If you are looking for VCs, there is one place you can most certainly find them: Slush 2022 in Helsinki, Finland. Slush is a leading startup event that attracts more than 2600 investors and 4600 founders from around the globe. Held in Finland’s capital on the 17th and the 18th of November, the major event was bound to be not only the talk of the town but of the entire VC/PE industry!
Entrepreneurs, angel investors, and VCs from around the world gathered under one roof to hear from key players in the startup and investment worlds. This year the stage welcomed some of the most successful CEOs, such as Emmett Shear of Twitch, Nikolay Storonsky of Revolut, and Amrapali Gan of OnlyFans (to name a few). They were joined by speakers from some top VCs, including Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pear VC, Benchmark, Northzone, Lakestar, La Famiglia, Seven Seven Six, and many more.
Besides being an absolute magnet to tech startups and big VC names, the Slush event is student-driven, not-for-profit, carbon-negative, and afterparty-ready. The days are filled with workshops, speeches, pitching competitions, product showcases, and even match-making… With $1 trillion under management to be found under the Scandinavian skies over the two days, there sure was a lot of mingling and hustling.
Please don't worry if you didn't make it to Finland, Slush is actually held annually. Over the years, Slush has built a true hall of fame: past speakers include Renate Nyborg (CEO of Tinder), Tony Xu (Co-Founder and CEO of Doordash), Sonali De Rycker (Partner at Accel), Michael Moritz and Luciana Lixandru (Partners at Sequoia).
Are you getting FOMO? Make sure to pre-register for Slush 2023.
If you don’t have a startup idea yet or are hungry to break into VC, why not apply to volunteer at Slush next year. Now, that is a networking goldmine!
Find out more about Slush at slush.org
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