Circles
Circles
Circles
Join a trusted group of fellow founders or senior leaders to tackle
your toughest challenges together
Join a trusted group of fellow founders or senior leaders to tackle your toughest challenges together
Join a trusted group of fellow founders or senior leaders to tackle
your toughest challenges together
GET
TOUGH LOVE
WELCOME TO CIRCLES
Circles is our premium offering. Small groups, meeting repeatedly, going deep. Eight people with common ground—similar roles, stages, and challenges—working through real problems together, quarter after quarter. Not lectures. Not panels. Just peer advisory.
Ai Founder Circle
B2B Founder Circle
Product Leaders Circle
B2C Leaders and Founder Circle
What
to expect
What to expect
What
to expect
What
to expect
Meet on a regular basis
Connect with your circle consistently throughout the year for structured sessions that create ongoing momentum and lasting progress on your most important goals.
Bring your scaling challenges
Share the real obstacles you're facing in your business. Every session is dedicated to solving the problems that keep you up at night.
Get Tough Love
Receive honest, direct feedback from peers who care about your success. No sugar-coating—just the insights you need to break through barriers.
Facilitated Sessions
Expert facilitators guide every conversation to ensure everyone gets heard, discussions stay productive, and you leave with actionable next steps.
Confidential space
What's shared in the circle stays in the circle. Build trust knowing your vulnerabilities, strategies, and challenges are protected.
Build Lasting Friendships
Form deep connections with your peers who understand your journey. These relationships often become your most valuable personal and professional network.
Meet on a regular basis
Connect with your circle consistently throughout the year for structured sessions that create ongoing momentum and lasting progress on your most important goals.
Bring your scaling challenges
Share the real obstacles you're facing in your business. Every session is dedicated to solving the problems that keep you up at night.
Get Tough Love
Receive honest, direct feedback from peers who care about your success. No sugar-coating—just the insights you need to break through barriers.
Facilitated Sessions
Expert facilitators guide every conversation to ensure everyone gets heard, discussions stay productive, and you leave with actionable next steps.
Confidential space
What's shared in the circle stays in the circle. Build trust knowing your vulnerabilities, strategies, and challenges are protected.
Build Lasting Friendships
Form deep connections with your peers who understand your journey. These relationships often become your most valuable personal and professional network.
upcoming
circles
upcoming circles
Upcoming
Circles
upcoming
circles
👉 Circles for founders/CEO
All our circles are hosted in Amsterdam
👉 Circles for founders/CEO
All our circles are hosted in Amsterdam
AI-native
Scale AI-native companies with fellow founders—from model selection and data infrastructure to product differentiation and go-to-market. Connect with peers building at the frontier of AI.
B2C
Navigate consumer product challenges with fellow founders—from validating product-market fit to user acquisition and monetisation. Connect with peers proving concepts in competitive markets.
B2B
Build your B2B foundation with fellow founders—from developing sales processes and pricing strategies to closing first customers and tackling early-stage fundraising. Connect with peers who get it.
Build your B2B foundation together with other founders navigating product-market fit, developing sales processes, establishing pricing strategies, and tackling initial fundraising.
mARKETPLACE
Solve marketplace challenges with founders who understand two-sided platforms. Address cold-start, supply/demand balance, unit economics, and building trust and liquidity.
HEALTHCARE
Navigate healthcare's unique landscape with HealthTech and MedTech founders tackling regulatory navigation, long sales cycles, clinical validation, and building healthcare partnerships.
Navigate healthcare's unique landscape with HealthTech and MedTech founders tackling regulatory issues, long sales cycles, and building healthcare partnerships.
future of food
Transform agriculture and food systems with fellow founders—from tackling supply chain complexity and farmer adoption to securing pilot customers and accessing niche funding.
👉 Circles for leaders
Empower your leadership with the right support to grow
👉 Circles for leaders
Empower your leadership with the right
support to grow
PRODUCT
FOR CPOs & VP/Head of Product
Navigate product leadership with fellow CPOs and Heads of Product. Prioritise roadmaps, scale teams, manage stakeholders, and balance technical debt.
operations
FOR COOs & VP/Head of Operations
Scale operations with fellow COOs and Heads of Operations. Tackle AI implementation, process design, systems integration, and cross-functional coordination.
Technology
FOR CTOs & VP/Head of Engineering
Drive engineering excellence with fellow CTOs and Heads of Engineering. Tackle system architecture, team scaling, technical strategy, and organisational design.
