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The Slush in Helsinki is one of the world’s leading technology and start-up events, and in 2025, it once again brought together over 10,000 international participants from the innovation and investor scene.
At the initiative of the ICS, WKO Styria financed a free ticket for two Styrian start-ups to attend Slush. The goal was to provide innovative companies with access to international networking and new market impulses.
The winners of the Slush tickets:
- Lanbiotic (Founder: Katrin Susanna Wallner)
- anyconcept FlexCo (CEO & Co-Founder: Leander Zaiser, BA)
International Networking as Added Value
Both start-ups made intensive use of Slush for 1:1 meetings with international companies, investors, and other founders. While Lanbiotic primarily gained strategic impulses, market trends, and new contacts, anyconcept focused on direct exchange with global tech players and potential pilot customers.
The high quality of the discussions, the strong Austrian presence on site, and the professional support from the colleagues of AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA were particularly highlighted. In addition to a visible Austrian stand, numerous networking formats and side events offered ideal conditions for in-depth discussions and sustainable networking.
Slush 2025 once again demonstrated the importance of international presence and networking for Styrian start-ups. Thanks to the support from WKO Styria and the ICS initiative, two innovative companies gained valuable impulses for their further development and were able to make Styria visible internationally as a dynamic start-up location.
The positive feedback from the participating start-ups confirms: Access to international leading events like Slush is a crucial step to successfully position innovations from Styria on a global level.
