me clarity, confidence, and a sense of purpose I hadn’t felt before.
After the event, I made a call: I transferred my studies to Aalto, joined the Slush full-time Team, and moved my life from Germany to Finland. All because of one volunteer role.
If you're even a little curious, take the leap. Slush might flip your life upside down—in the best possible way.
Volunteer Teams
Production
The Production Team creates the world famous Slush Magic by a seamless customer journey for our 13,000 visitors. This means everything from greeting the visitors in their first moments at the airport to helping them at the Main Event info and badge claims. Half of our volunteers work in our production team, ensuring each customer touch point is infused with Slush Magic.
Growth
The Growth Team is in charge of of distributing Slush's products. In practice, this means leading Slush's marketing and communications efforts across digital channels (e.g. social media, newsletter, website). Growth volunteers ideate, film, record, edit, write, and publish content to Slush’s for social media before and during the event with the support of the full-time team. Additionally, we ensure Slush’s stage content is livestreamed to our online audience, and we engage with the Slush community in our DM’s, comment sections, and feeds.
Startup
The Startup Team has the exciting responsibility of taking care of our largest core visitor group—the startup CEOs and founders. This is done with concepts like Founders Day, Founder Activities and Slush 100 to mention a few. Startup Team is also responsible for the Meeting Area and the overall Meeting Experience that are at the core of Slush. People come to Slush to meet relevant people for their ventures—and we've taken it to our heart to execute it to perfection for them. Startup team volunteers make sure all founders are treated like royalty in every encounter they have with Slush.
Investor
The Investor team is responsible for attracting the world’s leading venture capital investors to Slush, and creating the best investor experience of any event on the planet for them. Investor team volunteers work on the concepts and events offered to the investors visiting Slush and make sure they get excellent customer service in every encounter with Slush. The Investor Team volunteers will have a chance to interact with investors having $4 trillion in assets under management.
Partnership
The Partnership Team brings the world’s leading corporates, scale-ups, country delegations, and research labs to be involved in Slush activities as partners. We wouldn’t be able to create the Slush magic without the support of all our partners. They make up the largest share of Slush’s overall revenue and create the look and feel of the event through content and design. This is an amazing opportunity to connect and work hands-on with our partners.
Finance
If you’re curious to learn world-class finance skills in a hands-on environment, look no further. Our Finance volunteers help us with crucial day-to-day finance operations, and run the coolest clothing store in Finland — the Slush Store which sells merchandise at the event.
Feedback
The Feedback Team is part of Slush’s Research Team, responsible for data analysis and research collaborations with external stakeholders. It mainly takes care of collecting and analyzing general and concept-specific feedback from our main event.
People
Slush would not happen without our people — the 1,600 volunteers make the real magic happen. The People Team recruits and trains these curious future builders. On top of this, we organize training events and gatherings for the Slush team and volunteers and make sure the volunteer operations run smoothly from start to finish.
Program
The Program team is at the center of one of Slush’s most visible parts of the event: Speakers and stages. We bring the most iconic founders, investors, operators, and tech executives on stage in order to encourage the next generation of people to build companies. Our content focuses on practical company-building advice–everything that an aspiring or an early-stage founder needs to know in order to build a groundbreaking venture. Program team volunteers work closely with our iconic speakers and ensure they have a smooth and superb experience at Slush.
Media & PR
The Media & PR team has two core responsibilities at Slush: attracting the world’s leading media representatives to Slush and creating the best media experience of any event on the planet for them, and building compelling narratives to showcase Slush as an organization to media. Media & PR volunteers make sure all guests in these concepts have a stellar customer experience.
Slush is in someway one of these remarkable feats where young people can achieve amazing things.
The core of the startup ecosystem under one roof
Founders who joined early at Slush
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Investors attending year after year
Founders who joined early at Slush
Investors attending year after year
A promise of endless optimism, a group of curious and open-minded people with a strong desire to build something meaningful — that’s what I thought of Slush. I couldn’t have been more right.
Got any questions?
Reach out to volunteers@slush.org