New Nordics Unicorn Night & Silicon Vikings Pitch Competition Grand Final
The aim of the unicorn night is to bring together cutting-edge research, companies and public actors with regards to the unicorn phenomena. Key topics will involve the development of the ecosystem, as well as the identification and growth of unicorn companies. During the night Silicon Vikings Pitch Grand Finals will take place, where the best startups/scaleups of the Nordic countries will compete against each other.
The event will be organized in conjunction to Slush. The event itself is a part of Venture Capital for Impact research and innovation project financed by the Finnish Ministry of Education.
Participants will include key ecosystem builders including international students, researchers, companies and investors from Finland, Nordics, Central Europe, Asia, Australia and Silicon Valley. The event will be organized together by City of Helsinki, Hanken Business Lab, Finest Bay Area, HankenES, Silicon Vikings and START Helsinki.
Program:
Mix & Mingle
Welcome words (Markus Wartiovaara & City of Helsinki)
Keynote: Don't Think Do Think (Peter Vesterbacka)
Silicon Vikings (Reidar Wasenius)
New Nordics Insights (Julian Nielsen Nava)
Unicorn Research Group (Tom Lahti & Thommie Burström)
New Nordic Panel (Juha Vartiainen & Timmu Toke)
New Nordic Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Ronny Eriksson)
Winner Announcement
Magic Show (Ferdinando Buscema)
The registration for this event is closed
Watch the event online through this link