

Hardware Meetup Europe: Slush After Party
Join us for a relaxed evening with the people designing, prototyping, funding, and scaling physical products across Europe and beyond. Whether you're building your first prototype, preparing for production, backing the next breakthrough product, or just in Helsinki for Slush week, come meet people who know what it takes to bring hardware to life.
Hardware Meetups happen in over 50 cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals of all different backgrounds, skill sets, and years of experience to network, collaborate, and learn from each other.
🤖 Bring your latest build and demos to share!
No panels. No pitches. Just drinks, good company, and conversations worth having.
Who Should Join
Hardware Meetup organizers and volunteers from across Europe and beyond
Hardware and deep-tech founders
Electrical, mechanical, firmware, and product engineers
Industrial and product designers
Investors, operators, and hardware ecosystem partners
Teams working in wearables, MedTech, Industrial IoT, robotics, and AI-powered hardware
What to Expect
Relaxed, after-hours networking
A chance to meet the people running Hardware Meetups across Europe and beyond
Founder-to-founder and engineer-to-engineer conversations
Real talk on design, prototyping, certification, manufacturing, supply chains, and scaling
A chance to meet potential collaborators, partners, and investors
Drinks and good company, with no pitch deck required
Sponsored by NexPCB and informal
NexPCB is a full-turnkey product realization partner that connects global innovation with Asia's manufacturing ecosystem, helping hardware startups scale from day one. The team has taken 18+ wearable projects across health, safety, sports, and medical from EVT/DVT/PVT to certified mass production, and offers the same support to Industrial IoT and Robotics & AI teams.
informal is a freelance collective of top independent hardware professionals. Whether you need a single contractor, a full-time hire, or an entire team for anything from product development to go-to-market, informal can match you with the right people.
Hardware Meetup is a volunteer organization and relies on sponsorships to cover the costs of running these events.
We share the RSVP list with sponsors who support three or more events. By RSVPing to this event, you consent to us sharing your email address and other registration information with our sponsors.