FINANCE
FOR CFOs & VP/Head of Finance
Lead financial strategy with fellow CFOs and Heads of Finance. Tackle capital planning, investor relations, financial operations, and business performance.
people
FOR CHROs & VP/Head of HR
Shape people strategy with fellow CHROs and Heads of HR. Tackle talent acquisition, team development, culture building, compensation design, and organisational transformation.
marketing
FOR CMOs & VP/Head of Marketing
Drive revenue growth with fellow CMOs and Heads of Marketing. Tackle channel strategy, brand positioning, demand generation, and high-performing teams.
FINANCE
FOR CFOs & VP/Head of Finance
Lead financial strategy with fellow CFOs and Heads of Finance. Tackle capital planning, investor relations, financial operations, and business performance.
people
FOR CHROs & VP/Head of HR
Shape people strategy with fellow CHROs and Heads of HR. Tackle talent acquisition, team development, culture building, compensation design, and organisational transformation.
Shape people strategy with fellow CHROs and Heads of HR. Tackle talent acquisition, team development, culture building, compensation, and organisational transformation.
marketing
FOR CMOs & VP/Head of Marketing
Drive revenue growth with fellow CMOs and Heads of Marketing. Tackle channel strategy, brand positioning, demand generation, and high-performing teams.
Join
a circle
Join
a circle
Join
a circle
🚀 Upgrade to Circles
Circles can be bought as an add-on to your Connect Membership. For Connect Plus, circles are already included.
€1.000/Circle
Billed yearly
Includes:
4 sessions per year in a confidential, high-trust environment
A fun kick-off activity and dinner to build genuine connections
Our proven Rise methodology of peer-to-peer learning and tough love feedback
Your turn in the spotlight- Bring one pressing challenge per year to the group and gets actionable feedback
Expert facilitation to keep sessions focused and valuable
🚀
Upgrade to Circles
Circles can be bought as an add-on to your Connect Membership. For Connect Plus, circles are already included.
€1.000/Circle
Billed yearly
Includes:
4 sessions per year in a confidential, high-trust environment
A fun kick-off activity and dinner to build genuine connections
Our proven Rise methodology of peer-to-peer learning and tough love feedback
Your turn in the spotlight- Bring one pressing challenge per year to the group and gets actionable feedback
Expert facilitation to keep sessions focused and valuable
🚀 Upgrade to Circles
Circles can be bought as an add-on to your Connect Membership. For Connect Plus, circles are already included.
€1.000/Circle
Billed yearly
Includes:
4 sessions per year in a confidential, high-trust environment
A fun kick-off activity and dinner to build genuine connections
Our proven Rise methodology of peer-to-peer learning and tough love feedback
Your turn in the spotlight- Bring one pressing challenge per year to the group and gets actionable feedback
Expert facilitation to keep sessions focused and valuable
🚀 Upgrade to Circles
Circles can be bought as an add-on to your Connect Membership. For Connect Plus, circles are already included.
€1.000/Circle
Billed yearly
Includes:
4 sessions per year in a confidential, high-trust environment
A fun kick-off activity and dinner to build genuine connections
Our proven Rise methodology of peer-to-peer learning and tough love feedback
Your turn in the spotlight- Bring one pressing challenge per year to the group and gets actionable feedback
Expert facilitation to keep sessions focused and valuable
Join a Circle
Frequently Asked Question
Frequent
Asked
Question
Frequently Asked Question
Frequent
Asked Question
Do I need to be a Connect member to join Circles?
Yes. Circles are built on top of 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 or reach out to nadia@techleap.nl for more information.
Can I choose who's in my Circle?
Are Circles confidential?
Is Circles pricing per person or per company?
Is this a programme subsidized by the government?
Do I need to be a Connect member to join Circles?
Yes. Circles are built on top of 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 or reach out to scae@techleap.nl for more information.
Can I choose who's in my Circle?
Are Circles confidential?
Is this a programme subsidized by the government?
Is Circles pricing per person or per company?
GET
TOUGH LOVE
JOIN A FOUNDER CIRCLE
Circles is our premium offering. Small groups, meeting repeatedly, going deep. Eight people with common ground—similar roles, stages, and challenges—working through real problems together, quarter after quarter. Not lectures. Not panels. Peer advisory.
Get challenged
Ai Founder Circle
B2B Founder Circle
Product Leaders Circle
Product Leaders Circle
GET TOUGH LOVE
Welcome to circles
Circles is our premium offering. Small groups, meeting repeatedly, going deep. Eight people with common ground—similar roles, stages, and challenges—working through real problems together, quarter after quarter. Not lectures. Not panels. Peer advisory.
Get challenged
B2B Founder Circle
Product Leaders Circle
