On Slush spotlight: Crowst chosen as the best company of Nordic Angel Program

The excitement, passion and energy that you feel in the air when 25 000 innovative minds from all around the globe gather in Helsinki. The name of the game is the event called Slush, where 3500 startup companies and 2000 investors shake hands. The world’s leading startup event was held last week, and now the dust and buzz has settled, leaving Helsinki with memories to cherish, and company founders with business goals to aim at. This year the Slush event has been exceptional for us; Crowst has been selected as the best company of the Nordic Angel Program, arranged by FiBAN (Finnish Business Angel Network)!

Nordic Angel Program background

During the Autumn of 2019, an international syndicate of 30 investors have gone through a rigorous process of due diligence. This has covered 130 companies that have applied for the Nordic Angel Program at Slush. One of these applications was submitted by Crowst. We have been thrilled about this joint journey with the investors, and about the opportunity to get international support in developing our business.

As the outcome of the program, out of the 130 applicant companies, Crowst was the only one that was selected to win an investment, as announced on the stage at Slush 2019. Knowing the brilliance of so many companies we have been fortunate to walk this journey with, we feel truly honoured and humbled.

“Tremendous effort by the team to get us to where we are. This recognition acknowledges the value of what we have managed to create in Finland. We set off to change the consumer insights process into active consumer engagement rather than just passive data collection. With thousands of Crowsters already engaged on the platform and a growing number of daily users, we hope to continue this mission in Finland and beyond”, comments Richard Jerome, Founder and CEO of Crowst.

The new Crowst product version, launched in January 2019, is efficient and robust, enabling scaling to international markets. The timing of the investment will support our business plans for 2020, helping us to execute and focus on things that matter.

“We consider this recognition as a great, warmly appreciated acknowledgement of our work so far. Naturally, our close business partners and customers have helped us to get here. A massive “thank you” for our collaboration so far, let’s continue shaping the future of insights together”, comments Jyrki Kallinen, Co-Founder and CMO of Crowst.

“Crowst is re-defining how people are enabled to express their opinions and drive change for the better. Today, Crowst has 22 000 Crowsters across Finland, who respond to studies and drive that change. We owe everything to these people, they form the heart of Crowst”, outlines Jutta Närhi, Marketing & User Engagement Manager at Crowst.

Indeed, this is a great milestone for Crowst, but we have only started our journey. We will continue to drive to reach further milestones and we are always trying to exceed the goals we have set for ourselves.

Visit the new Crowst.com

We have been working on the new version of our website. Now it is live, please have a look! Companies may be interested in reading about our Services, and also to get to know who are Crowsters, people who respond to studies and carry out tasks published on the Crowst service.

Do you have a question? Contact us, let’s talk: contact[at]crowst.com

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Jyrki Kallinen

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