Team Sweden at Slush 2015
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Business Sweden |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 195 000 |
| Project duration | November 2015 - December 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
Additional financing from Vinnova enabled a lowering of the threshold for involvement of the Swedish startup field, so that all participating companies could benefit from both Slush itself (where everyone hadn´t otherwise likely participated) and the separate activities that were included in the arrangement.
Results and expected effects
The evaluation revealed that 100% of the startup companies made contact with potential investors, 70% had contacts with potential customers, and 80% had contact with potential partners. Additionally 13 of the 16 companies gave the highest grade (4) to the question of whether to recommend future participation in our Slush event to other companies.
Approach and implementation
The format consisted of three components: a common fair booth, an investor lunch and a networking event at the Embassy. The evaluation gave the Booth a grade of 3.63 for the arrangement quality and 3.19 for the perceived value. The same grades for the investor lunch were 3.88 and 4.00, and for the networking event 3.44 and 3.63. In short, all the organizers of the initiative feel the event was very successful and that there is now a basis from which to discuss a continuation in 2016. In addition, the internal and external evaluation gave ideas on how to sharpen the delivery further.