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Sport Finland - Slush Side Event

Kick off Slush at the sportiest side-event in the city: Sport Finland event! We bring together companies from the fields of sports, health, and wellbeing to pitch their expertise to investors interested in the industry.

The event is co-hosted by the Sport Suomi cities: Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, and Rovaniemi and partnering with Global Sport Innovation Center GSIC and EBAN Sports. You are welcome to apply to the event to present your company's expertise to potential investors. Pitching slots are primarily reserved for companies from cities mentioned above, but applications are also open to others. The final selection will be made together with representatives of the Sport Suomi cities. The event is free of charge.

Statup companies, apply here! Submit your application by October 15.

Other guests, register here!

WHEN AND WHERE?

Event date: 18th November 2025

Venue: Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, Helsinki 

Nimetön malli (9)

Preliminary agenda

16.30 Doors open

17.00 Welcoming words (Cities´ presentations on sport, health and wellbeing

17.15 Partner Key-note Global Sport Innovation Center GSIC / Juan Fuentes Fernandez / Director of GSIC Microsoft Global Testing Center: GSIC's insight to startups

17.30 Pitches (5 pitching startups)

18.00 Key-note 2: Veikkausliiga - Professional Football League in Finland / CEO Kaarlo Kankkunen:  "We may not be the biggest, but we can be the boldest – Finnish football as a testbed for innovation"

18.15 Pitches continue (5 pitching startups)

18.45 Closing words, cocktails & networking Speed dating with investors and startups

20.00 End of the event

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