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Attending Slush 2023 was brimming with positive vibes

At a sizable booth, Samar Malik was promoting SAP for startups, emphasizing the company’s wealth of knowledge and expertise. It marked her inaugural attendance at Slush, where she commended the event and its arrangements. However, the genuine slush and sleet outdoors left the London resident a bit hesitant. Sami Vuorenmaa recently established his consultancy, Clarinum Insights, which focuses on helping …

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StarStuff came out of Stealth at Slush 2023

Slush mainstage acted as a platform for company launches and product announcements, and the Media Area right behind the stage had instant Q&A session with the launchers and announcers. What a great concept, hoping this would cover even more of the speakers. One of the launches was Starstuff, that came out of the stealth mode with bells, whistles, Hanna and …

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Faircado took home the Slush 100

The iconic Slush 100 winner is Faircado. The startup is turning e-commerce into recommerce — by making second-hand the most obvious and easy choice of every consumer. Our browser plugin uses AI to automatically find the best second-hand alternatives to what users are looking for online. Making them save time, money and CO2 without effort, and for free.Berlin-based Faircado received …

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Nordic Game Helsinki 23: New attendance record at Slush side event

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For the second year the Slush gaming angle was mostly covered by Nordic Game We had a chance to reconnect with Jacob Riis from NordicGame on his returnal to Helsinki and Slush for 2023, as the Nordic Game Helsinki event took place on Slush day -1 and day 0 at Epicenter. In 2022 the Nordic Game Helsinki event premiered during …

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Heikki Aura: Hype is good!

Participated into Slush Media Day 2023, and Tech Trend Predictions 2024 panel to kick off the Slush 2023 official program, and one of the speakers Heikki Aura said something we like: “Hype is good, it’s like a great party” Blockchain Web3 Crypto were Heikki’s pick for the 2024 trend, with a lot of exciting things being built around. Games and …

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Helsinki-based Failup Ventures builds the venture bridge between the Nordics and U.S.

Failup Ventures, a new globally operating early-stage venture capital fund, has announced the first closing of €30 million of its new early-stage fund of €50 million. Founded by three previous Finnish entrepreneurs – Jesse Heikkilä, Topias Soininen, and Oscar Andersin – Failup Ventures backs early-stage startups with strong, mission-driven teams. Failup’s typical initial investments range from €200k to €1 million …

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Slush 2023 Side Events (hand picked by the pros)

Slush is on the ground (even if it’s still snow, and frozen right now). Remembering back to the Slush earlydays, there was this saying: “It’s cold and dark outside, and the coolest developers are inside”. Back then the inside meant Kaapelitehdas aka Cable Factory, and a selected venue for after party. These days Slush is on for a week, and …

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Slush sold out again this year 2023

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The eternal flame was ignited in 2008 in Helsinki with a one-day affair made up of around 250 people. Since that the event has grown by leaps and bounds, our goal has stayed the same: the focus is on how best to serve startup ecosystems across the world. As the founders and present employees of Slush organization want to inspire …

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NORDEEP: Nordic Deeptech will save the world

Last week I had a pleasure to join the 2nd ever NORDEEP 2023 Summit, to see and hear what’s happening in Deep Tech scene within the Nordics. The opening keynote insights were given by Risto Siilasmaa, and that paved the way for this 2 days conference for a good crowd of attendees mainly from Finalnd and other Nordic countries. Risto …

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Nordic eWheels at Slush 2022.

There was a lot “e” in the air at Slush 2022, and not only in software, cryptos and such “normal” web3 things – but on wheels, too. Polestar was presenting their Precept car (originally made for the cancelled Geneva auto show 2020) finally touring around the world, paving the way to the next Polestar models to come.       …

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Greetings from Slush 2022 – Next the Nordics go to Singapore

One of the many awesome meetings and encounters at Slush this year was with the Singapore delegation, and especially Rafael and Amelia from Singapore Management University, talking about their Global Business Plan Competition (link to the LKYGBPC website) We at Nordic Startup News agreed to help sourcing information of at least one Nordic company per country – so let us know …

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Nordic Game 2022 – a great premiere

Nordic Game, the conference held annually in Malmö, Sweden, has become one of the leading events for the games industry, and each May it gathers thousands of developers, publishers and investors together. But this November, Nordic Game travelled to Helsinki, Finland, for the first time to do a special show as a partner side-event to Slush, enabling the vision of …

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Slush pitching winner will not receive 1M€

The world’s leading startup conference Slush has decided to revoke the prize funding valued of 1M€ for Immigram, the Slush100 pitching competition winner after its alleged connections to Russia and Russian experts who want to exit their homeland. The company has also a presence in Russia. Immigram and its founders Anastasia Miroljubova and Mikhail Sharonov have created a platform, which …

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Last minute Slush tips

The world’s largest start-up festival, Slush will take place in Helsinki on November 16-17, but Slush isn’t just the official single event. Slush Week, running from Nov 14-18, is loaded with a good variety of Side Events. Plus, and even no Slush Pass will be needed to access many of these events. Side Events are the perfect way to get …

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GLOBHE unites the drones worldwide

The term “Crowddroning” means to unleash thousands of drones and their operators to provide ultra high resolution Earth observation data from every corner of the earth. This way, the collected data supplements the underused information the numerous satellites have to offer. The data itself is ready-to-analyze high-resolution data, straight to any server so the clients of GLOBHE can focus on …

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Finnish start-ups present strong growth numbers

The revenue of the member companies of the Finnish Startup Community, founded a year ago, has grown by 62 per cent from last year. The combined revenue of the companies was EUR 3.5 billion in 2021. The growth is expected to remain strong in 2022. “The majority of the revenue of our member companies comes from exports, so the importance …

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HoloCare and Illumie Showcased at SXSW 2022

The Norwegian medical startup projects HoloCare and Illumie were present at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Robert Stigliano After a cancellation in 2020, and an online-only version in 2021, South by Southwest was back this year to it’s full, pre-pandemic glory, showcasing the trends and technologies influencing our collective future. One of this year’s themes was imagining society in …

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Startups in Helsinki and Stockholm lead Nordics on global outlook

Whether or not a startup scales has a lot to do with their motivation. A new report -— published by Nesta as part of the Startup Europe Partnership -— shows that there is substantial variation in entrepreneurs’ motivations to grow and seek finance across Europe. How do Nordic startups fare compared to their European counterparts? By Charlotte Reypens The Nesta …

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Copenhagen opens new automated metro

The Copenhagen Metro is getting an extension, a 15.5km line called the Cityringen Metro. The Cityringen Metro is set to open soon, upgrading Copenhagen’s already efficient metro system. The expected opening date is September 29, 2019.  The project of Cityringen Metro uses modern technology, setting it apart as an automated metro line. The driverless trains will run continuously, 24/7 with …

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