Scale-Ups.eu, a spinoff of the European collaboration innovation platform B-Hive, is organizing SuperNova together with Flanders DC on September 27-30. This four-day event aims to bring the most promising scale-ups, outstanding tech companies, and thought leaders from all around the globe in Antwerp to talk, pitch, and showcase.

One of the highlights of SuperNova is a two-day deep pocket investor program featuring 55 most promising European tech scale-ups. On September 27 & 28, all pitching tech companies with trailblazing potential have a 10-minute opportunity to present their future-proof business concepts to 100+ top-tier global investors including JVP, Columbia Lake Partners, Idinvest, Summit Partners, and more.

Open call for scale-ups to pitch for growth financing

In line with its ambition to become the top-of-mind time squeezer for scale-ups in Europe, Scale-Ups.eu is launching an open call for all scale-ups that want to boost their growth and score their extra investment round. 

“Reducing time is the essence of entrepreneurship. SuperNova squeezes time for both scale-ups and VCs by connecting them for two days. As a result, we at Scale-Ups.eu help accelerate the growth of their company or portfolio.”, Jurgen Ingels, Founder Scale-Ups.eu.

To join the pitching stage at SuperNova, scale-ups have to meet the following growth criteria:

• Raised at least €1 million funding but less than €40 million (excluding loans)
• At least €3 million recurring revenue
• Annual growth of more than 20% in the last three years

The final selection of scale-ups that will pitch at SuperNova will be selected by Scale-Ups.eu’s co-curating VCs namely Colombia Lake Partners, Fortino Capital, GIMV, HPE Growth Capital, ID Invest Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Prime Ventures, Runa Capital, Smartfin Capital, Summit Partners and Volta Ventures. The Belgian Venture Association is also supporting this initiative. 

Scale-ups that meet the growth criteria and want to pitch their solutions & ambitions to top-tier VCs at SuperNova can submit their profile until May 4th on Scale-Ups Preselections page.

Digital Week 2018

SuperNova (September 27-30) is the final stop of B-Hive’s Digital Week 2018 in Belgium. This full week gives all tech and financial players from all Europe the opportunity to shape the future together and connect with top thought leaders and innovators in the region. Discover the full program on B-Hive’s events page.