Watch our live video replay, “Supernova Demo Day.

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

"maintained my sanity.”
"landed our whale customer.”
"scored our lead investor.”
"scaled faster than I dreamed.”
"had the right people in my corner."
"exited at higher multiples.”
"massively impacted humanity."
"manifested my dream."
"found my freedom."
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We invest, advise and mentor Scaleups

Supernova has a successful track record scaling growth-stage companies to unicorns and beyond.

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We are a private community of 150+ exited founders who back world-changing companies for stellar growth and impact. ✨

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Scaleups Chosen Yearly

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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

JT Marino

CEO & Co-founder

Tuft & Needle. YPO Forum Member

Supernova is a quantum leap in expert guidance for growth-stage companies.

Lindsay Nahmiache

Lindsay Nahmiache

CEO & Founder

Jive (Exited)

Supernova scales startups into unicorns. They advise me and I help others via them.

Ben Lamm

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

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

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

Jonathan Shambroom

COO

Healthy Young Minds

As a 2x founder, Supernova is a no-brainer. Stack your team with exited founders!

Abhishek Anand

Abhishek Anand

CEO & Founder

Parkqulility

Supernova is now how I transfer my wisdom to builders of a better world.

Tim Chang

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

Gary Moon

Managing Partner (Exited Founder)

Nfluence Partners

I've received a ton of value. Supernova delivers what others advertise.

Chanddeep Madaan

Chanddeep Madaan

CEO & Founder

Aya Mastercard

I was skeptic. Supernova proved me wrong - got hands-on to 3x company sales!

Patrick Hilsbos

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.

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"We help companies achieve their missions, faster."

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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.

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Success is the right relationships

Best-in-class mentorship and advisory optimizes your time, money, equity and outcomes.

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Apply

We accept 12 startups each year to Supernova.

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Assemble

We match you with exited founders who back you.

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Activate

We manage your advisors as one all-star team.

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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

01 - Apply 👩‍💻
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02 - Assemble 🫶
03 - Accelerate ✨
04 - Achieve 🎯
05 - Award 🏆

“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.

Kathryn Fantauzzi

CEO & Founder Read Case Study
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Kathryn Fantauzzi

CEO & Founder
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First vibration therapy system clinically proven to lower stress 🧘🏻‍♀️. ($30MM+ Series A)
Read Case Study
Roberto Salcedo

Roberto Salcedo

CEO & Founder
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Smart micro financing for everyone 💵. (Bootstrapped to $110MM+ ARR)
Ben Lamm

Ben Lamm

CEO & Founder
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World’s first de-extinction company 🦄 ($150MM+ Series B)
Paul Graf

Paul Graf

CEO & Founder
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Personalized online therapy for kids and teens 🙋🏻 (Series A)

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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Supernova Community Events 🌐

Watch this video (replay) to hear from CEO's of three Supernova portfolio companies

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Our vision all-stars team up with companies changing the world to achieve their missions, faster.

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Our mission accelerate the realization of the founder's vision – from the only perspective that truly understands, as founders ourselves.

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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.✨

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Scaleups

Are you a founder of a bootstrapped or VC-backed Scaleup (minimum $5MM Revenues)?

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Exited Founders

Are you an exited founder ready to join forces to get stellar results in one thriving portfolio?

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Investors

Are you an investor ready to share deal flow and supercharge your portfolio growth and impact?

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