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This is Slush 2024: Metamorphosis—a call for radical transformation. We’re incredibly proud to present to you what we've been working on since late last year. Slush 2024 calls for active unity, which holds the power to lead us to the ultimate change—an irreversible transformation both necessary and widespread, individual and societal. This year, we present you with:   💚 20,000+ meetings among the largest and most concentrated gathering of innovation and venture capital under the sun with 3,300 investors and 5,500 startup founders and operators.  💚 4 stages with refined concepts and a world-class lineup of industry stars. Speaker line-up launching Aug 12.  💚 Over 3 trillion USD in AUM all under one roof brought by the world's leading funds.  💚 2+1 days of Slush-organized hyper-curated activities to make every moment in Helsinki count towards your success. Slush 2024 happens on Nov 20–21 in Helsinki. Buy your tickets now: slush.org/tickets Credits: Director, 3D Artist & Sound: Oscar Böckerman  Produced by 066 Studio Executive Producer: Kirmo Manninen  Volumetric Scan: Civit, Jani Käpylä  Film Print: Cinelab  Models: Erina Giuseppe Francesco, Antti Nguyen, Karoliina Pärnänen

A quick priority list of the top goals for Slush this year: 1. Meetings 2. Networking 3. Connecting with potential clients 4. Getting randomly introduced to the most unexpected people at the Slush Afterparty, who end up completely changing the course of what you thought your Slush would be The power of reconnecting with weak ties 🌎 This is the one party of the year you do not want to miss—your birthday, at this point, is secondary. The moment the stage talks are over and the meetings are done, a different kind of magic unfolds, and it all comes down to one question: what kind of network could you build when there’s no agenda? Everyone's there, and the possibilities are endless. The Slush Afterparty is all about celebrating wins and reconnecting with like-minded people—and we’re transforming the entire venue to make that happen. You don’t even need to change locations. Oh, and the line-up. We almost forgot. Cascada, Benjamin, BESS, Jenni Vartiainen, Isac Elliot + OLGA, and not to forget, Windows95man’s come-back, will be setting the vibe 🕺 Learn more about the Slush Afterparty here: https://lnkd.in/etRWDu7b Attendee Passes and Startup Passes are completely sold out at this point. Secure your Thursday Passes before it’s too late: https://lnkd.in/e8XT8Jxa

Don’t walk, run. Investor Office Hours are 75-minute private events hosted by top VCs with topics ranging from fundraising to company building. These sessions are the perfect opportunity to meet your future investors and network with other founders: Networking sessions curated for female founders: 🔹 Female Founder Office Hours—by Playfair 🔹 Female Founders Forum—by Spintop Ventures Advice for early-stage founders: 🔹 Founder’s First 100 Days—by Antler 🔹 Early-stage Acceleration and Fundraising for Founders—by 500 Global 🔹 Ask Me Anything—by LocalGlobe ”Lessons learned” from the key-players: 🔹 Building new Software for Old Companies: Enterprise GTM Learnings for the AI age—by Speedinvest 🔹 Lessons Learned: From Research to Commercialization—by Point72 Ventures 🔹 Lunch: Media Best Practices lunch—by Inventure x 3VC x Practica Capital 🔹 No BS War Stories—by node.vc 🔹 Emerging Europe: Global Success Rooted in Local Talent—by 500 Global If you missed out on a Startup Passes because they sold out, grab a Thursday Pass while you still can: https://lnkd.in/euE7PjAT If you already have a Startup Pass, enroll now before spots fill up: https://lnkd.in/eSd_zQw2

Ever felt inspired by bad dubbing? Mati did. As childhood friends, Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski used to watch movies together in Poland. They both grew up and went on to build careers in technology, as many of our speakers at Slush have. A few years ago, they reflected back on their upbringing. Specifically, they were feeling inspired by the “poor” dubbing they saw of the American movies they watched growing up. They wanted to leverage their tech backgrounds to solve the problem. Soon enough, the pair set about designing a platform that could eliminate the linguistic barriers of content. This led to creating a company together: ElevenLabs. The company has raised over €100m in funding, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, among others. Within the span of just two years (!), ElevenLabs is now worth over 1 billion dollars. Talk about fast growth. Want to see who else is speaking at Slush 2024? Check them out here: https://lnkd.in/dgGNkS8k Want to see them in real life at Slush? We have the last few of our tickets left, grab yours here: https://lnkd.in/dCNygeEu

