Cities. International trips for Dutch founders going global.
Experience firsthand what's truly possible for your company through exclusive global trips. Join our trips to San Francisco, New York, London — and beyond — to learn directly from successful founders and experts in markets relevant to your business.
Six things that come back with you.
It's not a conference. Three to five days inside the rooms you'd struggle to book yourself into — and the cohort of Dutch founders walking through them with you.
Network with global tech leaders
CEOs, CTOs and investors from companies like NVIDIA, Intercom, Synthesia, and leading VC firms in other tech hubs.
Gain competitive intelligence
Understand how other markets operate, what's working in go-to-market, and where Europe lags or leads.
Build a founder peer group
Spend 3–4 days with Dutch founders facing similar challenges — relationships that extend far beyond the trip.
Access closed-door insights
Candid conversations about failures, pivots, fundraising reality, and what it actually takes to scale globally.
Experience ecosystem immersion
Feel the pace, culture and ambition of leading tech hubs — and bring that energy back to your company.
Return with actionable takeaways
Specific intros, strategies and perspectives you can apply immediately to your business.
Postcards from the road.
Every trip ends with a published recap. The notes, the rooms, the takeaways — open to read.
12 Oct 2025 · Recap
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San Francisco — four days inside the AI build-out.
Salesforce, OpenAI, Anthropic, General Catalyst, Contextual AI, HackerOne. Pricing with Madhavan Ramanujam. Legal with Wilson Sonsini.
18 Mar 2025 · Recap
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New York — four days, thirteen founders.
Adyen, Wilson Sonsini, Insight, Radian, RTP, Datasnipper, Yext, Bilt. NASDAQ closing bell.
24 Mar 2024 · Recap
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Salt Lake City × San Francisco — six days, two coasts.
Podium, Pattern, Pelion, Cotopaxi. SVB Sand Hill. Dinner at Sid Sijbrandij's. NBA night with Ryan Smith.
Frequently asked.
Still have questions? Drop us a note — we read every one.
Cities are for ambitious founders and leadership teams who are: scaling internationally or planning to expand beyond Europe; fundraising or planning to raise from US / international investors; building in sectors central to the trip theme (e.g. AI for SF, fintech for London); seeking ecosystem insights on how leading tech hubs operate differently than Europe. This isn't for early exploration — it's for founders ready to act on what they learn.
Yes. Cities is open to Connect members. Apply for Connect first; Cities trips are an add-on you opt into per trip.
Programming — meetings with investors, founders, and operators, plus alumni dinners and group sessions. Flights and hotels are not included; we coordinate logistics and recommend partner hotels. Trip price varies by destination.
No. Cities is funded through membership and trip fees. Techleap is a non-profit, but Cities specifically runs on its own economics.
Yes. Each person from your company applies individually so we know who's coming. Two members per Connect membership is the default — additional seats on request.
Back from the trip.
The network keeps going.
The members who join Cities trips stay in three other rooms year-round — here's what they look like.
The front door to the room.
Member directory, dinners, AMAs and Slack. The everyday network you turn to first when something's broken or the next call is wrong.
Inside Connect
Get tough love.
Eight founders. Same room. Quarter after quarter. Honest peer advisory on the problems you can't put on a deck.
Join a Circle
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