Join Forces with Exited Founders Who've Built, Scaled & Sold
Now It's Your Turn
You're Not Just Building a Business —You're Changing the World.
Let's Make Both Happen Faster, Together. 🚀
- We back top founders 💛 to scale growth & impact:
Are you ready to go Supernova?
We are 250+ exited founders joining forces as tiger teams, mentors, advisors, and investors in world-changing companies.
By sharing our collective wisdom, resources, & networks, we create oversized outcomes—together.✨
Are you a Scaleup? Apply for Supernova
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An Invitation to Top Founders—
Ready to Play a Greater Game?
What if exited founders teamed up with companies changing the world to achieve their missions, faster?
Scaling a startup is a game of high-stakes decisions. Every move counts — and having the right investors, mentors, and advisors can be the difference between success and failure.
At Supernova, we don’t fck around. We don’t just invest or advise—we activate. We are 250+ exited founders who have been in your shoes, scaled companies to zebras, unicorns, and decacorns, and know what it takes to win the game.
We don't sit on the sidelines—we get in the game with you. Savage execution. We only back founders on a mission to build thriving businesses that make a real difference.
If that sounds like you, apply now, and let’s see if we’re a fit.
"They advise me. I advise others. That's the Supernova effect! When exited founders team up results happen faster."
Ben Lamm (6x Exited Founder)
CEO & Co-founder of Colossal
($200M Series C: $10B Valuation)
Success is the right relationships
Get the founder support you need to scale your company to oversized growth and impact.
1
Apply
Upload your pitch deck to see if you qualify for Supernova.
2
Scorecard
Get your free founder scorecard to see where you measure up and unlock access to Supernova.
3
Matching
We match you with vetted exited founders for complimentary call(s) to problem solve and seize opportunities.
4
Advisory
You add one exited founder to your team to hit key milestones and sign a STAR (Short-Term Advisory Relationship) agreement.
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Funding
We invest $100-500K in 10-12 world-changing companies yearly and provide them with a tiger team of exited founders.
✨ Upload Your Deck ✨
Ready to scale? Apply now to become one of the few companies we back each year.
How it works
"Successful founders know the real secret:
it’s all about having the right relationships.”
Barry Stamos, CEO & Co-founder SUPERNOVA
Apply by uploading your pitch deck.
We review your deck and send you a custom scorecard with feedback from exited founders.
You may receive complimentary call(s) with vetted exited founders who can address your biggest challenges or opportunities.
You start with one superstar exited founder as your mentor/advisor under our STAR (Short-Term Advisory Relationship) agreement.
We invest $100K-$500K checks in 10-12 world-changing companies each year and back them with a tiger team of exited founders.
"Successful founders know the real secret:
it’s all about having the right relationships.”
Barry Stamos, CEO & Co-founder SUPERNOVA
What they are saying
What's possible 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 advisory support for growth-stage companies.
Lindsay Nahmiache
CEO & Founder
Jive (Exited)
Supernova scales startups successfully! They advise me, and I help others via them.
Ben Lamm
CEO & Co-founder (6x Exits)
Colossal ($200M Series C: $10B Valuation)
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. Supernova fills this gap! Exited founders get hands-on for speed-to-value.
ANSWER: SUPERNOVA
Supernova's exited founders significantly improve success rates of Scaleups ($5MM to $100MM+) that go the distance. We’ve built, scaled, and exited—now it's your turn. Big exits. Bigger impact. Let’s build something legendary—together. ⭐
"Skip the guesswork. Learn from successfully exited founders who’ve already played—and won—the game."
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.
Portfolio 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
We Are Exited Founders
Over 250+ exited founders ready to serve your company needs as all-star teams.
We orbit around your needs as mentors, advisors, coaches, interim executives and hands-on operators.
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TechnologyLearn From Our Portfolio Companies 🌐
Watch this video (replay) to hear from CEO's of three Supernova portfolio companies
Our vision is to guide the world's brightest founders and scale their dreams into a supernova of impact.
Our mission is to collaborate with world-changing companies to achieve their missions, faster.
Our purpose is to accelerate the realization of the founder’s vision - from the only perspective that truly understands, as founders ourselves.
We are a conscious cooperative of founders invested in each other’s success
Let's Build Together
We believe in a more collaborative world ✨
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.
Why Supernova Exists
Founders build the future they wish to see. They free us from our past by disrupting trillion-dollar industries. They are powerful creators or destroyers. They don’t have all the answers. They let few in their inner circle to influence decisions. Decisions that make or break realities and relationships.
Like our ancestors, it’s time they look to the stars to successfully navigate the hero’s journey. The dark side of startup life is no joke. And, founders no longer have to do it all alone. At Supernova, our purpose is to be guiding lights. Shining brighter together as we team up together as all-star teams backing founders dreams to accelerate key milestones and create a supernova of oversized impact on the world. ⭐
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