Five-day annual conference and structured meeting event held each June in Berlin, bringing together institutional LPs, private equity and infrastructure GPs, placement agents, and service providers from more than 80 countries for fundraising conversations, 1:1 meetings, and strategy sessions across private capital.
SuperReturn International is an annual private capital conference held in Berlin, organised by Informa Connect, a commercial publishing and events operator. It brings together general partners, institutional limited partners, placement agents, and service providers across private equity, infrastructure, and alternative investments. The event operates across five days, preceded by specialist summit days, with the structured 1:1 meeting programme as a central feature of the format. Its creation year is not publicly documented.
The 2026 edition runs from Monday 8 June to Friday 12 June at the InterContinental Hotel Berlin on Budapester Straße. Specialist summit days take place in advance of the main conference programme, allowing strategy-specific audiences to convene before the broader field assembles. No edition theme has been announced as of verification. The five-day run represents one of the longer continuous formats on the EMEA private capital calendar.
SuperReturn International occupies a distinct position in the EMEA circuit: a June slot that follows the spring cluster of strategy-specific events and precedes the summer pause before the dense autumn season in Paris and Amsterdam. Berlin in early June draws international delegates before summer travel schedules fragment institutional availability. The format's length and the volume of attendees make it, within the circuit, one of the highest-density meeting environments outside the Cannes winter openings.
Scale and breadth define the event's differentiation from its peers. Where most EMEA private capital events concentrate on a single strategy, a defined LP geography, or a capped attendance model, SuperReturn International aggregates across strategies and geographies simultaneously. According to the organiser, more than 6,000 senior decision-makers from over 80 countries have attended, with self-reported LP representation spanning pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurers. The presence of named GPs including KKR, Blackstone, CVC, Ares, EQT, Thoma Bravo, Carlyle, General Atlantic, Silver Lake, Goldman Sachs, Bain Capital, Vista, and Brookfield signals the concentration of senior fund management representation.
The total number of stages, the names of individual summit days, and the breakdown of sessions by track are not publicly documented as of verification.
The structured meeting infrastructure centres on the SuperReturn 1:1 platform, which allows registered delegates to schedule bilateral meetings before the conference begins. This pre-event scheduling capability is particularly relevant for LPs and GPs who arrive in Berlin with a full diary of targeted conversations rather than relying solely on floor encounters. The system serves placement agents and GPs in fundraising mode, as well as LPs conducting manager due diligence across multiple strategies in a compressed timeframe.
The five-day duration, combined with specialist summit days in the days before the main programme, materially extends the available meeting window beyond what a two or three-day event can offer. Evening receptions and networking lunches add informal touchpoints around the formal schedule. Specific data on total 1:1 meetings conducted or the platform's booking volumes are not disclosed.
Self-reported by organiser
| Total delegates (self-reported) | 3,500+ |
| Senior decision-makers (self-reported) | 6,000+ |
| LPs represented (self-reported) | 2,000+ |
| GPs represented (self-reported) | 3,000+ |
| Cumulative LP AUM represented (self-reported) | USD 50 trillion+ |
| Countries represented (self-reported) | 80+ |
| Speakers (self-reported) | 500+ |
Note: the figures above are drawn from organiser self-reporting across multiple editions and may not all correspond to a single edition year. Visitor counts for individual prior editions are not separately disclosed in available documentation.
SuperReturn International is a large-scale annual conference and structured meeting event for senior professionals in private capital. Its primary constituency is institutional LPs allocating to private funds, and GPs raising capital or managing existing LP relationships. Placement agents, advisers, and service providers attend in significant numbers. The format combines a public conference programme with a pre-scheduled 1:1 meeting system, so it functions simultaneously as a knowledge-exchange event and a capital formation venue.
According to the organiser, the event draws more than 2,000 LPs and more than 3,000 GPs, with senior decision-makers totalling over 6,000 from more than 80 countries. The LP base self-reportedly represents a cumulative USD 50 trillion in assets under management. Qualified institutional LPs, including pension funds, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds, can apply for complimentary passes through a process managed by the organiser. GP delegates pay a delegate fee.