Left stranded without a Startup Pass? 🌨️ Introducing the next best thing for startups—the Thursday Pass. Did you know that if you have an accepted startup profile on the Slush Platform, our Thursday Pass will give you access to: 🎟️ Slush Week Activities curated for startups including Founders Day, Founder Experiences, and other events built for startups 🎟️ Our Matchmaking Tool, where you'll be visible as a startup for potential investors and partners (tool launching soon—stay tuned) 🎟️ Side Events taking place outside the Slush Venue throughout Slush Week (not just Thu), including Slush Official Side Events ⌛ TL;DR With the Thursday Pass, you can pack your Slush Week with Side Events and Activities specifically for startups, and hop into the venue for the Day 2 program and official Slush Afterparty. Grab yours before they run out, too 👉 https://lnkd.in/dM2D9n-7

Slush is in Helsinki for a reason 📍 Wanna know why? 👉 Sign up for Side Events hosted at the Helsinki Impact Lounge during Days 0–2 of Slush by Helsinki Partners and Business Helsinki to find out what our hometown has to offer international founders and investors. 37 days to go ⌛

We’ve locked in all the volunteer spots for Slush 2024. A few weeks ago, we wrapped up volunteer applications for Slush 2024, and the numbers are in: 💙 2,837 of you wanted to be part of this magic—that’s nearly double the number of spots we had available 💙 Big shoutout to the 433 of you who sent in your applications on the last day—talk about last-minute hustle. 💙 To the incredible 1,500 volunteers we've selected—you're officially part of the crew making Slush 2024 happen, and we couldn’t be more hyped to have you on board. Let us know in the comments if you’re joining us as a Slush Volunteer this year. Photo by Otto Jahnukainen 📸

"Freemium: yes or no?" A question that can generate a lot of different answers, clearly. 🌀Mona is building Arca, and for her, freemium was a total no-brainer for the company because of its industry—the consumer internet space. 🌀 Antti from Synergi actually let us know that the company has let go of their freemium model entirely. They’ve found their revenue should come from a different place, and they need that top-level growth free access gives them. 🌀 Verneri from Veri (acquired by ŌURA) let us know that if you’re doing freemium, you should move as quickly as possible to paid. Why? Because the only way you’ll find out if you’re giving value is if people pay for it. They all agreed on one thing, though: using freemium completely depends on the product or service you’ve got. What are your thoughts on freemium?

Aiven, Swappie, Smartly, and Supermetrics, what do these scaleups have in common? They’ve all started their journey from Helsinki, duh. Better yet, they’ll open their office doors for you on Slush Day 0 at Scaleup Tour, as part of Founder Experience events where you’ll get a chance to:  👉 Visit two of these scaleups  👉 Hear about their learnings and scaling journey Register here: https://lnkd.in/dVByGDUr But that’s not all for Founder Experience events, your Day 0 can continue with a literal elevator pitch 🛗 During a 60-second elevator ride, you have the chance to:  👉 Connect with some of Europe’s leading investors and receive feedback on your pitch  👉 Enjoy drinks and snacks together with fellow entrepreneurs at the KONE headquarters Register now: https://lnkd.in/dta2pfZK

You’re working in B2B SaaS? So are these people. At Slush 2024, we’ve got speakers from a range of industries, so is anyone really surprised we’ve got the crème de la crème in this space? Take a look at who’ll be on our stages: 💻 Olivier Pomel always had a knack for problem solving with data. His journey started when he built data systems to help K-12 teachers, and today leads Datadog, a leading cloud monitoring and security platform that is valued at almost $40 billion. 💻 Silvija Martincevic has been a C-suite leader in various category-defining companies such as Affirm and Groupon, and is now leading a Deputy, which is a people platform for hourly work that serves 330,000 workplaces and 1.5 million shift workers worldwide. 💻 Previously, Neha Narkhede co-created the groundbreaking data system, Apache Kafka, leading to the co-founding of Confluent, a data management company that is currently valued at over $7 billion. Today, Neha is building Oscilar, which provide effective fraud detection in online transactions. She was named in Forbes’s list of the most powerful women in tech. Check our other speakers taking the stage at Slush here: https://lnkd.in/eJxn-vBx Buy the remaining Investor or Thursday Passes here: https://lnkd.in/dCNygeEu