Slush 2026 Startup Programs
Slush Helsinki, Finland · open to applicants worldwide
Founder programs at Slush in Helsinki (November 17-19, 2026), including startup booths, a startup stage, investor office hours, founder-only side events and the Slush 100 competition with an equity-free prize.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your company profile for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Slush 100: EUR 500,000 equity-free prize.
Also: Investor Office Hours (75-min closed-door VC sessions); Founder-only side events (Founders Party, Founder Dawn); Hardware Foundry and Science to Scale tracks.
Who can apply: Booths: Series A or earlier; Startup Stage: seed to Series A; Science to Scale: researchers moving from lab to company. Booth and stage applications for 2026 closed Aug 31; office hours and founder events still open while spots last.
Cost: Startup booth EUR 1,500 (1 day) or EUR 3,000 (2 days); Slush ticket needed for most programs.
Annual (November); booth/stage applications close in late summer.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there); a payment is part of applying.
What to prepare: company description, deck.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Slush 2026 bets on the best startup.”
Who can apply
- Open to founders, researchers
- Booths: Series A or earlier; Startup Stage: seed to Series A; Science to Scale: researchers moving from lab to company. Booth and stage applications for 2026 closed Aug 31; office hours and founder events still open while spots last.
What you will need
- Company profileUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done. There is a fee to pay to the organiser; payment always stays with you.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your company profile for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Slush without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.