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Slush 2021 Helsinki — Dec 1-2

Relive
Slush 2019

Brutally hands-on, honest like nowhere else. The stage program of Slush 2019.
Go back and watch the best talks, pitches and product launches.

All Founder StageSaga StageQuantum StageLaunchesPitches
Opening Show
Andreas Saari (Slush), Emma Lehikoinen (Slush)
Fireside between the founders of Stripe and Bolt: building global companies
John Collison (Stripe), Markus Villig (Bolt)
HOW TO BUILD A PRODUCT THAT PEOPLE TRUST WITH THEIR LIVES
Claire Novorol (Ada Health), Victoria Turk (Wired UK)
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH THE FOUNDER & CEO OF SUPERHUMAN
Rahul Vohra (Superhuman), Harry Stebbings (Twenty Minute VC)
STATE OF EUROPEAN TECH: WHERE ARE WE TODAY AND WHAT'S NEXT?
Tom Wehmeir (Atomico), Chris Grew (Orrick), John Collison (Stripe), Linda Griffin (King)
DARING TO TAKE THAT RISK - SUJAY TYLE ON FIRST STEPS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Sujay Tyle (Frontier Car Group), Larry Madovo (BBC Africa)
SEGMENT’S BUMPY ROAD TO PRODUCT-MARKET FIT
Peter Reinhardt (Segment)
THE GENDER GAP IN EQUITY COMPENSATION
April Underwood (#Angels)
SCALING THE EXPERIENCE: FIRESIDE CHAT WITH THE CO-FOUNDER OF KLARNA
Sebastian Siemiatkowski (Klarna), Greg Williams (WIRED UK)
CAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP BE TAUGHT?
Josefiina Kotilainen (Maki.vc), Johan Brand (Kahoot!), Ling Ge (Tencent)
THE 300-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN
Dax Dasilva (Lightspeed), Patrick Pichette (Inovia Capital)
THE EARLY STEPS FROM AN IDEA TO A PRODUCT: FIRESIDE CHAT WITH CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF MASTERCLASS
Eric Liaw (IVP), David Rogier (Masterclass)
FOUNDING CEOS OF WOLT & SMARTLY.IO REFLECT ON THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF EXPANSION
Miki Kuusi (Wolt), Kristo Ovaska (Smartly.io), Linda Liukas (HelloRuby)
FOUNDING STORY OF TWITCH
Kevin Lin (Twitch), Dean Takahashi (Gamesbeat)
WHY OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE IS CRUCIAL FOR INVESTORS
Jessica Schultz (Northzone), Bernard Liautaud (Balderton Capital)
PRODUCT JOURNEY OF CANVA
Cameron Adams (Canva)
Investing In Deeptech: Why and How?
Maryanna Saenko (Future Ventures), Sofia Hmich (Future Positive Capital), Gene Teare (Crunchbase)
Work In Progress: The Companies That Will Define The Future of Work
Sarah Cannon (Index), Sophie Adelman (Whitehat), Karri Saarinen (Linear)
Growth On A Shoestring Budget
Silja Litvin (Psycapps), SACHIN DEV DUGGAL (Builder.ai), Maria Ritola (Iris.ai)
Entrepreneurial Philosophies That Gave Birth To Myspace, Jam City & Unity
Chris Dewolfe (Jam City), David Helgason (Unity)
Is Europe Doing Enough to Support Its Startups?
ROLF SCHRÖMGENS (Trivago), JEAN-LUC DI PAOLA-GALLONI (Artemis-IA), Jean-Eric Paquet (European Commission), Maija Palmer (Sifted)
Venturing Into Asia: What Has Changed In The Past Five Years?
John Lindfors (DST), Ilkka Kivimäki (Maki.vc)
Peeking Behind The Corporate Blinders That Surround The Startup Ecosystem
Deborah Magid (IBM Ventures), TON VAN 'T NOORDENDE (PHX)
Trading Dreams and Millions: Building Trust Between Investor And Founder
Ophelia Brown (Blossom Capital), Guillaume Pousaz (Checkout.com)
Keeping Up With The Helgasons
David Helgason (Unity), Ingvar Helgason (Vitrolabs), Ari Helgason (Index), SIGRÚN DAVÍÐSDÓTTIR (Rúv)
What To Pack When Taking Your Brand Across The Border
LUCIANA LIXANDRU (Accel), Thomas Plantenga (Vinted), Inés Ures (Deliveroo)
From Tech to Table: How to Create Succesful Products Using Alternative Materials?
Janne Poranen (Spinnova), Sonny Vu (Alabaster), MICHAEL MARKESBERY (Oros), Suvi Haimi (Sulapac)
Digital Identity Crisis
Matus Maar (Talis Capital), Husayn Kassai (Onfido)
Breaking Taboos: How to Solve Problems That The World Refuses to Talk About?
