Patria at DECOI 2025, a Slush side event
Helsinki, Finland
18.11.2025 - 18.11.2025
Patria supports Northern Europe’s largest defence pitch event, DECOI, returning to Helsinki during Slush week on 18 November 2025. The event is organised together by the Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) coordinated by Civitta, and supported by Latvian Embassy in Finland, Enterprise Estonia, and Patria.
DECOI is organised as a Slush side event in November 2025. The event is expected to host 300 investors, focusing on defence, dual-use, and security startups and scale-ups pitching.
This exclusive event will feature selected startups and scale-ups presenting their cutting-edge solutions to a distinguished audience of Angel Investors, Defence VCs, and key representatives from the Military Industry.
PROGRAM
8.15 Doors open: Morning coffee and breakfast
9.15 DECOI opening words:
Elli Flen, host of the event
Tiina Laisi-Puheloinen, FiBAN CEO
Harri Tallinn, CIVITTA Partner
Guillaume de la Brosse, Head of Unit, DG DEFIS, European Commission
Pasi Välimäki, Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General
10.30 Networking break
11.00 Development of Defense Tech Startups in Nordics: Teppo Havo, General Manager, Danske Bank Growth
11.10 Keynote from a founder: Wayren
11.25 Panel discussion: Engineering for Edge: R&D Driving the Future of Ground-Based Defence:
Kari Renko, Patria, Executive Vice President, Strategic Programs
Kuldar Väärsi, CEO and founder of Milrem
The host: Elli Flen
12.00 Lunch
13.00 FiBAN Startups pitching
13.40 EUDIS Matchmaking Scale-ups pitching
14.20 Closing the event: Elina Valtonen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland
14.30 Closing words and winner announcement: Tiina Laisi-Puheloinen, FiBAN CEO and Timo Kivinen, Former Chief of Defence, Finland
14.40 Networking
16.00 Event ends
