Slush Kickoff at Epicenter Stockholm

17 November 11:30-14:30Epicenter Stockholm

NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025

From London to the Nordics: Where the Journey Begins

This is where the momentum starts.

As London’s top corporates, scaleups, and deeptech startups land in Stockholm, we kick off with an exclusive day at Epicenter - designed to connect the UK’s most ambitious innovators with the beating heart of the Nordic tech ecosystem.

This is a curated, high-impact afternoon of deal-flow, dialogue, and strategic connection.

The program opens with a powerful keynote exploring what it really takes to scale across markets, with real stories from founders who’ve done it. Throughout the event, we’ll dive deeper with two bold mainstage conversations.

The first explores how to build deeptech ventures that scale - from Stockholm to London and beyond - while the second centers on resilience, reinvention, and the lessons learned from navigating failure and starting over.

Between sessions, investors and corporates will engage in focused matchmaking, while participants connect over a shared networking lunch that sets the tone for the day ahead.

Agenda

11:30

Welcome

Grab some lunch and mingle. Challenge yourself to meet someone new!

11:30 Monday

45m

12:15

Opening Remarks

Epicenter and Partners

12:15 Monday

10m

12:25

Scaling from Both Sides — Lessons from Nordic & UK Expansion

What does it really take to scale a tech company across regions with different cultures, markets, and investor landscapes? In this opening panel, you'll hear hard-won lessons from navigating expansion, adapting to new markets, and building resilient operating systems.

12:25 Monday

20m

Frida Jones

Chief Enterprise Sales Officer, Epidemic Sound

12:45

Building Deeptech That Scales — From Stockholm to London and Beyond

What makes deeptech ventures succeed—or stall—when scaling internationally? This panel brings together institutional innovation leaders, venture capital, and founders from both sides of the North Sea to explore cross-border scaling, ecosystem synergies, and the real criteria investors look for today.

12:45 Monday

25m

Lukas Saari

Co-Founder and CEO, Tandem Health

13:10

The Bounce Back: Resilience, Reinvention, and Lessons from the Edge

Failure isn’t the end — it’s often the beginning of something better. This session features candid conversations with founders who’ve been through it all. Hear stories of grit, wisdom, and building smarter the second or thrid time around.

13:10 Monday

25m

Husayn Kassi

Founder and CEO, Quench

13:35

Networking

13:35 Monday

55m

14:30

Thank you and Goodbye!

14:30 Monday

Speakers

Frida Jones
Chief Enterprise Sales Officer, Epidemic Sound

Frida Jones is Chief Enterprise Sales Officer, spearheading the strategy, communication, and optimization of Epidemic Sound’s soundtracking experience globally for businesses and partners. She joined the company in 2022 and has an extensive background within tech with previous experience as Business Operations Director at Klarna, and Partner at Ascend Consulting. Frida is also a board member of the podcast company, PodX, and holds a master’s degree in Business Strategy from Linköping University, Sweden.

Husayn Kassi
Founder and CEO, Quench

Husayn Kassai is the founder and CEO of Quench.ai - AI search across workplace tools and files, delivering context-aware answers and AI assistants to boost team productivity by 2-5x. He’s the co-founder and former CEO at Onfido - largest UK AI exit. A WEF Tech Pioneer, Forbes contributor and "30 Under 30", Husayn holds a BA in Economics and Management from Keble College, Oxford.

Lukas Saari
Co-Founder and CEO, Tandem Health

Lukas Saari is Co-founder and CEO of Tandem Health, where he leads the mission to reduce admin burden in healthcare with AI. Tandem today serves 1000+ care organizations across 10+ countries and have raised over €50M in capital.

He began his career in algorithmic trading before moving into healthcare consulting at McKinsey’s QuantumBlack, where he led the Nordic Healthcare Analytics practice.A recognised expert in generative AI, Lukas believes AI is the biggest technological shift of our lifetime and focuses on using it to tackle clinician burnout and improve patient care across Europe.

Joey Bayer
Head of International Community, Epicenter

More Speakers to be Announced

This is part of Epicenter's global initative, where we lead a delegation of founders, scaleups and investors on a tailor-made journey to the world's top tech arenas. Next up: Slush 2025.

After this Stockholm kickoff on NOV 17, our delegation boards the EntrepreneurSHIP to Helsinki for SLUSH 2025.

How it works: Join a curated group of founders, scaleups, and investors on a tailor-made journey to the world’s top tech arenas. Before takeoff, we’ll help you fine-tune your goals and map out key people and opportunities to maximize your experience.

With a built-in support system, expert guidance, and a structured plan, every meeting and connection will be designed to drive your business forward.

FINAL CALL: Apply to join the delegation here.

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