Scale With Exited Founders
Scaling your startup is hard, but it doesn't have to be. Team up with exited founders who back you for shared success. ⭐
Without my advisors, I wouldn’t have
- We 🤍 Scaleups
We invest, advise and mentor Scaleups
Supernova has a successful track record scaling growth-stage companies to unicorns and beyond.
We are a private community of 150+ exited founders who back world-changing companies for stellar growth and impact. ✨
Are you a Scaleup? Apply for Supernova
Scaleups Chosen Yearly
Exited Founders
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Exit Value ($ Billion)
What they are saying
The WOW factor is real when exited founders combine their superpowers.
My advisors helped us bootstrap to $250MM ARR and merge (big exit).
JT Marino
CEO & Co-founder
Tuft & Needle. YPO Forum Member
Supernova is a quantum leap in expert guidance for growth-stage companies.
Lindsay Nahmiache
CEO & Founder
Jive (Exited)
Supernova scales startups into unicorns. They advise me and I help others via them.
Ben Lamm
CEO & Co-founder (6x Exits)
Colossal Biosciences ($150M Series B)
Scaling a company is hard AF. Supernova by my side is a game-changer!
Kathryn Fantauzzi
CEO & Founder
Apollo Nuero ($30M Series A)
I recommend Supernova to my investments because I know they're a force multiplier.
Daniel Dubois
Founder of Key (2x Exited Founder)
Founder of EO & YPO Angels & Partner at Side Door Ventures ($100M Fund)
I joined the portfolio company I advised via Supernova (startup veteran: 9 of 11 Exits).
Jonathan Shambroom
COO
Healthy Young Minds
As a 2x founder, Supernova is a no-brainer. Stack your team with exited founders!
Abhishek Anand
CEO & Founder
Parkqulility
Supernova is now how I transfer my wisdom to builders of a better world.
Tim Chang
Founding Partner (2x named Midas List)
Mayfield VC ($3B under management)
Supernova is a growth-stage Y-Combinator with YPO groups that scale companies.
Gary Moon
Managing Partner (Exited Founder)
Nfluence Partners
I've received a ton of value. Supernova delivers what others advertise.
Chanddeep Madaan
CEO & Founder
Aya Mastercard
I was skeptic. Supernova proved me wrong - got hands-on to 3x company sales!
Patrick Hilsbos
CEO & Founder
Neuromore
QUESTION: WHO HAS YOUR BACK AFTER DEMO DAY?
Scaleups succeed or fail based on hitting timely milestones. Many get stuck bridging capital rounds (Series A to C) or burn out before achieving a sizeable exit, IPO, or market leadership. Meanwhile, 97% of VCs claim they are 'value added' investors. Only 31% of Founders agree. Even those backed by elite VCs want more output from them overall.
ANSWER: SUPERNOVA
Supernova is a smart capital impact fund run by 150+ exited founders teaming up to significantly improve success rates of Scaleups ($5MM to $100MM+) that go the distance.
"We help companies achieve their missions, faster."
Christopher Staley
CO-FOUNDER OF SUPERNOVA
We Help You Make Million Dollar Decisions
Wisdom Makes A Difference
With a 90+ Net Promoter Score (NPS) Supernova is the highest rated advisory-as-a-service for Scaleups.
Success is the right relationships
Best-in-class mentorship and advisory optimizes your time, money, equity and outcomes.
1
Apply
We accept 12 startups each year to Supernova.
2
Assemble
We match you with exited founders who back you.
3
Activate
We manage your advisors as one all-star team.
4
Achieve
We hold your advisors to higher levels of excellence.
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Award
We earn equity based on merit for shared success.
How it works
Apply to be one of twelve companies chosen to join our portfolio, yearly.
We back you with a team of successfully exited founders who transfer their collective wisdom, experience, resources, and networks.
We accelerate speed-to-value by installing elite talent, methods, systems, and technology to derisk and game success.
We are all-in on achieving your company's next major milestone with a shared upside in your outcomes.
We award equity and cash incentives to our exited founders based on performance vs vesting guarantees.
“Every leader knows the secret to success is being in the right relationships.”
Barry Stamos, CEO & Co-founder SUPERNOVA
Portfolio Spotlight: Rising Stars
We proudly back world-changing companies driving a better future forward.
Roberto Salcedo
CEO & Founder
Ben Lamm
CEO & Founder
Paul Graf
CEO & Founder
Exited Founder Community
Over 150+ exited founders ready to serve your company as all-star teams.
We orbit around your needs as operating advisors, mentors, coaches and interim talent.
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Our vision all-stars team up with companies changing the world to achieve their missions, faster.
Our mission accelerate the realization of the founder's vision – from the only perspective that truly understands, as founders ourselves.
Our purpose unite and ignite the world's most powerful creators to combine superpowers for stellar results and impact.
We are a conscious cooperative of founders invested in each other’s success
Join our Community
We are aligning the stars to shine brighter together as constellations.✨
Scaleups
Are you a founder of a bootstrapped or VC-backed Scaleup (minimum $5MM Revenues)?
Exited Founders
Are you an exited founder ready to join forces to get stellar results in one thriving portfolio?
Investors
Are you an investor ready to share deal flow and supercharge your portfolio growth and impact?
Don’t fit into any of these categories, but still want to work together? Contact us here to contact with us.
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