LIGHTSPEED VENTURES

Taking Slush by Storm: Startup & VC Takeover in Helsinki

Taking Slush by Storm: Startup & VC Takeover in Helsinki

More than 12,000 founders, investors, executives, and press put on their warmest jackets and gloves to enter Helsinki, Finland for Slush, the world’s leading startup event. We were lucky enough to be brought along for the ride with Lightspeed Venture Partners. At the conference, we helped manage their onsite presence at Slush during the regular programming, as well as event happenings after dark (or 3:45 in the afternoon, as the Finnish call it).

Read along for a recap of the Scandinavian adventure!

Lightspeed Leading Lights 2021: An Up-Close Look at the Startup Journey

Lightspeed Leading Lights 2021: An Up-Close Look at the Startup Journey

Closing out June, Lightspeed Venture Partners hosted their Leading Lights 2021 event, an insightful conference with a top-notch lineup of impressive speakers.

For this year's iteration of Leading Lights, the lineup featured three amazing founders: Jessica Alba of The Honest Company, Howard Akumiah of Betty Labs and Max Levchin of Affirm. In casual conversation, they each expressed their candid experience from the start of their journey to IPOs and acquisition.