This article explores why Slush, a student-run tech conference held in Helsinki, is a must-attend event for startups, investors, and anyone interested in the Nordic tech scene.
Ahead of the 2025 conference circuit, we ask Fiona Alston why Enterprise Ireland supported so many Irish businesses to head to Helsinki in November and why it's the place to go if you're seeking to meet investors.
With a wealth of start-up and tech conferences on the calendar every year and the same speakers often doing the same circuit, you want to make sure you are getting the best out of your conference season, maximising your business opportunities, fundraising strategy and hearing those talks that deliver the golden nuggets. One conference you might consider adding to your list is one of my favourite start-ups and tech conferences in Europe, Slush. It’s a two-day conference held in Helsinki and serves as the flagship conference for the Nordic ecosystem, despite being held in Finland, one of the smaller of the markets. I was lucky enough to attend the conference again this November. Yes, this is a conference held in a cold place in one of the colder months of the year, but that that is part of its charm. Here are few of takeaways from Slush2024.It’s quite surprising when you are sitting in the audience at the opening ceremony and you’re reminded that Slush is a student initiative, run by students, recent graduates and volunteers, many of whom go on to become the next Nordic founders, or indeed take over the main roles at future conferences.When you ask regular investors who attend Slush, why they keep returning the answer is usually quality over quantity. With only 13,000 attendees, this really is just a bitesize representation of Europe’s start-up and scale-up talent but the quality of talent on display has investors returning every year. Worth noting that this year there was said to be over €4 trillion worth of assets under management attending the event this year, and investors come from all over the globe.Whether investor, start-up or just someone with the breadcrumbs of an idea, there is a place for you her
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