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Slush

What is Slush?

Slush is an annual startup and investor event in Helsinki, Finland. It is built around pre-booked meetings between founders and investors, a stage programme, the Slush 100 pitching competition and hundreds of side events across the city during Slush Week. Its volunteer page counts 1,800 volunteers.

Everything SiltaNova publishes about Slush: what each pass costs and who qualifies, how meetings, Day 0 and Slush 100 work, where to find side events, and what was announced. Facts come from Slush's own pages and from company announcements, with the date we checked them.

5 articles · Updated 30 Oct 2026

Start with the guide

A packed audience faces the Founder Stage, lit in red, during the Slush 100 Finals at Slush 2025 in Helsinki.Startups·Guide

Slush 2026 guide: tickets, prices and how to prepare

Slush returns to Helsinki on 18–19 November 2026. Here is what each pass costs, who qualifies, what has already closed and how to use the six weeks before the doors open.

By SiltaNova Editorial · 7 min read
In this guide
  1. When and where is Slush 2026?
  2. Which Slush pass do you need, and what does it cost?
  3. How does the application work?
  4. What is still open, and what has already closed?
  5. How do meetings work at Slush?
  6. What are Day 0 and Slush 100?

Stories and case studies

The Founder Stage at Slush 2025 in red and purple light, with people speaking on stage and a seated audience listening.Startups·Analysis

Slush 2025 recap: what happened, the figures and a founder's account

By SiltaNova Editorial · 7 min readA seated audience in a dark room watches a panel on a small stage lit by red neon tubes, under a screen that reads From PhD to Founder.Startups·List

Slush side events 2026: the running list

By SiltaNova Editorial · 4 min read

Guides and how-tos

The Slush 2025 meeting area in a dark hall: rows of numbered tables with small lamps, with people seated in pairs and talking, and others walking between the tables.Startups·How-To

Slush meeting tool: how to book meetings at Slush, step by step

How the Slush meeting tool works, from profile to table number: the booking rules, a profile checklist and what Slush's public pages do not say.

By SiltaNova Editorial · 4 min readFour people seated in red chairs and two standing on a stage in front of an orange screen with the Slush 100 competition graphic, one of them speaking into a microphone.Startups·Explainer

Slush 100 explained: how the competition works and what the winner gets

How the Slush 100 startup competition runs in 2026, what the €500,000 equity-free prize is, how the prize has changed since 2011 and which winners can be named from their own pages.

By SiltaNova Editorial · 4 min read
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