PITCH AFTER DARK
THE party you need to be at. Returning after popular demand.
We’re bringing the hottest DJs and even hotter AI founders, from all over Europe under one roof for SLUSH.
THE PITCH OFF
20 founders. Two minutes each. Pitching to the best investors in Europe for a chance at funding from the biggest logos and walking away $25,000 in Nebius compute credits.
AFTER DARK
We turn up the volume.
Some of AI's biggest names (founder of one of the hottest companies, GP of a major fund) trade their day jobs for DJ decks, bringing the energy from the pitch stage to the dance floor. Do you recognise them??
Did we forget to mention arcade games, open cocktail bar, confessionals, photobooths and a couple of surprises under our sleeve ;)
Join investors from EQT, ICONIQ, Northzone, Eurazeo , Speedinvest, Balderton, HV, and many many more. Whether you're closing out your SLUSH night or warming up for BACKED, this is where you want to be.
THE LINEUP
7:00 PM — Doors Open · Warm up - great food and even better cocktails
8:00–8:05 PM — Welcome from Nebius
8:05–8:35 PM — The Opening Conversation with our judges: Matt Turck, MD at Firstmark, Jakob Stein, partner at Creandum, and Florian Bieberich partner at Redalpine and Troy Estes, Head of VC EMEA at NVIDIA
8:35–9:15 PM — The Pitch Battle · 20 Founders, 2 Minutes Each
9:15–9:20 PM — The Verdict · Judges' Deliberation & Winner Announcement
9:20 PM–1:00 AM — After Dark · Berlin DJs and undercover founders and Investors Takes Over the Decks (guess who's who??)
Heading to BACKED? Shuttles depart between 11:30 PM and 1:00 AM.
THINK YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES? Apply to pitch. The pitching founders will be handpicked by Kelly Kung - investor and superstar at Accel.
About Nebius:
Nebius is the AI infrastructure platform backed by NVIDIA, purpose-built for teams training, fine-tuning, and deploying at scale.
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