Good morning, tech reporter Beatrice Nolan here, filling in for Allie Garfinkle. I’ve just returned from Slush, one of Europe’s most startup-focused tech events. While the weather lived up to its name—temperatures dropped to a toasty 26°F—there was no shortage of founders and investors willing to brave the snow.
More than 13,000 people, including 3,500 investors and 6,000 startups and scaleups, descended on Helsinki. Of these, 80% came from European countries, mainly northern Europe, Germany and France, but also central and southern Europe.
