"Within eight months I stopped being the bottleneck. The business finally ran me."
$12M Revenue — cohort year end
By Application Only
Ascend
to the
rare air.
An intimate mastermind for founders and executives generating seven figures — who refuse to let the business outgrow their vision. Twelve seats. One cohort per year.
$4.2M
Avg. member revenue
12
Seats per cohort
3×
Avg. growth in year one
94%
Retention rate
The Conviction
Most masterminds collect people.
Ascend curates them.
There is a ceiling that strategy alone cannot break. It requires the friction of peers who have already been there — and the rare honesty that only comes from rooms with nothing to sell.
— The founding principle of Ascend
The Experience
Designed like nothing else.
Three distinct pillars — each engineered for a different layer of leadership. Together, they produce the kind of clarity that changes the trajectory of a company.
The Private Intensives
Four times per year, all twelve members convene in private residences across the world. No stages. No keynotes. Only candid, peer-led sessions on the challenges that define your next chapter — capital allocation, succession, product vision, mental health, marriage.
Hot-Seat Councils
Monthly two-hour virtual hot-seats. One member brings a live problem. Eleven peers dismantle it. No consultants. No agenda. Pure board-level counsel from people who have already solved it.
The Lifelong Network
Co-investment opportunities, warm introductions, and a private communication channel that remains active long after the cohort year ends. Your Ascend peers become your most trusted advisors — for life.
What changes inside Ascend
Strategic Clarity
Escape the founder fog. Leave each gathering with a prioritised 90-day plan built by people who have been where you are going.
Peer Accountability
Twelve members who tell you the truth — because they have no incentive to lie. The most valuable board you will ever have.
Deal Flow & Capital
Members have co-invested in nine ventures together. Warm introductions to capital, partners, and acquirers happen inside Ascend first.
Restored Leadership
You did not build a seven-figure business to feel isolated at the top. Ascend gives you the table you have been looking for since the beginning.
Member Stories
The evidence speaks quietly.
We don't publish case studies. We let members describe their own transformation — in their own words, with their own numbers.
"I raised a $40M Series B forty-two days after our September intensive. The warm intro came from a fellow member."
$40M Series B — raised post-intensive"I had been the same leader for six years. Ascend unmade and remade me in twelve months."
2.1× EBITDA growth — year one
2025 Cohort
3
seats remaining.
Ascend admits one cohort per year. When a seat is filled, it is gone. The application process is our first filter — we review every submission personally.
Begin Your ApplicationWho we consider
Revenue benchmark
Your company generates a minimum of $1M annually. Most members are between $3M and $30M when they join.
A real problem
You are not here to network. You have a specific, significant challenge — a plateau, a transition, a crisis of direction — that peers can help you solve.
Radical candour
Ascend only works when members bring their real numbers, their real fears, and their real failures. If you are not ready to be honest, this is not the room for you.
Apply
Request an application.
Complete the form and we will review your submission within five business days. If there is a fit, a member of our team will reach out to schedule a confidential conversation.
Direct enquiries
hello@ascend.example
Based in
Global — intensives in Europe, North America & Asia