Cornwall Slush’D is now in its third year and is one of the south-west’s most influential tech startup events.
Following the success of last year’s event, which showcased Cornwall’s thriving innovation ecosystem, Slush’D 2025 will bring together Cornwall’s brightest minds with industry leaders, investors and entrepreneurs for a day of learning, networking and pitching.
You can expect:
🚀 Founder-focused content with inspiring talks, panels and keynotes
🚀 Startup pitch competition (applications open early 2025)
🚀 Early surf session to start the day fresh and connect with like-minded people
🚀 Venture Village showcasing startups and their innovations (applications open early 2025)
🚀 International Demo Night streamed to a live audience with Canopy Community
🚀 Everything you need to know about raising finance
🚀 Connect with investors and founders
🚀 Facilitated networking & meeting booking via our matchmaking app
🚀 Exhibition featuring startup business and tech support
🚀 Network and connect with like-minded, supportive and friendly individuals
🚀 Fully accessible venue close to public transport links
🚀 After party
You’ll thrive at Slush’D if you are:
🧠 Unsure of your next move and seeking thoughtfulness and inspiration
🧠 A budding entrepreneur looking for ideas, inspiration and connections
🧠 A startup founder & team at any stage, looking to scale, raise finance and innovate
🧠 A scaled company looking to pivot or launch an internal venture
🧠 An investor or VC searching for your next investment opportunity and founder to support
🧠 A corporate partner able to support tech startup founders and investors
Our 2024 Event:
✅ Welcomed 180+ people
✅ 25 entries to the pitch competition, 9 pitchers, 1 winner
✅ 68% female speakers (in 2023 this number was 63%)
✅ 60% of attendees were founders, investors and VCs (This number at Slush is 70%)
✅ 16 speakers – all founders
✅ 18 startup founders and their businesses showcased
✅ 30+ sponsors, exhibitors and supporters
✅ 1 Demo Night in partnership with Canopy Community with 5 founders showcasing their innovations
Slush’D events are a series of carefully curated partner community events backed by Slush – the landmark tech startup conference in Helsinki, Finland. Slush attracts 13,000 investors and founders every year and is the biggest gathering of venture capital in Europe.
Cornwall Slush’D will bring together 200 founders, entrepreneurs, visionaries, digital nomads, investors, VCs and the local tech/business community for a day of inspiration and information that will help your startup, whether it’s super early stage or seeking investment.
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2024 Highlights:
2023 Highlights:
Calling all members!
Tech Cornwall and/or Canopy Community Members get £10 discount on all tickets. Use the code TCMEMBER (Tech Cornwall) and CCMEMBER (Canopy Community) and sign up with your company email address so we can verify your membership to receive your discount. See ‘Additional Information’ below for further details.
Additional Information
Tech Cornwall Membership
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Tech Cornwall and/or Canopy Community Members get £10 discount on all tickets. Use the code TCMEMBER (Tech Cornwall) and CCMEMBER (Canopy Community) and sign up with your company email address so we can verify your membership to receive your discount.
Tech Cornwall is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the tech sector in Cornwall. Tech Cornwall membership fees go towards paying for events like this, supporting our award-winning Youth Programme (we’ve reached 30,000+ young people in Cornwall) and providing digital skills and work experience to people of all ages.
What you’ll get:
- Join 100+ tech, digital and software companies representing 3000+ people
- Access all areas to the Tech Cornwall website: post news, jobs, events
- Access an exclusive community Slack group with 600+ users
- Free and discounted tickets to events and training
- Access our CV bank to find your next hire
Canopy Community Membership
Sign up for Community Membership with Canopy Community – Use this link to receive a 5% membership discount. Tech Cornwall gains an affiliate fee from this link which helps support our work.
What you’ll get:
- A safe place to get and give peer support in the community portal
- Entrepreneurs, Investors, Innovators and Founders only
- Introduction to the Canopy DNA and Origin Story
- Course on how to give a demo at demo night
Canopy Community Emerging Founder
Join the Canopy Membership Tier for Emerging Founders – Use this link to receive a 5% membership discount. Tech Cornwall gains an affiliate fee from this link which helps support our work.
What you’ll get:
- Chat with peers in the community portal
- Monthly live coaching session with a member of the in-residence team
- Monthly Master Class knowledge share
- Monthly community challenge
Sponsorship
Membership, sponsorship and ticket sales help us to fund our events (including this one). Sponsors help us to make our events accessible to a larger audience, enable us to support local education initiatives and fund add-on features. If you’d like to become a Tech Cornwall sponsor or support this event, please contact us. You’ll gain exposure to an energised and engaged community.
Code of Conduct
By joining this event or our community, you agree to adhere to our Code of Conduct. In summary, be awesome to each other. Abuse of any kind will not be tolerated.
