Boost your deal flow

The Big Score is focused on squeezing time and accelerating interaction between three essential tech branches: high growth data tech solutions, international venture capital and corporate innovation sourcing.With live pitches of European innovative startups in front of international VCs and corporates, The Big Score aims to match and facilitate new deals. Our guests can pre-schedule meetings and can address attendees directly in case of completed meeting schedules. Thanks to our invitation only policy and premium environment we offer two full days of SCORING BIG!

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European Scale-up Pitches

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BELGIAN STARTUPS & TALENT

LIVE
One-on-One Meetings

Who will you meet
at The Big Score?

startups & Scaleups

Investors

Corporates

"The Big Score is an event you do not afford to miss especially if you are fundraising or looking for partnerships to expand your business. In these three days, we had some very interesting talks with VCs, corporates, and potential partners."

- Noman Ahmed, Founder & CEO

“Very well organized and tailored to be productive for investors”

- Vincent Gregoir, Inven Capital

“They do everything so that both entrepreneurs and VCs make the most out of their 2 days!”

- Chloé Giard, Idinvest

Want to know which profiles & countries are represented? Ask us.

PREVIOUS EDITIONS

2023 – November 8 & 9
at MeetDistrict Ghent, Belgium

17 different nationalities present, all relevant profiles

100 pitches: 50 European scale-ups, 50 Belgian startups

400+ tech investors, corporates & pitching founders

1600+ prescheduled one-on-ones between founders, corporates & investors

2022 – November 15, 16 & 17
at MeetDistrict Ghent, Belgium

17 different nationalities present, all relevant profiles

80 pitches of best in class tech scale-ups

600+ tech investors, corporates & pitching founders

A record 1820+ prescheduled one-on-ones between founders, corporates & investors

2021 – November 30, December 1 & 2
at MeetDistrict Ghent, Belgium

18 different nationalities of international investors, founders & corporate innovators boosting deals

28 super prospects present their most pressing operational challenges

37 pitches of best in class B2B European tech scale-ups

450+ attending investors, corporates, startups, scale-ups, ...

1500+ dedicated one-on-one meetings with founders, corporate buyers & investors

2020 – December 1, 2 & 3 at MeetDistrict Ghent, Belgium

25 super prospect challenges
50 best in class startup & scale-uppitches
200+ attending startups & scale-ups
200+ international VCs & corporate buyers
1580+ prescheduled one-on-one meetings

"Meaningfull & very well curated"

- Lilian Li, EightRoads

“Really like the format of the The Big Score and corporate challenges presented to start ups. We had great conversations on possible solutions."

- Stuart Askew, P&G

- Noman Ahmed, Founder & CEO

2019 – October 21, 22 & 23 at MeetDistrict Ghent, Belgium

25 Best of Belgian Tech Startups
50 Hottest European Innovative Scale-Ups
300+ International VCs & Corporates
1.368 Scheduled Meetings

“Great organization and support on all fronts”

- Tatjana Kast, OnePeak Capital

“The best event in the Benelux to meet international VCs.”

- Frank Maene, MP Volta Ventures

“We had the eyes and ears of some of the best VCs in the world, our pitch led to 45 one-on-one meetings and a full calendar of follow-up meetings.”

– Tim Dierckxsens, CEO Arkane Network

“Great event, well organized and very insightfull!”

– Raphael Nejman, COO Terralab Ventures

2018

25 Best of Belgian Tech Startups
50 Hottest European Innovative Scale-Ups
300+ International VCs & Corporates
1.368 Scheduled Meetings

“I was really impressed. All the key players in the ecosystem were there. The organization was spotless, very impressive!”

– Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner Accel

“I want to congratulate the whole team for organizing such interesting event. It’s really a touchdown for this first run. Look forward to see you next year with some of Expon's scaleups.”

– Mark Gendebien, Founding Partner

“I was tremendously impressed, both by the quality of the pitching start-ups and by the organization and set-up.”

– Thibault Thevissen, Associate Director

“SuperNova presented an international and very qualitative group on both investor and entrepreneur side. Scale-Ups.eu delivered an impactful growth VC event, from introductions to the booklet, and an impressive level of hospitality. We look forward partnering in future years.”

– Roel De Hoop, Partner

EVENT ORGANISER

Startups.be & Scale-Ups.eu joined forces in 2018 to solidify our offering for the Belgian tech ecosystem at large. Together, we are the one-stop shop for tech entrepreneurship. We pride ourselves in being the leading growth platform in Belgium that connects most promising startups and scale-ups with our network of deep pocket investors, corporate buyers, global partners and relevant stakeholders to fast track innovation and collaboration with high-tech companies.

We enable startups and scale-ups to squeeze time in their lifecycle and grow faster.
We create high-quality business networking events for inspiration and matchmaking.
We facilitate open innovation between startups/scale-ups and large corporates.

The Big Score, The Big Squeeze, SuperNova and our Go Global missions are only a glimpse of what we are famous for!

Startups.be | Scale-Ups.eu is the top-of-mind-time squeezer for tech startups and scale-ups.