Shevestments SPARK at Crush
Shevestments SPARK is an exciting Shark Tank-style Pitching competition for female and non-binary founders, held at Crush Event on May 8th, 2024. You will need an event ticket to participate.
The pitching competition is facilitated by Hanna Nyholm and Mirva Nevalainen of Shevestments.
Shevestments is an educational investment platform and scaleup service powerhouse with the aim to connect female entrepreneurs with investors and capital, educate more women to become business angels and VCs, create more opportunities for women to make an impact in the business wo...
Virtual Crush? No! But also yes!
We have received this question from a few people, so we wanted to provide you an answer, and test if there is an interest...
Q: Will Crush Event 2024 be live-streamed or available online?
A: No, it will not be live-streamed and we do not sell virtual tickets.
The Crush 2024 event will be in person, but we will record it, and potentially offer it for a fee later on.
To test the interest of virtual access to our conference content, we have a surprise for you: you will get all of Crush 2023 panels and keynotes for FREE when you sign up to our newsletter.
Our 20...
Introducing Crush Speaker
Shadia Rask (she/her) is a PhD with more than a decade of professional experience working on diversity, equality and non-discrimination.
She is a Research Manager at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), but on her second year of study leave, studying Corporate Responsibility at Hanken.
Her PhD in public health examined diversity and health in the population. Shadia has led research and development projects focusing on diversity and inclusion in working life. She was responsible for the diversity-promoting recruitment experiment of THL that was awar...
Introducing Crush Speaker
Dr. Aura Pyykönen, a mother of three, an obstetrician-gynecologist, and a serial entrepreneur has mission is to tackle the underestimated challenges in women’s health.
Aura’s background lies in clinical work complemented by academic research, focusing on healthcare quality, and she is a strong advocate for equitable health care access.
Her entrepreneurial journey has lead her to found two startups focused on women's health within just two years of transitioning from hospital work.
In 2022, Aura founded Isla, an online women's health clinic, pioneering in the rea...
Crush Speaker Introduction
Rasheka Scott is a distinguished multilingual Jamaican-Finnish lawyer with 15 years of experience in private practice, specializing in intellectual property, commercial contracts, data protection, and immigration law. Renowned for a business-focused approach, a pedagogical style and approachability, Rasheka ensures tailored solutions for both Finnish and international startup and scaleup companies.
Ms. Rasheka Scott, previously the head of intellectual property practice in a tech law firm, brings years of expertise in the same domain. With a focus on branding, cop...
Introducing Crush Speaker
We welcome Janiina Lammi, investment director of Vendep Capital to speak at Crush 2024.
From a marketing and communications agency background to being a SaaS Co-Founder, CMO, and marketing team lead, Janiina has gained wide-ranging experiences that cover everything from listed companies to startup life. With a specialization in leading international marketing and communications, Janiina brings a wealth of experience to Vendep’s investment team.
Janiina is also a mountain climber, blogger, and author, whose autobiographical book ‘Suuri huiputus’ (in Finnish) will be...
Introducing Crush Speaker
Vibha Deshpande is a Partner Manager at Microsoft and has previously been in various roles in Identity and Security.
She also leads the Women Employee Resource Group at Microsoft Finland and partners with various organizations to support women’s causes. She has been mentoring women aspiring to join the tech industry and was the finalist at Nordic Women Tech 2022 in the Mentor of the Year category.
She believes that diversity is a fact, but inclusion is a choice! D&I programs must enable this conscious choice!
Introducing Crush Speaker
Katri Johansson is a speaker, coach, and diving instructor who has researched the ways of leadership and how to create psychological safety of the best diving instructors around the world. She inspires and influences both with her presence, but also by implementing the things she teaches while diving and leading people under the surface in Finland and abroad.
Katri has courageously embarked on an extraordinary career and, with the help of concrete lessons from the diving world, influences the leadership and the way of communicating in work communities. She brings...
Introducing Crush Speaker
Elena Fadul is an intuition researcher from Aalto University.
With over 10 years of experience in entrepreneurship as a founder, mentor and researcher, Elena studies the factors conducive to the successful formation of a founding team in early stage, high-growth start-ups.
Her research focuses on understanding how as founders we can leverage both our intuitive and rational minds to find, select and form a founding team.
The Expo area turns into a BAZAAR!
It started as an Expo, and then we got ideas, found new partners, discovered the stunning Stock Exchange Building space... and now Crush also includes a Bazaar, a shopping experience.
We recommend coming early for the ticket registration so you will be among the first to check out the Bazaar, and staying after the conference to see more during the Afterwork Party.
Here are just a few of Bazaar experiences what you can expect. We will save the rest as a surprise.
CRUSH x SHIFT VIDEO BOOTH
You be the star at the CRUSH x SHIFT video booth! Come to shoo...
Introducing Crush Keynote Speaker
Monika Liikamaa is a Co-CEO, and Co-Founder of Enfuce.
Under Monika’s leadership, Enfuce has rapidly become a leading fintech in Europe, serving over 16 million end-users. Established in 2016, Enfuce is a renowned issuer processing powerhouse, pioneering cloud-based payment processing. Enfuce’s innovative, secure, and modular payment solutions cater to a diverse clientele, including FinTechs, banks, and non-financial brands.
Enfuce’s success journey includes a recent €8.5M follow-on investment led by Vitruvian Partners, alongside significant contributions from ...
Introducing Crush Stage Host and MC
Maija Ilmoniemi will be the stage host of the Founders Stage. The Founders Stage is sponsored by Ukko.fi.
Maija Ilmoniemi, a dynamic communications and media professional, serves as a versatile presenter, journalist, author, and coach.
Maija believes in the transformative power of smiles and laughter, aiming to be a catalyst for improved interactions and meaningful connections between people, addressing concerns about societal loneliness.
With a background in communication studies from the University of Helsinki, Maija has seamlessly integrated perform...
