Scale ups

What to expect from The Big Score in 2023?  

Track 1: 50 European Scale-ups
50 enterprise focused, expert curated, European scale-up solutions. This track is accessible for 2 day and full access ticketholders (investors, corporates and partners only). On each day we present 25 pitches LIVE on stage in MeetDistrict, Ghent. Throughout each day, you will have approx. 3 hours of break time, with 8 slots of 15min. to have live pre-scheduled one-on-one’s, to work or chill out a bit.  You will receive all growth & business intel, contact details and finale line-up/timing (printed in a handy booklet) on arrival.
The 50 scale-ups are clustered in themed pitching rounds. 

‍Track 2: : 50 Belgian Startups
A diversity of 50 Belgian elite (pre)seed startups. The 50 startups are clustered in 8 pitching rounds within Belgium’s most flourishing tech domains (mobility & logistics, AI, cleantech, smart products, health & wellbeing, cybersecurity, data, gaming). All pitches will be LIVE in 2 different pitching rooms in MeetDistrict, Ghent. Throughout the day, you will have approx. 3 hours of break time, with 8 slots of 15min. to have live pre-scheduled one-on-one’s, to work or chill out a bit.  Ticketholders will be mailed in advance with detailed schedules & networking tool registration.

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What about networking?  
Ticketholders will be able to register on The Big Score networking tool to create their networking profile. All attendees can browse participants and preschedule meetings, depending on your ticket type. Please be selective, respect engagements/timing and note this is the only way to target people.


Founder Testimonials
During breaks we offer a series of inspiring talks by succesful founders, sharing their wisdom and advice on everything entrepreneurship.
Talent Attraction
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presented by


Zhong Xu
Deliverect

Joris Van Der Gucht Silverfin
Cloudalize's Journey
towards internationalization
presented by


Benny Willen
Cloudalize
Women are afraid to take risks
presented by


Dewi Van De Vyver
EFFEX
Entrepreneurship and AI
presented by


Davio Larnout
Radix
The venue: MeetDistrict Ghent
MeetDistrict, offers a great working & living environment. At MeetDistrict, companies do not rent square meters. They engage for a second home that allows every employee and therefore the company as such to excel. The Big Score appreciates its abundant daylight, fresh air ventilation, spacious pitching arena and conference room to ensure a pleasant and deal productive environment. Moreover the dozens of sound-proofed meetboxes are tailored to host productive one-on-ones or to touch base with colleagues.
FOR INVESTORS
All VCs, debt providers, CVCs, tech investors, deep pocket angels … boost your deal flow with 100 high growth teams in two tracks: 50 nominated, high growth ‘elite’ European scale-ups (ARR>3M EUR) that will pitch their b2b, enterprise focused solutions live on the main stage. We provide all essential financial, team & growth intel in a deep dive booklet, and an easy tool to meet them during plenty of breaks.

50 very promising Belgian startups (MRR>5K EUR) will pitch a variety of solutions (enterprise saas, health, fintech, mobility, cleantech a.o.) in different niche-tracks, enriched with leadership sessions with the best field experts around.  The Belgian teams will present on the second pitching stage.

Forget packed mass events; (re)connect with peers and founders at our lovely venues, work focused in our discrete meeting rooms and enjoy haute cuisine and relaxed evening cocktails.

‍Reach out to us if you have question

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

FOR CORPORATES
Corporate innovators, transformation leaders, CTOs, CIOs, CDOs, Innovation Managers, … all corporate decision makers working on digital transition, advanced enterprise solutions or corporate venturing.

Discover on day one and two (8 & 9/11) 50 nominated, high growth ‘elite’ European scale-ups (ARR>3M EUR) with proven impactful enterprise solutions & impressive references, live from all Europe on our main stage. We provide all essential growth & solution intel in a deep dive booklet, and an easy tool to meet them during plenty of breaks.
On the second stage, 50 very promising Belgian startups (MRR>5K EUR), will pitch a variety of solutions (enterprise saas, health, fintech, mobility, cleantech a.o.) in different niche-tracks, enriched with leadership sessions with the best field expert around.

Forget packed mass events; (re)connect with peers at our lovely venues, meet and work focused in our discrete meeting rooms and enjoy haute cuisine and relaxed evening cocktails.
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‍Reach out to us if you have question.

"Impeccable, very well organized and a great opportunity to meet scaleups and as well big corporates with challenges to share" 
- Amanda Aurita Fernandes, Open Innovation Director, AB Inbev


FOR INVITED FOUNDERS
The Big Score welcomes exclusively assessed and nominated start- and scale-ups. To boost interest with investors & prospects, we kindly ask you to provide us with essential info & growth facts. This information will be published in The Big Score Booklet and will be distributed to attending investors and corporates.

Your live event pitch deck will be asked separately via email, mid-October (deadline October 14). All companies get 7 minutes to pitch live, so make sure to fit your presentation accordingly. The audience is composed of 60% investors/VCs (who focus on traction, financials and growth facts and if possible info on the next funding round in terms of size and timing) and 40% corporates (who like to understand your solution and references/use cases).

Remember that during the prescheduled one-on-ones you can disclose more confidential information & details in full discretion.
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For any questions on the above, contact us.

“The Big Score didn’t just give us the opportunity to get in touch with investors, introductions with corporates resulted in concrete follow-up with them to try-out our technology”