Andrea Barrica (O.school), Valentina Milanova (Daye), Sophia Bendz (Atomico)
Distributed Teams: It's What You Do, Not Where You Are
Sandra Uddbäck (Mapillary), Sarah Nöckel (Dawn Capital)
Building a Toolkit For Data-Driven Decision-Making
Mada Seghete (Branch), STIJN CHRISTIAENS (Collibra), MELISSA JUN ROWLEY (BBC News)
Everyday Environmentalism with High Impact
Gerald De Graaf (European Commission), Ran Roth (Sensibo), Sonny Vu (Alabaster)
Spacetech: Building Sustainable Planets
Barbara Belvisi (Interstellar Lab), Bruce Pittman (NASA Space Portal), Renata Chlumska (Virgin Galactic), Timothy Bouley (Entrepreneur First)
Your Taxi Has Arrived and Is Ready for Takeoff
Remo Gerber (Lilium)
Planning 10 Years Ahead: Deeptech Companies and the Uncertainty Struggle
Derek Hayoang Li (Squirrel AI)
The Lifecycle of Your Team During Fast Scaling
Avi Meir (Travelperk)
Reaching +$1B from the CFO's Perspective: The Balance Between Creativity and Control
Linda Höglund (Luminar)
Discord: Community Building for Customer Acquisition
Eros Resmini (Discord), Eric Peckham (Techcrunch)
Consumer Trust in Cryptocurrencies
Meltem Demirors (Coinshares)
Why AI Will Be Inhuman
Mikko Hyppönen (F-Secure)
How to Crack Consumer Marketing Without a Marketing Team
John Schoolcraft (Oatly)
World’s Fastest Civil Aircraft: A Fireside on Supersonic Flights
Joe Wilding (Boom Supersonic), NATALIA DROZDIAK (Bloomberg)
Move Fast and Break Things? the Increasing Importance of Proactive Policy Planning
Linda Griffin (European Tech Alliance), Flora Coleman (Transferwise)
The Success of Fortnite: A Psychology and UX Perspective
Celia Hodent
Autonomous Transport: Experiences from Introducing a New System to an Established Industry
Robert Falck (Einride)
Hacking Humans: What Does It Take to Succeed in Biotech
Xavier Duportet (Eligo Bioscience), Robin Wauters (Tech.eu)
Sequencing and Structuring Growth: What to Prioritize at Each Stage of Your Startup Journey
Danny Rimer (Index), Dylan Field (Figma)
Leading to Win: Lessons to Seize and Succeed in Transformative Times
Diane Bryant (Formerly Google Cloud & Intel)
The Next Chapter of European Exits
Christopher Ahlberg (Recorded Future), Bernard Liautaud (Balderton Capital)
The Rise of the Insect Industry: How to Navigate Regulatory Landscape
Antoine Hubert (Ynsect), Gemma Milne (journalist)
Softbank Vision Fund: Why Cross-Startup Collaboration Is The Winning Strategy
Lydia Jett (Softbank), John Thornhill (Financial Times)
Building For The Long Haul: Founder Story of Adyen
Pieter Van Der Does (Adyen), John Thornhill (Financial Times)
The Handbook For Expanding to the Emerging Markets
Oscar Pierre (Glovo), Amy Lewin (Sifted)
Life After Acquisition: The Story of Small Giant Games and Zynga
Timo Soininen (Small Giant Games), Matt Bromberg (Zynga)
Is No VC The VC: Why The Single-Minded Pursuit of VC Money Needs To Stop
Michele Romanow (Clearbanc), Harry Stebbings (Twenty Minute VC)
Building Online Platfroms That Balance Freedom of Expression With Decency
Alex Feerst (Neuralink), Pauliina Suominen (Soaked by Slush)
Fireside Chat With The CEO of Obama Foundation
David Simas (Obama Foundation), Maryan Abdulkarim (journalist)
A Moment with an Iconic Venture Capitalist: Fireside Chat With Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz (Sequoia), Mika Salmi (Lakestar)
The Next Generation of Venture Capital: Fireside with General Catalyst, Sequoia, Lightspeed and NEA
Katherine Boyle (General Catalyst), Andrew Reed (Sequoia), Rytis Vitkauskas (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Crystal Huang (NEA)
Case E-scooters: How Can Regulators And Tech Co-create Policy?
Fredrik Hjelm (Voi Technology), Lawrence Leuschner (TIER Mobility), Callum Burroughs (Business Insider)
Creating a Comms Strategy That Scales Globally from the Get-Go
Bryce Keane (Atomico), D-J Collins (Milltown Partners), Aoife Houlihan (Klarna)
Sharing is Caring: Profits from Optimizing Our Consumption Habits
Elsa Bernadotte (Karma), Michael Kassau (Grover), Elsa Snellman (Soaked by Slush)
Should Founders Be Preparing for an Economic Downturn?
