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Posted on June 22, 2018
11 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Antwerp– Belgium-based tech festival SuperNova presents a remarkable ‘for VCs by VCs’ scale-up pitching track. As one of the organizers of SuperNova, Scale-Ups.eu – an ecosystem focused on accelerating the growth of European scale-ups – is curating this two-day “Best of Europe” deep pocket investor program, working exclusively with its internationally-recognized VC partners.
SuperNova positions its investor program as one of the most relevant later-stage investor events with a well-curated line-up of 50 pitching high-potential scale-ups from all over Europe. SuperNova aims to welcome 150+ international later-stage investors at its exclusive investor pitching track.
SuperNova has the ambition of becoming the most relevant growth venturing event in Europe. European scale-ups platform Scale-Ups.eu assessed hundreds of companies along with its partner VCs such as powerhouse Jerusalem Venture Partners, global VC Runa Capital, and European key players such as Idinvest, Fortino, Prime, HPE Growth, Columbia Lake, SmartfinCapital and Volta. In addition, SuperNova works closely with imec, Europe’s biggest and a world-leading R&D hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, to reach out to its wide tech network across Europe and its Russian counterpart, the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia’s leading innovation center.
“We have been working hard behind the scenes with our partner VCs to nominate a solid line-up of 50 high-growth ‘hidden gems’ from all across Europe. SuperNova’s investor track has become a powerful pan-European VC collaboration, with Scale-Ups.eu facilitating the collaboration among our partners VCs to nominate only the best of the best, top-tier companies. This way, we enable such a true deal flow catalyst.” says Bruno Vandegehuchte, Lead of SuperNova Investor Pitching Track from Scale-Ups.eu.
“The goal of SuperNova Investor Pitching program is to match international funding with successful European scale-ups that are ready to grow further. By bringing together growth-stage scale-ups and VCs & investors at SuperNova for two days, Scale-Ups.eu succeeds in squeezingtime and enabling growth for the key players in our ecosystem.” concludes Jurgen Ingels, founder of Scale-Ups.eu.
All companies selected have an annual recurring revenue of at least 3 million euros and an average annualized growth in employees or turnover that is far above 50%. Each growth company will have 10 minutes to pitch its solutions, results and ambitions. They will be represented by two senior profiles to have in-depth meetings with 150+ international ‘big fish’ later stage VCs such as 8 Roads, Accel, Columbia Lake Partners, Dawn, Fortino, Idinvest, Inven, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Partech, Prime, Runa Capital, Skolkovo Ventures, Sofina, Summit, Vitruvian, Volta, Xpand, and many more.
During the breaks, investors can invite scale-ups to 1-on-1 meetings to gain a deeper understanding of the investment opportunities. All investors will also receive a brochure containing company information and contact information to all pitching companies. SuperNova guarantees relevant introductions and offers all scale-ups and investors access to the conference track with leading insights from experts such as Ray Kurzweil, one of the world’s leading inventors and futurists, Seth Godin, global best-selling author and the founders of Shazam and Twitter, to name a few.
Unique scale-ups selection approach: for VCs by VCs
The 50 ’best of the best’ European growth companies are handpicked by the organizer Scale-Ups.eu and their internationally-recognized VC fund partners.
SuperNova’s selecting VCs include:
SuperNova also has the full support of Belgian Venture Capital Association (BVA) to warmly welcome international guest investors.
“JVP is proud to partner with SuperNova. SuperNova bridges all key players from the European tech scene with lots of exciting companies and key VCs. We are convinced that the delegation of Israeli tech scale-ups that will attend SuperNova will strengthen the business relationship of our regions. We’re looking forward.”says Uri Adoni, JVP Venture Partner.
Early bird investor passes are available until June 30.
Antwerp– Belgium-based tech festival SuperNova presents a remarkable ‘for VCs by VCs’ scale-up pitching track. As one of the organizers of SuperNova, Scale-Ups.eu – an ecosystem focused on accelerating the growth of European scale-ups – is curating this two-day “Best of Europe” deep pocket investor program, working exclusively with its internationally-recognized VC partners.
SuperNova positions its investor program as one of the most relevant later-stage investor events with a well-curated line-up of 50 pitching high-potential scale-ups from all over Europe. SuperNova aims to welcome 150+ international later-stage investors at its exclusive investor pitching track.
SuperNova has the ambition of becoming the most relevant growth venturing event in Europe. European scale-ups platform Scale-Ups.eu assessed hundreds of companies along with its partner VCs such as powerhouse Jerusalem Venture Partners, global VC Runa Capital, and European key players such as Idinvest, Fortino, Prime, HPE Growth, Columbia Lake, SmartfinCapital and Volta. In addition, SuperNova works closely with imec, Europe’s biggest and a world-leading R&D hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, to reach out to its wide tech network across Europe and its Russian counterpart, the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia’s leading innovation center.
“We have been working hard behind the scenes with our partner VCs to nominate a solid line-up of 50 high-growth ‘hidden gems’ from all across Europe. SuperNova’s investor track has become a powerful pan-European VC collaboration, with Scale-Ups.eu facilitating the collaboration among our partners VCs to nominate only the best of the best, top-tier companies. This way, we enable such a true deal flow catalyst.” says Bruno Vandegehuchte, Lead of SuperNova Investor Pitching Track from Scale-Ups.eu.
“The goal of SuperNova Investor Pitching program is to match international funding with successful European scale-ups that are ready to grow further. By bringing together growth-stage scale-ups and VCs & investors at SuperNova for two days, Scale-Ups.eu succeeds in squeezingtime and enabling growth for the key players in our ecosystem.” concludes Jurgen Ingels, founder of Scale-Ups.eu.
All companies selected have an annual recurring revenue of at least 3 million euros and an average annualized growth in employees or turnover that is far above 50%. Each growth company will have 10 minutes to pitch its solutions, results and ambitions. They will be represented by two senior profiles to have in-depth meetings with 150+ international ‘big fish’ later stage VCs such as 8 Roads, Accel, Columbia Lake Partners, Dawn, Fortino, Idinvest, Inven, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Partech, Prime, Runa Capital, Skolkovo Ventures, Sofina, Summit, Vitruvian, Volta, Xpand, and many more.
During the breaks, investors can invite scale-ups to 1-on-1 meetings to gain a deeper understanding of the investment opportunities. All investors will also receive a brochure containing company information and contact information to all pitching companies. SuperNova guarantees relevant introductions and offers all scale-ups and investors access to the conference track with leading insights from experts such as Ray Kurzweil, one of the world’s leading inventors and futurists, Seth Godin, global best-selling author and the founders of Shazam and Twitter, to name a few.
Unique scale-ups selection approach: for VCs by VCs
The 50 ’best of the best’ European growth companies are handpicked by the organizer Scale-Ups.eu and their internationally-recognized VC fund partners.
SuperNova’s selecting VCs include:
SuperNova also has the full support of Belgian Venture Capital Association (BVA) to warmly welcome international guest investors.
“JVP is proud to partner with SuperNova. SuperNova bridges all key players from the European tech scene with lots of exciting companies and key VCs. We are convinced that the delegation of Israeli tech scale-ups that will attend SuperNova will strengthen the business relationship of our regions. We’re looking forward.”says Uri Adoni, JVP Venture Partner.
Early bird investor passes are available until June 30.
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