This is a Slush Community Side Event
Please note that a ticket to the main Slush event is not required for participation!
Critical raw materials (CRMs) are necessary to modern technology, the clean energy transition, and industrial resilience. As global urgency builds around securing resilient supply chains, there is a need to bring together innovation, capital, and industry to collaborate. Capital is set to fl ow into this industry in the coming years, funding solutions that strengthen the value chain — from more eff icient extraction and supply chain management to recycling and material recovery from waste streams.
The day is structured around this same logic: Collaboration — bringing the ecosystem together, opening with proof from the Nordics, a region already demonstrating what cross-border collaboration and industrial expertise can achieve; Capital — proving the investment case with real cases from around the world; and Circularity — Circular models represent a new industrial logic. Applied to critical raw materials, the mechanism is consistent: materials become assets, waste becomes input, recovery becomes margin, and capital follows measurable loops
Session 1
The Nordics - an Emerging CRM Hub (09:40–10:15, 35 min)
How cross-border collaboration is turning the Nordics into a single, unifi ed market for critical raw materials with global impact— pooling expertise, industry, and infrastructure across borders.
Format: Moderated panel, ~8–10 min per speaker plus group discussion.
Speakers: TBA
This session is led by Nordic Innovation
Session 2
International Investment Cases in CRMs (10:20–10:55, 35 min)
Why investing in CRM-related solutions is relevant now more than ever?
Speakers: TBA
Session 3
CIRCULARITY: Regenerative Capitalism as an Operating Model (11:00–11:35, 35 min)
Regenerative capitalism as the operating logic that lets circular CRM solutions move from pilot to infrastructure.
Format: Co-led discussion.
Speakers: TBA
This session is led by Spin Ventures.
After the networking lunch:
Investor dialogue : Led by Spin Ventures & Fundforward — 12:30–13:30
Investor-only strategic dialogue: Building an Execution System: Led by Atlan (12:30-13:30) for— founders, researchers, and corporate innovation leads.
Note registration is by approval. Please register your interest and you will be notified if a ticket is assigned to you. Participation in the parallel sessions are invitation-only. Please indicate your interest in participating when registering for the event.
Startups and scale-ups: please make sure to include a one-pager or deck with your registration to be considered for participation.
