Around 13,000 people will be there. Realistically about 20 of them matter to you, and you will meet six of those by accident. Supermeet finds the rest.
Tell us you’re going to Slush and we’ll start there.
The problem at this scale
Investor meetings are the point, and the good slots go early. Walking in without a list means spending two days in the queue for coffee.
attendees, roughly — mostly European founders and the investors who back them. The attendee list is the single most valuable document of the week, and almost nobody reads it.
names is about what one person can realistically prepare for and meet properly over a few days.
people here are genuinely worth your time. Finding them by walking the floor takes longer than the conference lasts.
How to work Slush
Apply for or request investor matchmaking early, and have your one-line pitch ready. Plan for side events around the city in the evenings.
What we’re building
Live today: see who else is going and get introduced, if you both opt in. Next: eighteen names, ranked, each with one line on why this person and not the 12,982 others.
The Slush attendee list, speaker page or exhibitor directory — whatever you have access to.
Three questions, ninety seconds. Hiring, raising, selling, learning — the answer changes the entire list.
Drafted in your voice, sent from your address, with a second nudge to anyone who goes quiet. That second message is the one nobody sends.
Questions
Around 13,000, based on recent public figures. Numbers change from year to year, and Slush usually takes place in November.
Mostly European founders and the investors who back them.
Check the speaker and exhibitor pages first, since those are usually public. On Supermeet you can pick Slush and see how many others are going. If you both opt in, you can see each other’s name and role. Nobody’s email is ever shown.
Free beta
See who else is going to Slush right now. The more people fromSlush who join, the sooner it gets a full shortlist.
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