Slush facilitates meetings between the founders of startups and investors such as venture capitalists, accomplished with events such as matchmaking and pitching competitions.

[4] Slush was founded in 2008 by Helene Auramo, Ville Vesterinen, Kai Lemmetty, Peter Vesterbacka and Timo Airisto.

In 2011, Miki Kuusi became the CEO, and together with Atte Hujanen and Jenni Kääriäinen organized the event at Kaapelitehdas, with 1500 attendees.

The event received a great deal of international attention and was listed in The New York Times[8] and The Wall Street Journal,[9] among others.

Speakers at the event included Toomas Hendrik Ilves (former President of Estonia), John Riccitiello (CEO of Electronic Arts), and Niklas Zennström (Founder of Skype).

Speakers at the event included Martin Lorentzon (founder of Spotify), Wang Yang (Deputy Prime Minister of China), Leland Melvin (astronaut at NASA), and Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor and composer).

The event in 2014 was the largest technical production in Finnish history, surpassing the Eurovision Song Contest held in Finland in 2007.

Slush Hacks was held for the first time with the participation of Ultrahack, Junction, Industryhack and the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon.

The content of the event sought to highlight the actors and background influencers of technology companies, which are not usually presented in public.

The event featured 200 speakers, including investor Michael Moritz and Stripe founder John Collison.