Unicorns
For founders of €1B+ companies
A closed table for founders of unicorn-stage companies. Late-stage governance, secondaries, exits, the post-PMF leadership job.
8 members
Circles. Eight peers. Same room. Quarter after quarter.
Our premium offering. Small groups, meeting repeatedly, going deep. Eight people with common ground — similar roles, stages, and challenges — working through real problems together. Not lectures. Not panels. Peer advisory.
No 01 · What to expect
Six things every circle
actually delivers.
Same eight people, same room, four times a year. The format barely changes — but the conversations get sharper every quarter.
01
Meet on a regular basis
Connect with your circle consistently throughout the year. Structured sessions that create ongoing momentum and lasting progress.
02
Bring your scaling challenges
Share the real obstacles. Every session is dedicated to solving the problems that keep you up at night.
03
Get tough love
Honest, direct feedback from peers who care about your success. No sugar-coating — just the insights you need.
04
Facilitated sessions
Expert facilitators guide every conversation. Everyone gets heard, discussions stay productive, you leave with next steps.
05
Confidential space
What's shared in the circle stays in the circle. Your vulnerabilities, strategies, and challenges are protected.
06
Build lasting friendships
Deep connections with peers who understand your journey. Often your most valuable personal and professional network.
No 02 · Upcoming circles
Pick the room you'd actually
show up for.
14 cohorts in total. 11 running today, 3 more in planning — across stages, sectors, and senior-leader functions. All hosted in Amsterdam.
AI Native [Early]
For founders & CEOs
Scale AI-native companies with fellow founders — model selection, data infra, product differentiation, GTM. Peers building at the frontier.
6 members
B2C [Growth]
For founders & CEOs
Scale what's working — retention, paid efficiency, pricing, new markets. Growth-stage B2C founders comparing real numbers.
7 members
B2B x AI [Early]
For founders & CEOs
Sales processes, pricing, closing first customers, early-stage fundraising — with an AI-native edge. Peers who get it.
Forming
Join waiting list Future of Food [Deeptech]
For founders & CEOs
Supply chain complexity, farmer adoption, pilot customers, niche funding. Agriculture and food systems.
Forming
Join waiting list B2B [Growth]
For founders & CEOs
Sales processes, pricing strategies, closing first customers, early-stage fundraising. Peers who get it.
Forming
Join waiting list Medtech
For HealthTech & MedTech founders
Regulatory navigation, long sales cycles, clinical validation, healthcare partnerships.
Forming
Join waiting list B2C [Early]
For founders & CEOs
Validate product-market fit, user acquisition, monetisation. Peers proving concepts in competitive markets.
Forming
Join waiting list Finance Leaders
For CFOs & VP/Head of Finance
Capital planning, investor relations, financial operations, business performance.
Register interestGo-to-Market Leaders
For CMOs & VP/Head of Marketing
Channel strategy, brand positioning, demand generation, high-performing teams.
Register interestHR/People Leaders
For CHROs & VP/Head of HR
Talent acquisition, team development, culture, compensation, organisational transformation.
Register interestOperation Leaders
For COOs & VP/Head of Operations
AI implementation, process design, systems integration, cross-functional coordination.
Forming
Join waiting list Tech Leaders
For CTOs & VP/Head of Engineering
System architecture, team scaling, technical strategy, organisational design.
Forming
Join waiting list Product Leaders
For CPOs & VP/Head of Product
Roadmap prioritisation, scaling teams, stakeholder management, technical debt balance.
Forming
Join waiting list No 03 · A session, hour by hour
What an actual session
looks like.
Every circle runs a slightly different format. This is the spine, refined across hundreds of sessions.
14:30 – 14:45
Walk & check in
Fifteen minutes. The point is to land in the room, not to perform.
14:45 – 15:45
Challenge #1
One member puts a real decision on the table. The room interrogates.
15:45 – 16:00
Break
Coffee. Side conversations. The follow-ups happen here.
16:00 – 17:00
Challenge #2
Second member, second hot seat. Same rules, different problem.
17:00 – 17:30
Commitments + drinks
One commitment each, written down. Reviewed next quarter.
No 04 · Frequently asked
Questions before
you join.
Yes. Circles are for community members on a Connect membership — you need baseline access to the Techleap Community, platform, and events. Circles deepen relationships within the existing community rather than replacing it. If you're not a Connect member yet, sign up via the Connect page.
Yes. Chatham House by default. What's discussed in the room stays in the room. Members can use the information; the speaker and their company are not to be identified — not in a deck, not in a podcast, not at the next dinner.
Once per quarter, half-day sessions in Amsterdam. Plus an always-on WhatsApp channel between sessions, where the seven other people in your circle are reachable without context.
Eight people. The same eight, quarter after quarter. No panels, no decks, no PR-checked statements. Facilitated peer advisory on the real problems on your desk this month.
Circles is a premium add-on to Connect membership. Pricing and cohort intake details are shared once you sign up for Connect.
No 05 · There's more
The room doesn't end here.
Three more to walk into.
Circles is one of four ways the community shows up. The others run on the same network — different commitments, different shapes.
Foundation membership Connect
The front door to the room.
Member directory, dinners, AMAs and WhatsApp. The everyday network you turn to first when something's broken or the next call is wrong.
Inside Connect International Cities
Take it abroad.
Twenty seats. London, New York, San Francisco. Curated investor + customer days, alumni dinners, the rooms you'd struggle to book alone.
See the trips Programme Rise
Scale, further & faster.
Eight weeks, six hurdles, 25+ operators in the room. Talent, capital, GTM, product, ops, expansion — for the most ambitious scale-ups.
Read the programme