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November 18–19, 2026 Helsinki, FIHelsinki Expo and Convention Centre
annual
The benchmark European founder conference: volunteer-built, founder-priced, and stubbornly anti-sponsor. The matchmaking is the product; everything else is staging.
Who goesNordic and European founders raising pre-seed through Series B, deeptech researchers, growth-stage European VCs
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Consistently the highest-signal Europe-focused founder event of the year. Curated investor-founder matchmaking is the model, not an add-on; the venue is dark, intentional, and free of the trade-show feeling that plagues bigger conferences.
What works
- +Curated founder-investor matchmaking is the product, not a sponsor add-on
- +Founder ticket pricing keeps the room weighted toward operators not attendees
- +Sauna-evening tradition and Nordic distances keep attendees out together late into the night
- +Deeptech and climate tracks attract scientific founders other events do not reach
What doesn't
- −December timing in Helsinki collides with year-end and demands cold-weather logistics
- −US founder presence is thin compared with European VC density
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