Rise

At Techleap for Scaleups, we believe in empowering high-potential tech ventures to achieve sustainable and accelerated growth. That's why we created the Rise programme.

Through a series of tailor-made sessions, we connect you with peers, scaling experts, and serial entrepreneurs, equipping you with the essential tools and resources needed to overcome your biggest scaling challenges.

Ready to supercharge your growth? Apply before 3 September to join Batch 14.

Apply to Rise Batch #14

Rise has helped +120 tech scaleups achieve breakthrough growth

Rise programme criteria

A committee, comprising a Rise Alumni, the Techleap Special Envoy, a Rise expert veteran, and the Community Lead, curates each Rise batch with the following criteria in mind:

• Diverse company types, ensuring no competitors are included in the same batch
• Diversity among founders and participants
• Balanced sizes of companies to avoid significant disparities

The Rise programme is fully subsidised and we don’t take equity.

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Hard criteria

A (European) HQ in the Netherlands
Product-market fit
€3M+ in funding raised or in ARR
Clear path towards internationalizing
20+ FTE

Tech criteria

Data, cloud, soft- or hardware tech 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

The Structure of the Rise programme

Over 8 weeks, you’ll have a kick-off dinner, 6 weekly sessions around a specific topic, and a wrap up event.

Batch #14 schedule

Kick Off: 26 September 2024
Session 1: 1 October 2024 (Talent)
Session 2: 8 October 2024 (International)
Session 3: 15 October 2024 (Capital)
Session 4: 5 November 2024 (Go to market)
Session 5: 12 November 2024 (Product)
Session 6: 19 November 2024 (Operations)
Wrap-Up Day: 3 December 2024

Batch #15 schedule

Applications Deadline: 29 November 2024
Selection Day: 17 December 2024
Kick Off: 21 January 2025
Session 1: 28 January 2025 (Talent)
Session 2: 4 February 2025 (International)
Session 3: 11 February 2025 (Capital)
Session 4: 4 March 2025 (Go to market)
Session 5: 11 March 2025 (Product)
Session 6: 18 March 2025 (Operations)
Wrap-Up Day: 3 April 2025

Phase 1: Application & Kick Off

Applications kick off three times a year. Applicants complete an online application, which is reviewed by a committee consisting of a Rise Alumni, the Techleap Special Envoy, a Rise expert veteran, and the Community lead.

Based on criteria and cohort alignment, 10 companies are selected for the programme. They are first invited to a kick-off session and dinner to establish expectations and get to know each other.

Phase 2: Programme sessions

Founders are invited to 6 sessions covering various topics with relevant scaling experts. Sessions are based on the pressing challenges that founders submit, with each week focusing on a different theme: talent, going international, capital, Go2Market, product, and operations. Founders are also encouraged to invite relevant C-suite team members to participate.

Phase 3: Closing and community engagement

At the end of the programme there is a wrap up session, where participants will get to share their key learnings. Participants will be invited to Rise Alumni sessions to maintain connections with other participants and ensure new challenges can be addressed as they arise.