Nordea empowers business growth at Slush 2025

10-10-2025

For the ninth year in a row, Nordea is proud to be a main partner of Slush, the world’s leading startup event. At Slush, we’ll continue connecting ambitious founders with leading investors, while offering valuable insights and support to businesses at various stages of growth.

Slush booth 2024 — This year Slush will bring together more than 13,000 attendees, 6,000 startups and 3,500 investors.

In today’s challenging economic climate, helping businesses grow is more crucial than ever. At Nordea, we see the bigger picture. We understand that every action businesses take – whether scaling up, streamlining operations or making incremental improvements – has far-reaching effects.

Companies aren’t just running enterprises. They’re creating jobs, driving innovation and strengthening the economy. That’s why Nordea is committed to supporting businesses on their journey by providing the expertise, insights and connections necessary for success.

What to expect at Slush 2025

Our proven track record in organising successful Investor Speed Dating events continues, with the best Nordic scaleups invited to Slush on behalf of Nordea. These hand-picked companies will have the opportunity of a lifetime to pitch their business to significant international investors during both main event days at our Partner Booth.

In addition to the Investor Speed Dating events, our startup financing experts will be at our booth, offering support and advice. Our Nordic Startup & Growth teams specialise in serving high-growth companies and those in their early stages looking for rapid expansion.

We'll also host our traditional Investor Day Dinner, providing a valuable networking opportunity before the main event days.

Vaylo’s journey with Nordea

One of the many inspiring companies we’ve supported is Vaylo, an SaaS (Software as a Service) business transforming the travel industry. Vaylo’s team, including CEO Karin Whitlock, Product Manager Fredrik Ahlbom and Tech Lead Axel Berggren, joined Nordea’s Investor Speed Dating at Techarena earlier this year – an experience that gave them a real confidence boost and opened doors to new opportunities.

“An event like this is exactly what you need when you’re seeking funding. We got a real confidence boost, and pitching your business model creates great momentum internally. The ideas and energy we gained from the people we met can be brought into the organisation and used to further develop our business. Even if the event doesn’t always lead to immediate funding, it’s a great way to stress-test your company,” says Karin Whitlock, CEO of Vaylo.

What is Nordea Investor Speed Dating?

Nordea Investor Speed Dating is the name for our closed matchmaking events for Nordic high-growth startups and scaleups looking for the right investor. These online events are made up of pre-booked one-to-one meetings between companies and investors, so they’re not pitching events.

We organise them all year round – and every time our goal is to make them the most efficient two and a half hours of your year.

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