'Ibiza of tech': Finnish start-up success brings Slush-inspired event to Australia

By Latika Bourke
Updated December 5 2016 - 2:08pm, first published December 3 2016 - 8:19am
Marianne Vikkula, CEO of Slush, says several other countries have asked to borrow the Slush model. Photo: Slush
Marianne Vikkula, CEO of Slush, says several other countries have asked to borrow the Slush model. Photo: Slush

Helsinki: Queensland is set to host an offshoot of Europe's massive Slush start-up conference with hopes the event, also an X-factor-style talent quest for inventors, will become the "Ibiza of tech" for the Asia Pacific. Called "Myriad," the event is the brainchild of Estonian Martin Talvari, formerly of Slush, and Australian entrepreneur Murray Galbraith. The pair have been heavily backed with more than $2 million in funding by the Queensland Government through 2019, but Talvari said this was only the beginning.

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