WHERE SEEDS SPROUT
AND GROW BIG.
We’re sitting on a secret. It’s time to share it. Some of the world’s biggest inventions originated from our humble region. This is the place where seeds sprout and grow big. And that’s why we’re bringing Slush’D to Enschede!
WE ARE SOLD OUT!
Looks like you missed out this year… Want to join a waiting list? Mail to: communicatie@novelt.com.
We will notify you if there’s a free spot available. First come, first serve.
WHEN
Thursday August 31st, 2023 | 13:00 - 23:00
WHO
Startups | Investors | Partners | Innovation Ecosystem
WHERE
UPark Hotel, University of Twente campus, Enschede
PROGRAM
Get ready for a startup event in the style of Slush, combined with the Twente touch. We’ll offer you three stages full of stirring speakers, epic entertainment, and a passionate pitch contest. And don’t forget about our brimming startup barbecue and a heap of surprises. What kind of surprises? Well, it won’t be a surprise if we tell. So we’ll share the tip of the iceberg:
🐮 Bull Sit Pitch (yep, not a typo)
🎤 Karaoke
🍻 German Schlager Hour
Below you find the program for the day.
TIMETABLE
BUILDER'S STUDIO
The Builder’s studio is where founders meet founders. Successful founders will share their experiences and lessons to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Elina Åkerlind
Co-founder and CEO of Nordic Node
Stephan Botz
Co-founder Gritd
Pieter van Osch
Co-founder ScaleUp Impact
Cees Links
Inventor of WiFi
Ricarda Schauerte
Co-Founder and Head of Stakeholder Management at Matter of Facts
Machteld Roos
Vice president of the board of University of Twente
Nicolai Walter
CEO and co-founder at Pixel Photonics
Thorsten Wiesel
Professor of Value-Based Marketing at University of Münster
Daan Bol
CEO Toelevering Online
Mark de Boer
Founder and CEO of Upfront
ECOSYSTEM STAGE
Expect deep insights into the startup industry on the ecosystem stage. Speaking throughout the day will be leading investors, successful founders, and industry experts.
Geanny Amor dos Santos
CEO of Flawless Workflow
Lea Milovich
Co- Founder FlowBeams & CEO BuBclean
Leona Turner
Co-founder Trialflow
Amalia Bǎlan
Co-founder & CMO Managescape
Joost Diepenmaat
Co-founder and COO of Moneybird
Anke Huiskes
Founder of NP-Hard Ventures
Herman Kienhuis
Curiosity VC
Natalie Ahmadian
Earlybird VC
Sven Degener
Deutsche Invest
Marie Weijer
TIIN Capital
Giels Brouwer
CTO at Unknown Group and founder of SciSports
Anke Huiskes
Founder of NP-Hard Ventures
Albert-Jan de Croes
Investment specialist at Novel-T
Natalie Ahmadian
Earlybird VC
Christian Arndt
Senior Investment Manager High-Tech Gründerfonds
Bas Buursma
Co-founder Codesandbox
Hans Scheffer
Founder & CEO Helloprint
Jeroen Coelen
Startup Mentor at TU Delft
Kees Koolen
CEO of Koolen Industries, former CEO of Booking.com
STARTUP STAGE
This is our very own start-up spotlight where founders from our ecosystem can take this stage and showcase their ideas, products, victories, and more.
Udaya Vasepalli
Founder of LoopTas
Rutger de Graaf
The Netherlands Point Of Entry
Henk de Jong
Entrepreneur, investor and advisor
Startups take the stage to showcase what they’ve got.
Natalie Lingwood
Slush
Rik Roeske
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Mike Verkouter
Novel-T
Ilona Jääskeläinen
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Finland
Michiel Scheffer
President of the board of the European Innovation Council
Startups take the stage to showcase what they’ve got.
In this thrilling pitch contest, budding entrepreneurs get a platform to showcase their groundbreaking ideas and win the grand prize of €10,000.
MEET NEW CONNECTIONS
ABOUT SLUSH'D
Slush’D is a community-driven movement that empowers teams across the globe to create events for their local ecosystems – all in the spirit of Slush’s mission “to create and help founders that change the world”.
ABOUT NOVEL-T
Novel-T is a non-profit organization that helps new companies arise and helps existing companies to renew. The organization was founded by the University of Twente, the Province of Overijssel, the Municipality of Enschede, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, and the Twente Board, and its mission is to help entrepreneurs change the world through innovation. Novel-T is the organization behind Enschede Slush’D.
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ORGANIZATION
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