An event for startups by startups

If you can make it in the slush, you can make it anywhere;-)

Helsinki in November will be cold and dark. The ground will be covered in slush.

"Slush is a slurry mixture of snow and liquidwater. In the natural environment, slush forms as ice or snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color. Often, solid ice or snow will block the drainage of fluid water from slushy areas, so slush often goes through multiple freeze/thaw cycles before completely disappearing." -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ever heard of Linux, MySQL or IRC? Nokia ring a bell? All of them came from the slush...

Could it be that slush is the missing ingredient? At least you will not find much of it in Silicon Valley. Or in any of the other wannabe Silicon Valleys.

You will find many new companies in the slush that you never heard of. Most of them built by entrepreneurs with names you can't pronounce.

But that's OK.

At Slush Helsinki we will provide you with a perfectly safe, guided tour to this amazing, cold and dark habitat of cool new startups. All our guides are natives of the area and have gone through extensive, annual slush experiences. And in our "the slush made me do it" sessions you will hear from the founders of some the biggest businesses to come out of the slush. And let's not forget about the slush fund...

Cold. Dark. Slush on the ground. Cool new startups at Kaapelitehdas. You should be there!

But this is no Picnic. It's Slush. Period.
So please bring warm clothes!