Finland is consistently ranked as one of the best countries in the world according to several metrics. It has the highest quality of living, best education system, and is the safest, most stable, and most digital country in Europe. Finland also has the most coffee, metal bands, and saunas per capita. The city of Helsinki is ranked as one of the best cities for startups due to Finland's strong startup ecosystem, which includes events like Slush that bring together thousands of startups, investors, and mentors each year. Finland's success is attributed to factors like its open and self-regulated environment, long-term thinking, high social trust, and culture of giving back.

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2. Finland is up there
Biggest city at highest latitude (Helsinki)
Best quality of living
Best education in OECD
Most coffee consumed per capita (12Kg!)
Most stable country in the world
Best mobile games in the world
Safest country in the world
Highest digital knowledge in Europe
Most metal band per capita
Most literate country in the world
Best airport in the world (Helsinki)
Highest number of C64 sold per capita
Most saunas in the world (3.3M!)
1ST
Best city for startups (Helsinki)
Most gender-equal country in the world
Best country for mother and children wellbeing
2ND
Press freedom
Least corrupt country in the world
Best economic environment for business growth
3RD
~25% of Finland population lives here

3. How did we get here
Financial crisis Recovery
1990 1998
New financial crisis
2008
Aalto ES
Startup Sauna
Startuplifers
2011
Slush
FiBAN
Nokia & Microsoft
Jolla
2016
17K people at
SlushNokia
2012
Aalto AVP

4. Photo by Jussi Hellsten – jussihellsten.com – Slush Media
17.500 attendees
2.300 startups
2.000+ volunteers
1.100 VCs
600 journalists
120 countries

5. 50+
MENTORS
38%
FOREIGN
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2.100
STUDENTS
#
*since 2012

8. Startup investments
Finnvera financed 3.400 SMEs and
midcap enterprises in 2016
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1B
Tekes issued loans and guarantees in
2016280M
OTHERS (CROWDFUNDING, ETC.)
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FINNISH BUSINESS ANGELS
FINNISH VCS
383M

9. STARTUP ECOSYSTEM
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%
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10. OPEN & SELF-REGULATED ENVIRONMENT
LONG-TERM, NO-ZERO-SUM THINKING
HIGH SOCIAL TRUST
CULTURE OF GIVING BACK
The Finnish secret sauce
Photo by Samuli Pentti – samulipentti.com – Slush Media
+ A HUGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS & MENTORS

11. Visit us at Slush ;)

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