events

Slush 2026 - Helsinki, 18-19 November

Slush 2026 runs 18-19 November at Helsinki's Messukeskus, a founder-focused startup conference with 12,000+ attendees and structured investor matchmaking.

Starts

2026-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Ends

2026-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

Organizer

Slush

Location

Messukeskus (Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre), Helsinki, Finland

Slush is a founder-focused startup conference held each year in Helsinki and run by a non-profit team largely made up of students and recent graduates. The 2026 edition takes place on 18-19 November at Messukeskus, the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, with an invitation-oriented Day 0 on 17 November for investors and selected founders. Organisers project more than 12,000 attendees, over 200 speakers and in excess of 25,000 scheduled one-to-one meetings, alongside 600-plus side events across the city. The programme concentrates on practical company-building: fundraising, scaling, go-to-market and the mechanics of running an early-stage business, with artificial intelligence featuring heavily in recent editions as a category founders build in and around. A structured matchmaking system pairs startups with investors, and the event lists trillions of euros in assets under management represented among attending funds. Ticket tiers for 2026 include a startup pass at 395 euros and an investor pass at 1,195 euros, with a Thursday-only option at 595 euros. For European and Italian founders, Slush is a key late-year destination for meeting Nordic and international investors, and its dark-November staging in Helsinki has become part of the event's identity.