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Slush 2026

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lush 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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22Voices
7Underwriters
0Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
28Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Slush, in alphabetical order.
Alexandre Prot
Co-founder & CEO · Qonto
Anton Osika
Founder & CEO · Lovable
Cal Henderson
Co-founder & CTO · Slack
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner · Benchmark
Christopher Sacca
Founder & Managing Director · Lowercarbon Capital
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-founder & CEO · Runway
Eileen O'Mara
Chief Revenue Officer · Stripe
Gabe Pereyra
Co-founder & President · Harvey
Hanno Renner
Co-founder & CEO · Personio
Hélène Huby
Founder & CEO · The Exploration Company
Hemant Taneja
CEO · General Catalyst
Ilya Fushman
General Partner · Kleiner Perkins
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
Managing Director & Head of Europe · General Catalyst
Luciana Lixandru
General Partner · Sequoia Capital
Lucy Liu
Co-founder & President · Airwallex
Marc Lemaître
Director-General DG RTD · European Commission
Markus Villig
Founder & CEO · Bolt
Max Junestrand
Co-founder & CEO · Legora
Neil Rimer
Partner · Index Ventures
Qasar Younis
Co-founder & CEO · Applied Intuition
Tim Zheng
Co-founder & CEO · Apollo.io
Tom Hale
CEO · ŌURA
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Underwritten By

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 28 companies, parsed from the program.

28 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
21Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

100% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1359%
  • Founder / Owner732%
  • Director / Head of29%

Of 22 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AaltoSp·M
  2. 02Aalto UniversitySp·M
  3. 03AWSSp·M
  4. 04FortumSp·M
  5. 05GoogleSp·M
  6. 06PSSp·M
  7. 07VTTSp·M
  8. 08General Catalyst2V
  9. 09Airwallex1V
  10. 10Apollo.io1V
  11. 11Applied Intuition1V
  12. 12Benchmark1V
  13. 13Bolt1V
  14. 14European Commission1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
main1
14% of 7
main partner6
86% of 7
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters