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Slush 100 Pitching Competition

Slush 100 Pitching Competition

Offers Slush 100, an annual competition for early stage startups that includes equity investment for top founders.

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Slush 100 is the flagship startup pitching competition held annually at the Slush event in Helsinki, Finland. The prize is a EUR 1,000,000 equity investment delivered by partner venture capital firms — in the 2025 competition cycle, the investing partners were General Catalyst and Cherry Ventures. This is a dilutive equity investment, not a non-dilutive cash grant; the winning team receives ventur…

Annual global startup pitch competition at Slush Helsinki awarding a EUR 1 million dilutive equity investment from partner VC firms to the winning early-stage startup.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Equity
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.—

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Last verified: 29 Jun 2026Source: slush.org