Eero Vartiainen

Creating a new world for work. Sumpli is a digital matchmaking platform for the new generation of employers and employees. Enabling fast recruitment for all kinds of job types, on-demand jobs in selected locations, instant payroll services, and transparent payments, Sumpli brings the working world to a whole different level. Having an all-in-one service working on mobile, Sumpli has brought the fastest job platform to the market. Founded in late 2017. Investors include Maki.vc and Wave Ventures. Partners include Salaxy.

Creating a new world for work. Sumpli is a digital matchmaking platform for the new generation of employers and employees. Enabling fast recruitment for all kinds of job types, on-demand jobs in selected locations, instant payroll services, and transparent payments, Sumpli brings the working world to a whole different level. Having an all-in-one service working on mobile, Sumpli has brought the fastest job platform to the market. Founded in late 2017. Investors include Maki.vc and Wave Ventures. Partners include Salaxy.

The most founder-focused event on Earth. Coming again on Nov 19–20, 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. Pre-register now: slush.org/pre-register Slush is a not-for-profit on a mission to help and create founders to change the world. Founded in 2008, Slush annually hosts the worlds leading startup event in Helsinki, Finland. Slush is run by students and recent graduates.

We excel and make breakthroughs in and across science, art, technology and business. We renew our society with research-based knowledge, creativity and entrepreneurial mindset. Aalto University has been ranked the 7th best young university in the world (Top 50 under 50, QS 2018) and one of the world’s top technology challenger universities (THE 2017), thinking outside the box on research collaboration, funding and innovation. Aalto has six schools with nearly 12 000 students and 4000 employees of which close to 400 are professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland. With 37% of our academic faculty coming from outside Finland, we are a highly international community with strong academic standing. At Aalto, high-quality research, art, education and entrepreneurship are promoted hand in hand. Disciplinary excellence is combined with multidisciplinary activities, engaging both students and the local innovation ecosystem. Our main campus is quickly transforming into an open collaboration hub that encourages encounters between students, researchers, industry, startups and other partners. With an exceptionally strong entrepreneurial community, 70-100 new companies are born in our ecosystem every year. Aalto University was founded in 2010 as three leading Finnish universities, Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki, were merged to strengthen Finland’s innovative capability.

We are backing the next generation of exceptional founders earlier than anyone else.