Yousician is Growing Up in Every Sense of the Word – From Gamified Demos to an Exemplary Culture

Helsinki-based Yousician, the world’s leading music education company, has been on an almost decade long journey of learning about gamifying, community building, and of course, learning new instruments. CEO and co-founder Chris Thür has been leading the charge towards the company’s goal of making musicality as common as literacy, and overseen lots of change in […]

Slush 2018 ticket sales began today, kick-starting our countdown for the 11th Slush in Helsinki this December. This year’s theme takes a cue from our mission to enable more meaningful meetings at the event and throughout the Slush year. Slush CEO Andreas Saari gives teasers on what you can expect. You might have noticed that […]

Christof Wittig, CEO of Hornet, one of the largest gay social networks in the world, talked to us about the recently-launched not-for-profit LGBT Foundation and its mission to utilize the potential of blockchain technology in order to support and protect the global LGBT+ community. You’ve probably heard the term “pink money” being thrown around. These […]

Finland continues as the top dog in the charts in European venture capital investments in startups and early stage growth companies as percentage of GDP between the years 2013 and 2017. Finland takes first place in European venture capital investments when looking at the data from the past five years and investments in proportion to […]

Founded in 2013, Detectify is a Sweden-based company which scans potential website vulnerabilities with the help of a global white-hat hacker community. Rickard Carlsson, CEO of Detectify, shares the story of their successful Series A funding round, with some valuable advice on how to convey a message through pitching. Rickard, who had previously participated at a […]

Fill the speaker form here. In addition to fire and waterfalls, we also enjoy having top-level speakers on our stages. Our speakers are usually enthusiastic founders, successful investors, and other kinds of startup pioneers and tech aficionados. To add to this mix, we’re looking for the best kept secrets behind your team and your product […]

Last week, a new era for Slush Global Impact Accelerator kicked off. Slush hosted a workshop for startup hub managers – coming from five different countries – in Botswana. For the past three years, the GIA team has been running the program all the way from Finland. However, now we’ve decided to take off from […]

Our ticket store will open on 5th June at 9am Singapore time (GMT +8). As the tradition goes, the first 24 hours are -50% off, in all ticket categories. However, this year we have added little something extra. Pre-register here and we’ll give you additional twenty-four hours of half-priced tickets before anyone else even gets […]

Sustainability. A big, scary word to wrap your head around. It encompasses such humble goals as fighting climate change, providing safe and humane living conditions for all, maintaining biodiversity, eliminating toxins from our ecosystems, and generally just making sure that humans have a better, safer, fairer world to live in now and in the future. […]

Keep your eyes on Finland: a new record has been set! Finnish startups and early-stage growth companies raised over €349 million in funding, in 2017. This is the highest amount of business angel and venture capital funding to date, according to the statistics collected by Finnish Business Angels Network ry (FiBAN) and Finnish Venture Capital […]

Slush Tokyo 2018 is officially over! We’ve had two amazing days here at Tokyo Big Sight, full of interesting speeches, inspiring program, and innovative demos. Let’s take one last moment to reflect back on what has happened here today. CEO Antti Sonninen & Tom Kelley Fireside Chat The program began on The Dome with a […]

Starting with 80 companies, first down to 20, then down to 4, the winner of the Slush Tokyo 2018 Pitching Competition has been decided. Computervision and AI Company Artisense have claimed the first prize with their 3D mapping tool, which they aim to turn into a dynamic, crowd-sourced 3D map. “Its incredible, really. I was […]

The Slush Tokyo 2018 Pitching Contest has advanced into its final round! Our 20 Semi-Finalists spent the morning and afternoon pitching for a spot in the final four. With a tight competition behind us, we are excited to announce who will be pitching on The Dome later this afternoon. The Finalists for the Slush Tokyo […]

Day 2  at Slush Tokyo 2018 started with a bang, as IDEO Partner Tom Kelley walked into the Dome to have a Fireside Chat with Slush Tokyo CEO Antti Sonninen. The two discussed Slush and design thinking, and Tom took further questions from the audience during his Q&A session at the Slush Cafe. IDEO Partner […]

The lights at the Dome suddenly went off, eerie music crept in, shivers went down our spines. The ‘Slush Tokyo’ logo faded in on screen and, in one thundering voice, the crowd roared. You could feel the adrenaline flooding in. 6,000 attendees, 600 startups, 200 investors. Slush Tokyo 2018 was finally underway. Here is a […]

The Slush Tokyo 2018 Pitching Competition Semi-Finalists have been selected! Among them, up and coming companies working on blockchain, education, AI, health, or IoT. The semi-finals and finals will be held tomorrow, March 29. A Slush classic all over the world, the Pitching Competition in Tokyo kicked off as soon as the program began this […]

Each Slush venue is a celebration of the unique time, place, and theme of the event. This year, Slush sets out to break barriers with their program, production, and presence in Tokyo Big Sight East 7 Hall. It is once again the canvas our team has painted on. Doors open and lasers switch on tomorrow. […]

Got a stellar startup based in Northern Europe? Are you looking to create new markets or reshape the existing ones with the help of AI, machine learning, or new user experiences, perhaps? Read on, superstar! With big names such as Supercell’s Ilkka Paananen and Mikko Kodisoja, Niklas Zennström from Atomico, Mistletoe Venture Partners International and […]

Slush Tokyo is back, better than ever before.This year, Slush is bringing you the latest trends straight from industry leaders. From the thundering wave of fintech disruption to the soothing embrace of fitness, Slush Tokyo 2018 is set to inspire and intrigue with some of the most powerful entrepreneurial stories from all over the world. […]

80 startups are selected as the participants of annual Pitch contest which will be held at Slush Tokyo 2018, on March 28–29 at Tokyo Big Sight. Pitch contest is known as one of the key events of Slush Tokyo. This year, 80 startups are going to compete enthusiastically for the prize. They are: Pinmicro K […]

Expect cool vibes in Singapore when Slush prepares for its third year on The Little Red Dot this year. In addition to the main event on Sept 14, there will be a full day of pre-events as well as, for the first time ever, an after-Slush! Here is a sneak peek of what to expect […]