For years, product teams have grappled with severe constraints: a lack of resources, which prevent them from tackling all their goals, endless back-and-forth and the attendant delays and miscommunication. Other issues are mountains of documentation that take hours to create and maintain yet inevitably drift out of sync, and the constant challenge of crafting persuasive business cases to sell ideas to management and stakeholders. Emerging trends like vibe-coding offer some relief, but so far, none integrate to support an entire product development team’s needs without upending established processes.
“We are proud to work together with Supernova, a company poised to define the future of product development. They have a unique knowledge architecture that unifies design systems and code into a rich, comprehensive arsenal. This foundation is the key to creating an AI-powered platform that goes beyond prototyping, revolutionizing the entire product development lifecycle. Our investment is also a strategic partnership to help Supernova develop Asian market opportunities through Taiwan,” says David Weng, CEO of Taiwania Capital.
Supernova tackles these issues head-on. Portal is built on its systems that unify design and code, offering a vibe-coding tool that extends beyond competitors like Lovable and v0, which focus on prototyping. Instead, Portal covers the full product lifecycle without workflow disruptions. For instance, it lets one person rapidly build detailed prototypes ready for handoff, assign AI agents for instant product specification updates, auto-create documentation, or generate stakeholder-tailored business cases. In all cases, output will beconsistent with materials and assets created in the past.
“As an engineer and product leader who’s spent years in the trenches building and shipping products, I’ve seen firsthand how these bottlenecks bring teams to a halt. That’s why we’re launching this new product—to give individuals the power to ship like an entire team and enable full teams to push 10x faster, so they can focus on creating exceptional products rather than getting bogged down,” says Jiří Třečák, founder and CEO of Supernova.
Supernova Portal redefines the product development lifecycle by embedding AI agents that handle everything from ideation to coding, all while integrating with existing tools and design systems. With Supernova, teams get (1) End-to-end product assistance – draft product requirements, ideate and create prototypes, turn them into compelling business cases, or integrate to codebase with one click, (2) Agent-driven collaboration – Slack-style chats to assign AI agents tasks like updating PRDs, syncing docs, or resolving inconsistencies across various aspects of product development in real time, (3) Tool integrations – connecting directly with Figma, GitHub, VSCode, and more to pull in assets without ever changing workflows, and (4) High-fidelity outputs – leverage design systems to create prototypes, code, and docs that match your team’s standards exactly.
Over the past years, Supernova has successfully expanded into the United States, adding customers such as Mozilla, KLM, Air France, Paramount, Kraft Heinz, Skyscanner, and LaunchDarkly. Today, the platform is used by more than 400 companies worldwide, with over half of them in the enterprise segment.
“Supernova is doing for product development what Figma did for design: giving teams a single place to collaborate and move fast. The trust of such a significant number of international enterprises proves the strength of their vision. CEE has a track record of producing founders who pair deep technical expertise with sharp commercial instincts, and Supernova is one of the most exciting examples of that,” says Tomáš Obrtáč, General Partner of KAYA VC.
Beyond evolving its product, Supernova is also scaling its presence internationally. The new investment round, led by Taiwania Capital, reflects this focus: the fund brings expertise in opening doors to Asian markets. The investment was further supported by J&T Ventures, Reflex Capital, Kaya, Credo Ventures, EQT Ventures, Wing VC and Y Combinator.
“We invested in Supernova because it tackles one of the most painful and costly gaps in product development-design-to-code translation, especially in legacy systems. By automating routine design changes, Supernova frees up engineering teams to focus on high-value work, while scaling both team efficiency and client impact,” says David Polách, General Partner of J&T Ventures.
“This investment is another important step on our journey. It confirms that our mission to help product teams work more effectively matters, and that we have partners who believe in us and want to be part of our growth. It’s a great boost for the next phase,” says Třečák.
The funding will also support hiring. While many colleagues work remotely, having a Prague office will strengthen Supernova’s product development team. Supernova is also building new marketing support to help users adopt the platform more easily.
Supernova’s journey started in 2018 as a design-to-code tool. In 2019, it became the first Czech startup accepted into the prestigious Y Combinator program, which opened the door to the U.S. market and its first global customers. Seven years later, Supernova has evolved into a fully fledged product development ecosystem developed by a 30-person international team across Europe and the U.S.
