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Techleap Community

The most connected community for tech scaleups, founders and their leadership teams.

At Techleap, we help ambitious founders turn challenges into opportunities for growth through collaboration, shared knowledge and expert support.

Join our founder-led community where real connections happen and get access to scaling programmes and community events. You’ll connect with peers tackling the same challenges and learn from serial entrepreneurs and industry experts to accelerate your venture’s growth.

Hear it from our community members

Fabrizio Del Maffeo

Fabrizio Del Maffeo

CEO & Co-Founder at Axelera AI

“This is the most effective community I’ve experienced; we don’t just talk about things – we make them happen.”

Julie Hotchkin

Julie Hotchkin

Founder & COO at WeAreEaves

“That’s what this community is. They’re honest and they’regreat bunch of people with a lot of knowledge and a lot of expertise and great connections to whatever you can imagine to build your business to make it bigger and better.”

Merel van der Lei

Merel van der Lei

CEO & CPO at Wyztalk

“If you’re facing any challenge there’s nothing no one else has not experienced before, so it’s really a booster in that sense.”

Join the Community to unlock exclusive benefits

You’re not meant to scale alone. Our founder-led community is built on trust, collaboration, and a shared drive to grow. Join our founder-led community where real connections happen through events, international trips, curated dinners, and our exclusive Community Platform. It’s a space where experience meets action and where collective knowledge becomes your greatest asset.

Connect with fellow founders, find peers in your industry, and engage in forum discussions or private conversations on our private platform.

Join programmes tailored to your growth stage and scaling challenges to solve problems in real-time with the help of peers, serial entrepreneurs, and industry experts.

Attend our annual flagship events State of Dutch Tech and MEET, and connect with fellow founders at community gatherings and regular learning sessions.

Grow your global network, meet international investors, and learn from founders who successfully scaled in foreign markets.

Engage in honest and intimate conversations with founders from your industry over great food. We also offer dinners designed for your leadership team to connect with people in similar roles.

We advocate for founders and push for better policies to ensure your voice is heard. Our governmental affairs team is here to answer your questions.

Get connected to top investors and gain visibility through our network and introductions. We’ll help you reach the right people at the right time.

What you get as a member

Access to Community Platform & Member Finder

Access to Community Platform & Member Finder

Connect with fellow founders, find peers in your industry, and engage in forum discussions or private conversations on our private platform.

Scaling Programmes

Scaling Programmes

Join programmes tailored to your growth stage and scaling challenges to solve problems in real-time with the help of peers, serial entrepreneurs, and industry experts.

Community Events

Community Events

Attend our annual flagship events State of Dutch Tech and MEET, and connect with fellow founders at community gatherings and regular learning sessions.

International trips

International Trips

Grow your global network, meet international investors, and learn from founders who successfully scaled in foreign markets.

Founder Dinners

Founder Dinners

Engage in honest and intimate conversations with founders from your industry over great food. We also offer dinners designed for your leadership team to connect with people in similar roles.

Governmental Affairs Support

Governmental Affairs Support

We advocate for founders and push for better policies to ensure your voice is heard. Our governmental affairs team is here to answer your questions.

Investor Relations Support

Investor Relations Support

Get connected to top investors and gain visibility through our network and introductions. We’ll help you reach the right people at the right time.

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Community Criteria

 Hard Criteria

  • Founder or CEO with a meaningful stake in the business
  • A (European) HQ in the Netherlands
  • Product-market fit (for Deeptech founders: MAL: 4+ (Market Adoption Level) = Paid Pilot)
  • €3M+ in funding raised or in ARR (for Deeptech founders: min. €4,5M+ funding raised)
  • Clear path towards internationalizing
  • 20+ FTE (for Deeptech founders: 15+ FTE)

Tech Criteria

  • Data, Cloud, Soft- or Hardware as value creation
  • Technology as clear differentiator
  • Employ 30%+ technical talent

Soft Criteria

  • Looking to expand headcount in the next 12 months
  • Seeking to raise significant capital to expand their business
  • Revenue growth 50%+ YoY
  • Diverse leadership

Upcoming
events and activities

MEET & LET Award 2025

MEET & LET Award 2025

Bringing together the most visionary and influential tech founders, investors, and industry experts from the Netherlands and beyond for our flagship community event.

West Coast Trip

US West Coast Founder Trip

Unlock growth, overcome challenges, and accelerate your journey in the US with a curated group of Dutch founders. Connect with top US investors, experts, and founders to fuel your expansion.

Founder Dinner | 10 June

Founder Dinner | 10 June

An exclusive gathering designed for visionary entrepreneurs to connect, share experiences, and build meaningful relationships in an intimate setting.

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