Startups

Slush 2026

Slush 2026 is the world’s most founder-focused event, attracting early-stage tech founders, investors, and ecosystem partners from 70+ countries. With highly curated networking, hands-on company-building advice from global leaders, and over 20,000 meetings held across the two-day event, Slush connects the people who matter most for startup growth. The event…

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61Speakers
7Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
65Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Slush, in alphabetical order.
Alexandre Prot
Co-founder & CEO · Qonto
Andrea "Annie" Kritcher
Co-founder & Chief Scientist · Inertia Enterprises
Andrey Khusid
Founder & CEO · Miro
Anton Osika
Founder & CEO · Lovable
Baiju Bhatt
Founder & CEO · Cowboy Space Corporation
Benedetto Vigna
CEO · FERRARI
Benedict Evans
Principal · Independent Researcher
Benoit Lemaignan
Co-founder & CEO · Verkor
Cal Henderson
Co-founder & CTO · Slack
Carlos Espinal
Managing Partner · Seedcamp
Chad Edwards
Co-founder & CEO · CuspAI
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner · Benchmark
Christopher Pedregal
CEO & Co-Founder · Granola
Christopher Sacca
Founder & Managing Director · Lowercarbon Capital
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-founder & CEO · Runway
David Kirtley
Co-founder & CEO · Helion
David Reger
Founder & CEO · NEURA Robotics
David Silver
Founder & CEO · Ineffable Intelligence
Deepak Pathak
Co-founder & CEO · Skild
Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
Co-founder & CEO · Natural Cycles
Eileen O'Mara
Chief Revenue Officer · Stripe
Ekaterina Zaharieva
European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation · European Commission
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AaltoMain Partner
Aalto UniversityMain
AWSMain Partner
FortumMain Partner
GoogleMain Partner
PSMain Partner
VTTMain Partner
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 65 companies, parsed from the program.

65 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
58Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

95% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite4472%
  • Founder / Owner1220%
  • Director / Head of23%
  • Manager / Lead12%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Other roles12%

Of 61 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AaltoSp·M
  2. 02Aalto UniversitySp·M
  3. 03AWSSp·M
  4. 04FortumSp·M
  5. 05GoogleSp·M
  6. 06PSSp·M
  7. 07VTTSp·M
  8. 08Airwallex2V
  9. 09European Commission2V
  10. 10General Catalyst2V
  11. 11Aaru1V
  12. 12Alan1V
  13. 13Apollo.io1V
  14. 14Applied Intuition1V
Sponsors by tier
main1
14% of 7
main partner6
86% of 7
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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