Hjalmar Windbladh (EQT Ventures), Debora Revoltella (European Investment Bank), Nic Brisbourne (Forward Partners), Jason Karaian (Quartz)
Lab-Grown Leather and the Future of Fashion
Ingvar Helgason (Vitrolabs), Charlotte Jee (MIT Technology Review)
Betting on Tomorrow: Risk of Investing to Solve Our Biggest Problems
James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Sofia Hmich (Future Positive Capital)
How Do We Get CO2 out of the Atmosphere - and Where Should We Put It?
Hampus Jakobsson (BlueYard), Antero Vartia (Compensate), Katariina Helaniemi (Fifty Years)
Privacy by Design from the Start
Seth Pierrepont (Accel), Jason du Preez (Privitar)
The Funds behind Funds - What Are They Looking For?
Joe Schorge (Isomer Capital), Katja Bergman (Brightly Ventures)
From Building Brands to Creating Movements
Zem Joaquin (Near Future Summit), Jyri Engeström
Blockchain, from a buzzword to reality
Lily Liu (Earn.com), Kathleen Breitman (Tezos)
Gaming: Antisocial to Social
Selcuk Atli (Bunch), David Gardner, Kelly Mayes (Roblox), Langer Lee (Mixi)
Platform Economy: Symbiosis Between Startups, Corporations and Consumers
Tim Sievers (Deposit Solutions), Erthan Can (Multiple Funds)
The Key to Success Across Industries? Customer-friendly Products
Andrew Shaw (Coya), Sophie Eom (Adriel), Laurel Toby (Supernode Ventures)
HOW TO CREATE A PRODUCT FOR A MARKET THAT DOESN’T EXIST YET?
Edith Harbaugh (Launchdarkly), Chad Fowler (Microsoft), Laurel Toby (Supernode Ventures)
SEO: WHAT ARE YOUR USERS LOOKING FOR?
Ethan Smith (Graphite)
WHY DO WE QUIT OUR JOBS?
Philip Chambers (Peakon)
IT'S A MATCH - OR IS IT? ALIGNING VALUES IN BUSINESS
Whitney Bouck (Hellosign), Katja Toropainen (Inklusiiv)
LEADING YOUR ENGINEERING TEAM THROUGH A PIVOT
Fredrik Hedberg (Tink), Amy Lewin (Sifted)
WINNING THE TALENT WAR: WHAT EMPLOYEE RETENTION REQUIRES TODAY
Cara Brennan Allamano (Udemy), Julia Hämäläinen (Smartly.io)
HOW TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Jessica Collier (Spot), Ginny Fahs (#MovingForward), Gené Teare (Crunchbase)
FROM LAB TO MARKET PAVED WITH BETTER MEDIA COVERAGE
Jan Goetz (IQM), Vivian Chan (Sparrho), Benjamin Joffe (HAX), Gemma Milne (journalist)
MANAGING CHAOS: RESPONSIBILITIES & CHALLENGES OF A STARTUP COO
Tammy Nam (Picsart)
10X THINKING: THE GROWTH STORY OF GIPHY
Alex Chung (GIPHY), Paul Murphy (Northzone)
DATA: THE NEW RULES
Andreas Weigend (Amazon)
ONLINE HARASSMENT: THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FIRST “JANE DOE”
Brittan Heller (Harvard Kennedy School)
BITCOIN VERSUS BIG BROTHER: FINANCIAL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Alex Gladstein (Human Rights Foundation)
CUT THROUGH THE BIAS: HOW NOT TO MISREAD YOUR DATA
Frost Li (Growth Advisor)
RE-THINKING ENERGY: SAFE AND SCALABLE NUCLEAR POWER
TROELS SCHÖNFELDT (Seaborg Technologies)
NEXTMIND PRODUCT LAUNCH
Sid Kouider (NextMind)
Product Launch: Nightingale Health
Teemu Suna (Nightingale)
Martin Varvasvsky: Overture Life Launch
Martin Varvasvsky (Overture)
UNOPS Launch
Grete Faremo (Unops)
Nordic Showcase
Swedish Algae Factory, MeetFrank, IndieFrame, Genki Instruments, Equality Check, Neuro Event Labs
Slush 100 Pitching Competition Final
o.Vision, Eversend, IPDx
Slush 100 – Announcing the Winner
Eversend
Research Pitching Competition Winner
Thomas Hausmaninger (National Metrology Institute of Finland)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 1
Igor Vassilev (University of Tampere)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 2
Tiina Saanijoki (University of Turku)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 3
Carla Elliff (University of São Paulo)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 4
Chiara Gandini (University of Cambridge)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 5
Colm Mc Caffrey (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 6
Tim Rademacher (University of Harvard & University of Northern Arizona University)
Research Pitching Competition Finalist 7
Esther Broset (University of Pennsylvania)
Research Pitching Competition Winner Announcement
Thomas Hausmaninger (National Metrology Institute of Finland)