The event will be held at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), where more than 200 international investors, including VCs, venture debt, corporate venture capital and business angels, will meet with more than 150 startups and key players in international innovation, creating a bridge between southern Europe and the Nordic-Baltic ecosystems.

Bilbao Slush'D is an extension of the global Slush event, designed to accelerate the growth of startups and connect local innovation ecosystems with the international community. The event will facilitate the connection between the Nordic-Baltic ecosystems and the entrepreneurial dynamism of a leading innovation hub in Southern Europe, backed by entrepreneurship policies and the drive of its companies and startups.

Bilbao Slush'D will feature a full programme of panels with world-class experts, a startup competition, interactive workshops dedicated to scalability, sustainability and global business models, and networking sessions that will drive strategic collaboration and global ecosystem transformation.

The event, led by BayLoop Ventures and its founders Elena Popovici and David Cabezón, also has strategic partners such as ICEX, Endeavor, Google for Startups, Deloitte, Letslaw and Letsfinance and the institutional backing of the Bizkaia Business Confederation (CEBEK) and BBK.

On a national and international level, Slush'D will have funds of the stature of JME Ventures, Notion Capital, Tenity, Plug and Play, Kfund, Adara Ventures, Cometa VC, Lumo Labs, Cardumen Capital, Enzo Ventures, Perseo Ventures (Iberdrola), G+D Ventures, Acurio Ventures, Actyus and Encomenda Capital Partners, who will be part of this edition under the North-to-North strategy.