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Slush GIA during the Slush Week – What, Where, When?

Nov 26, 2018

GIA’s New Groove: Greetings from Botswana!

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 […]

Apr 24, 2018

How Do We Get More Women In Music?

On the Slush Music stage, three powerful women Linda Portnoff, CEO of Musiksverige and Founder of Riteband, Anya Trybala, Founder of Synth Babes and The Banshee Club Via Musikka, and Claudia Schwarz, VP at Music Tech Germany discussed the current state of women in the music industry. As phrases like: “I’d like to see more women […]

Nov 29, 2017

Smart Capital: Rise of the Impact Movement

Over the past decade, we have witnessed unprecedented technological growth. Despite, these developments we are increasingly concerned about the sustainability of our planet and humanity as a whole. To make a long lasting change, we have to redefine the way people and organizations interact with the world. We believe that it takes entrepreneurs to create […]

Oct 30, 2017

Impact Day: The Shortcut Aims to Bring Diversity Into Startups

Impact Day keynote speaker Anne Badan, CEO of The Shortcut, empowers people who haven’t found their place in society yet. The first time you hear about a new impact non-profit The Shortcut, you almost want to ask: Is diversity even a topic we need to discuss about in 2016? Sadly, it is. In Finland, as […]

Nov 28, 2016

David Goldberg, Leila Janah & Sangu Delle Join Slush 2016 Speaker Lineup

Entrepreneurship that combines scalable business models with positive impact on the environment and society is on the rise. The number of founders who aim to solve pressing global challenges is growing, showing that it is possible to do well also by doing good. Our next speakers are founders who have built their organizations by giving […]

Jul 5, 2016

Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2016 Lands in 20 Emerging Economies

40 entrepreneurs from 20 global competitions will join us in Helsinki in late November to accelerate their impact business ideas, engage with the Nordic startup community and make a life-lasting connections with the major culmination at Slush 2016. We are excited to launch the second edition of GIA. Slush Global Impact Accelerator is a program […]

Jun 22, 2016

We Gain Dignity Through a More Just System of Capitalism – Jacqueline Novogratz on the Need for Patient Capital

“The opposite of poverty is not wealth, the opposite of poverty is human dignity.” In her Slush Impact keynote, Jacqueline Novogratz, the CEO and Founder of Acumen Fund, spoke avidly of the possibility of capitalism – exemplified by events like Slush, where capital finds promising entrepreneurs and technological advances. Yet as capitalism also increases inequality […]

Mar 10, 2016

Non-Profits Pitching to Startups: Solve Our Challenge!

The tables were turned on Thursday afternoon at Slush, when non-profit organizations took central stage and pitched their cases to startups for the first time in Slush history. The idea was for non-profits to gain new insight as to how best solve the issues they are dealing with in development in a new way. Supporting […]

Nov 18, 2015

Startups at Slush

Slush is over, but this certainly does not mean that we can’t reminisce about it. Slush 2015 brought many amazing startups and people together in one place. Meet four startups that attended Slush this year: 4YOU2 idiomas, Bridz, Holvi and NetMedi. 4YOU2 Idiomas 4YOU2 idiomas is a high quality and low-cost network of language schools […]

Nov 17, 2015

NGOs, Startups and Public Actors Brainstorming the New Future of Finnish Wellbeing: Keep the Goal Clear

Wednesday evening’s “Towards New Finnish Wellbeing” event was part of the Impact track with an aim to create new public-private interfaces and encourage fresh ways of collaboration between entrepreneurs, NGOs and public actors. The event brought 300 participants together to brainstorm the future of Finnish wellbeing. Co-organizers included Soste, Helsingin Diakonissalaitos, Sitra, Tradeka, RAY and […]

Nov 12, 2015

All In The Family – Introducing Family Innovations

Are soft values the new black? Many startups around the world are on a quest to find ways to improve the lives of children, parents and families. When talking about global challenges, families are a logical choice – after all, what is more universal than an expecting mother looking for information on her pregnancy or […]

Nov 11, 2015

President Ahtisaari Opens Slush Impact 2015

The first day of Slush Impact took off with a Fireside chat together with former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Martti Ahtisaari. President Ahtisaari was interviewed by Anne Berner, angel investor and the Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland. The discussion revolved around peace, sustainable development goals, and the art of […]

Nov 11, 2015

Y-Combinator to Non-Profit Founders: Measure Your Progress, Aim for Operational Sustainability and Be Determined

As a part of the Impact Track, Wednesday morning’s Green Stage hosted a lively discussion between two tech accelerator power ladies – Kate Courteau, Director of Non-Profits at Y-Combinator and Maria Ritola, founder of Peloton Club incubator. During the past ten years, Y-Combinator has essentially defined the paradigm for tech startup accelerators. Kate joined YC at […]

Nov 11, 2015

Students Gathered at SLUSH Impact X

Although the actual Slush event is still a couple of days ahead, pre- and side-events are already in full swing. One of them was Slush Impact X, which was organized in collaboration with Impact Iglu and Helsinki Think Company. Here’s a taster of this sold-out event targeted at students. The Slush Impact X was organised […]

Nov 9, 2015

Sightseeing With Impact Accelerator Finalists

Slush Impact brings the next top world-changing startups to Slush. Impact Accelerator finalists come from emerging markets including Kenya, Jamaica, Nigeria and many more. We joined their sightseeing tour in Helsinki before Slush and heard their thoughts about Finland, Slush and being an impact entrepreneur. ”We like to think of ourselves as different. But a […]

Nov 9, 2015

Innovators Tackling Global Challenges

Slush Impact brings together social innovators, non-profits and investors from near and far to find solutions to global challenges. This year, more than 300 changemaking startups are attending accompanied by world-leading speakers. Meet the speakers Nils Hammar, Kate Courteau, Aurora Christe and Deepak Ravindran – four social innovators who will take the Green Stage on […]

Oct 28, 2015

Announcing Impact 2015

First organized in 2014, Slush Impact returns with a more ambitious program to boost global changemakers’ work for a more sustainable and equal planet. Slush Impact track gives voice to entrepreneurs solving world’s greatest challenges. Be it access to clean water, girls’ education or poverty reduction, these brave individuals start companies to tackle global grand […]

Jun 12, 2015

Announcing Singularity University Global Impact Competitions in Finland

Nicholas Haan, Director of Global Grand Challenges at Singularity University announced today at Slush: Finland will be hosting its first Singularity Global Impact Competitions in 2015. The winner is invited to attend the crown jewel – ten weeks’ Graduate Studies Program organized in California during the summer. Since its inception 2008, Singularity University has helped […]

Nov 18, 2014

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone – Why Incubators Need to Focus on the “Hatch”

The Global Hub Reception, one of the many fantastic side events around the Slush program, was organised Monday evening within the Slush Impact track. Host of the event, Heidi Humala, who also runs a business incubation management training program at the World Bank, discusses the role of incubators and accelerators in making change happen. “Business incubators […]

Nov 18, 2014

Slush Brings Together Startups and Innovators from Africa and Asia

With an increased focus on emerging markets and impact entrepreneurship, we are proud and excited to announce a cooperation with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, to bring outstanding startups and innovation hub personnel from Asia and Africa to Slush. Over the last few months, together with our local hub partners, we’ve selected 17 […]

Nov 17, 2014

Interview with Chase Adam, Founder and CEO of Watsi

Chase Adam’s Watsi is the first crowdfunding site where donors can directly fund high-impact medical care for people in need. Since August 2012, the company has raised more than $2 million for patients. The money has gone directly to care for 1000 people in 16 countries. Chase Adam has always thought that health care is […]

Nov 17, 2014
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