Five cases where the event is a poor fit. First, emerging or sub-scale GPs raising sub-USD 200 million funds: the delegate cost and the competitive noise of a 3,500-plus delegate event make it difficult to achieve sufficient LP face time relative to more targeted, smaller forums. Second, LPs focused exclusively on a single narrow strategy or geography: the breadth of the event means depth in any one area is diluted, and strategy-specific summits elsewhere on the circuit offer a more concentrated peer group. Third, professionals seeking a passive conference experience: the event's value proposition depends on active use of the 1:1 system, pre-scheduling meetings, and working the five-day schedule; delegates who attend primarily for the keynote programme will not extract proportionate value relative to cost and time. Fourth, non-institutional family offices or private wealth allocators without a formal alternatives allocation programme: the LP qualification process and the dominant institutional tone are calibrated to large formal allocators. Fifth, professionals based entirely outside the private equity and alternative asset management industry: the programme and meeting system assume familiarity with fund structures, capital calls, and LP-GP relationship dynamics.
The event covers private equity broadly, infrastructure, and alternative investments. Named GP participants include firms active across buyout, growth equity, venture, credit, and infrastructure. The specialist summit days preceding the main conference may address specific sub-strategies, though their names and formats are not publicly disclosed as of verification. No single strategy dominates; the event is explicitly generalist in its coverage.
The InterContinental Hotel Berlin sits on Budapester Straße in the Tiergarten district, adjacent to the Zoologischer Garten station and within close proximity to the Kurfürstendamm. The property is a full-service conference hotel, with multiple ballrooms and breakout spaces capable of accommodating the scale of a 3,500-plus delegate event across five days. Its central location within Berlin's western city core makes it accessible from major international airports and from the concentration of hotel stock used by out-of-town delegates. The combination of large plenary spaces, breakout rooms, and hotel accommodation on site supports the side-event and evening reception format that extends the formal programme into the evenings.
Informa Connect is a division of Informa plc, a London-listed commercial information services and events group. It operates as a commercial publisher and event organiser across multiple professional sectors, with the SuperReturn brand representing its private capital events portfolio. The SuperReturn series extends beyond the Berlin flagship to include geographically and strategically focused variants covering North America, Asia, and specialist segments such as infrastructure, growth equity, and private credit. Informa Connect's creation year and the size of its full event portfolio are not publicly documented in available sources. Its organiser country is listed as Germany in the context of this event, reflecting the primary operational base for the Berlin edition.
SuperReturn International functions as the annual census of European private capital: too broad for strategy specialists seeking depth, but irreplaceable for institutional actors who need density, geographic coverage, and the ability to conduct a full season's worth of LP-GP meetings inside a single five-day Berlin window.
GP delegates and service providers pay a delegate fee to attend. A standard SuperReturn International delegate pass is in the range of GBP 6,000 to 8,000, with a reduction of approximately GBP 700 available when specialist summit days are booked together with the main conference. These figures are approximate and sourced from available public materials; confirmed delegate pricing for the 2026 edition has not been formally disclosed by the organiser as of verification. Qualified institutional LPs, specifically pension funds, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds, can apply for a limited number of complimentary passes through an application process managed by the organiser. Registration is handled through the official event page at Informa Connect.
Institutional LPs, including pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds, can apply for complimentary passes through a qualification process run by Informa Connect. The number of complimentary passes is described as limited. The application process is managed via the official event website. Specific eligibility criteria and the volume of complimentary places available for the 2026 edition are not publicly documented.
The SuperReturn 1:1 platform is the pre-event matchmaking system that allows registered delegates to schedule bilateral meetings before arriving in Berlin. It enables GPs and LPs to identify and request meetings in advance, so the five-day on-site schedule can be structured around confirmed appointments rather than ad hoc encounters. The platform's opening date relative to the June 2026 conference, and any associated scheduling deadlines, are not disclosed in available public materials.
The InterContinental Hotel Berlin is at Budapester Straße 2, 10787 Berlin. The hotel is a short walk from Zoologischer Garten station, which is served by S-Bahn and regional rail connections. Berlin Brandenburg International Airport connects to the city centre by regional rail in approximately 30 minutes. No official delegate transport arrangements or hotel room block details are publicly documented for the 2026 edition.
The event operates on an open registration model. Any professional meeting the delegate criteria can register and pay to attend. The LP complimentary pass programme involves a separate qualification process, but GP delegates, placement agents, and service providers register directly through the organiser's website without an invitation requirement.
| Official website | https://informaconnect.com/superreturn-international/ |
| https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/superreturn/ | |
| X | https://x.com/superreturn |
| Register | https://informaconnect.com/superreturn-international/ |
| Programme | not disclosed |