SLUSH's New York State of Mind - Major Nordic Start-up Showcase Next Week

SLUSH -- a tech and increasingly digital media mega-conference that takes place each November in Helsinki, Finland -- has fast become one of the premiere events in Europe ... and increasingly important for investors and entrepreneurs in the U.S.  I attended my first SLUSH last November (here is my overview and review of the event) -- have come to know some of its top execs -- moderated a VR panel in June at a SLUSH LA event -- and will, of course, attend Helsinki again this coming November (at which time I will moderate a top panel about the state of the digital video/OTT/MCN business that features some of the top players in the MCN/OTT world, including Allen DeBevoise, Urs Cete of BDMI, Tom Sauer of AT&T (joint venture partner in Ellation with The Chernin Group), and Christian Meinberger of Studio71(which just recently merged with Collective Digital Studio)).

The SLUSH team is both ambitious and smart.  Very smart.  I mentioned their June LA-based VR event above.  Now, SLUSH hits the other coast and focuses on NYC -- hosting an exclusive event next Tuesday in NYC at which it will showcase 10 top Nordic startups (and the entrepreneurs behind them) (here is the list of those companies to watch).

Manatt Digital Media will proudly, once again, underscore its commitment to the vibrant tech/digital media startup community in Northern Europe -- and to SLUSH itself -- by sponsoring a related lunch next Monday with those top companies and investors who may (and should) be interested in investing in them.

Full list of the "Top 10" selected by the SLUSH team for their spotlight moment is below:

FaceForce -- Finland
CosmEthics -- Finland
Toborrow -- Sweden
Soundtrap -- Sweden
SOBAZAAR -- Norway
AIMS Innovation -- Norway
Breakroom -- Iceland
Tagplay -- Iceland
Vaavud -- Denmark
EasySize -- Denmark