 Over a decade, Slush has brought together your best technology entrepreneurs, and they've brought together people from all over the world to Helsinki at the end of the year. Slush really is at the center of the European tech ecosystem. We wouldn't want to miss a chance to join the new Slush 100 and very much look forward to meeting the next generation of technology entrepreneurs. Slush's mission is to create and help entrepreneurs to change the world. At the end, we've spent this year thinking long and hard about the single most valuable concept that Slush can build for European early-stage startups. Today, we're really excited to launch what we've come up with. The whole European startup ecosystem needs crisp new initiatives like Slush 100. We're in! Since 2011, the Slush 100 pitching competition has been at the core of our work to support founders. This year, we've gathered an exceptional group of the best early-stage funds active in Europe. Together, they'll invest 1 million euros in the winner of the Slush 100 pitching competition. The appeal of the Slush 100 is its raw transparency. Anyone can apply and anyone can win. This is beyond valuable for the founders and anyone interested in startups. The competition is totally open. Any startup founded in 2019 or later that has raised less than 500,000 in equity funding can apply. The competition culminates with the finals in front of thousands of people on our main stage at the end of Slush Day 2. And the best part? The funds will mentor its startups every step of the way. Slush 100 gives us a whole new way to collaborate with European startups. We're beyond excited to be part of it. Never before has a group of VCs of this caliber committed capital to a European startup program, not to mention one that benefits the earlier stages of the ecosystem and is completely open to apply to. This speaks of the evolution of our ecosystem in these past few years. Honestly, this has never been done before. If I were an early-stage founder, I wouldn't want to miss this. We're inviting all early-stage founders to apply.