SuperReturn International 2026

SuperReturn International is the flagship event of the global private capital calendar — five days in Berlin that bring together more than 5,500 attendees, including roughly 2,500 limited partners and 2,000 general partners, from every major private equity firm and institutional allocator on earth. Produced by Informa Connect at the InterContinental Hotel Berlin, the conference is large enough that sub-conferences run in parallel on venture capital, energy transition, tech sovereignty and emerging markets, all sharing the same delegate base.

The agenda spans every dimension of private equity: mid-market and mega-cap buyout, growth equity, secondaries (LP-led and GP-led), continuation funds, private credit crossover strategies, real assets, fund-of-funds and emerging managers. LP-only programming runs in private rooms alongside the main agenda; GP-LP one-to-one meetings dominate the schedule. The keynote stage attracts the names that move private markets — bank CEOs, sovereign wealth fund CIOs, the largest GP founders — but the event's real value lies in the density of allocator meetings achievable across five concentrated days.

For LPs, SuperReturn International is the single most efficient venue in the world for re-up conversations, manager scouting and peer benchmarking. The conference structures dedicated LP-only sessions on portfolio construction, pacing, manager selection and the practical implications of regulatory shifts across European, North American and Asian institutional pools.

For GPs, it is the moment of the fundraising year. Whether mid-cycle, pre-marketing or in market, attendance is essentially required for any GP raising globally. The fundraising calendar around Berlin determines pipeline visibility for the back half of the year.

The Berlin choice reflects the conference's European institutional anchor — German, Nordic, Dutch and Swiss LPs travel in volume — but the event has become genuinely global, with strong North American, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American participation.

CIOs, heads of private markets, fund-of-funds principals, pension and sovereign wealth allocators, family offices, plus general partners across PE, VC, growth, secondaries, infrastructure and credit. Roughly even split between North American, European and Asian institutional capital, with a meaningful Middle Eastern and Latin American contingent.

If a private capital allocator can attend only one event per year, this is the one. The combination of five-day duration, concentrated LP-GP one-to-ones, parallel asset-class tracks and the sheer density of decision-makers makes SuperReturn International structurally different from every other event on the calendar.

For mid-market and large-cap GPs, the next twelve months of fundraising progression often hinges on the relationships built or extended across these five days in Berlin.