So you’ve already purchased your tickets for #slushtokyo19. Now what? Here’s a top tip: grab your badge early at our pre-registration hubs around the city. Don’t feel like it? Here are 3 reasons why we think you should. SIDE EVENT ENTRY. With your badge beautifully slung around your neck, our team will know you’re an official […]

The annual pitch training event especially curated with everything that a startup needs is back. Quick Facts: When is it? On Feb 16, 2019, Saturday. What time? 12:00 – 20:00 BUT doors are only open from 11:30-12:30 so don’t be late! Where will it be? At this cool place called Accenture Innovation Hub (Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu Juban […]

The official Slush Tokyo startup side event is back again this year! Slush Tokyo and Amazon Web Service Japan will co-host the “Startup Day” on the 21st February, 2019 Slush Tokyo, the biggest startup event in Japan happening on 22~23rd February, will be partnering with Amazon Web Service to launch the official side event “Startup […]

Welcome to the land of the rising sun. Do not fret. Coming to Japan won’t just be a treat for your tech hungry mind. We promise you, this city will keep you safe, drive you nuts and feed you well. On a normal day, the Slush Tokyo team can usually be found running around the […]

It is not secret that Slush Tokyo has been a hub for meeting local and international players in the startup scene. In 2018, 600 startups and 200 registered investors pre-booked over 511 meetings that were held during the two days of Slush Tokyo through our Matchmaking Tool with 2,193 requests and 511 walk-ins. This year, […]

MEET THE SLUSH GLOBAL TEAM (JAPAN, FINLAND, CHINA, AND SINGAPORE), LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TECH SCENES, GET EXCLUSIVE STORIES AND MORE.   The Global Gathering focuses on giving the media a bigger look at the startup scene and a peek into how Slush plays a part in it. The event will highlight the different goals, achievements […]

This year, there will be two programs giving startups a chance to speak on stage. The annual Slush Tokyo Pitch Contest where startups bring their A-game as they compete for the final winning spot and the new ShowTech Time which give startups the chance to pitch to their target customers. Pitch Contest Successful Applicants    […]

In the spirit of “Call For Action”, we have rebranded and revamped the Dialogue Stage to be a kick-off point for attendees as an avenue to start or help your journey.  After getting inspired from successful founder stories, we don’t want you to leave just inspired; we want you to leave with something you can […]

Ground control to Slush Tokyo 2019! We have a little over a month left to the event, and we want to make sure you know that you can still apply for your startup pass and demo booth. Here’s how: 1. Apply for your pass on the Slush Platform 2. Wait for your application to be […]

Last January 11, 2019, Slush Tokyo held its first official side event for Slush Tokyo 2019. The Media Roundtable was created for attending media companies to meet the team, get exclusive news and hear about secret projects that have yet to be publicly released. The event started off with a brief history lesson on how […]

Ever wondered what it would be like to sit and chat with an investor? Curious about what’s going on in their mind? We all know about the founders and their vision – so we thought of shifting the spotlight. Today Slush Tokyo 2019 launched Investor Insights, its brand-new VC initiative comprising of a series of […]

Hello to all startups out there and everyone considering Slush Tokyo 2019! Here’s a little breakdown of how this event works: So you have your startup pass – with this you can attend stage programs, access our matchmaking tools, and consult with mentors at the meeting area. *applications for pitch contest are now closed. But […]

Although Slush Tokyo’s big event only happens during the first quarter, smaller events are held throughout the year. One of the projects that has been going on for the past few years is the Recruiting Event. With Japan’s traditional recruitment scheme, Slush Tokyo aims to give students another option and view when it comes to […]

Japan’s biggest startup event, SLUSH Tokyo, is looking for pitch contest applicants! 22-23, February 2019 at Big Sight, Tokyo. As the biggest all-English, non-profit, student-run organization, Slush Tokyo has gathered over 6000 attendees, 600 startups, in just 4 years of its existence, with the mission to redefine and nurture the Japanese startup ecosystem. Please apply […]

for Startups, Inc. and Slush Tokyo has struck a whole new partnership aimed at driving the startup ecosystem forward.Co-hosting and rebranding the Meeting Area plus introducing a Mentoring Program aimed to help startups of all stages. for Startups has been a long time Slush Tokyo partner since 2015. In this collaboration, for Startups, Inc. will […]

This year, Slush launched a sustainability competition for our partners that awards the top most sustainable booths at Slush. It’s all been a part of our mission to make our event more sustainable, and since a large part of the event space is produced by and for partners, it’s crucial to get everyone onboard. Those […]

Eight young researchers pitched new research ideas at Slush at the research pitching finals. The main prize, a 100 000 euro research grant, went to Sandra Jernström from Karolinska Institute, who’s winning idea strives to find a new kind of treatment to cancer. Sandra Jernström aims to find a new kind of treatment to cancer […]

Slush Tokyo 2019 will be giving an exclusive chance to startups with demo booths – SHOWTECH TIME – an opportunity to pitch to customers, whether it be B2B or B2C. Yes, you read that right. Apart from having a booth where startups may exhibit their products and/or services, there will be 20 stage slots for […]

The computing industry has a problem. Christina Sass, the Co-founder & President of Andela, joined Slush to discuss the issues behind tech-talent recruitment. Andela is a software engineer and developer recruitment organization, mostly recruiting from Africa.  Christina took the Founder Stage to share her insights on the importance of training and how can a tech company […]

First there was 100. Then there was 15. Then three continued. And today those three finally became one.  Meeshkan was announced the winner of Slush 100 on the Founder Stage this evening. Meeshkan is developing a framework for interactive machine learning. The main purpose is to help teams train machine learning models faster. All of […]

On Evergreen stage today, Alex Bangash, the managing director and CEO of Trusted Insight and Jyri Engeström, Co-founder and general partner at Yes VC had a fireside chat about the trends in the VC scene at the Evergreen stage. Let’s take a look at the trends that stood out. Entrepreneurs can have portfolio too The […]

Brian Halligan, the Founder & CEO of Hubspot opened up the Founder stage on Day 2 by telling us what was the word of the year chosen by Dictionary.com – misinformation. There is a huge trust issue between buyers and sellers, which companies need to react to. This is where customer experience comes in. During […]