Hampton charges $8,500 and requires $3M+ in revenue. EO runs $6,000 but welcomes anyone from dentists to developers. Conclave is different: exclusively venture-backed Series A founders building real technology companies.
Apply NowNo $3M revenue floor. Series A founders welcome from day one.
We're building direct connections to VCs who write Series A checks. Not as speakers or guests — as members who understand what you're navigating because they're investing in it daily.
Most communities stop at conversation. Conclave provides actionable playbooks on hiring execs, managing boards, and scaling operations — not theory, but what's actually working for founders right now.
No service providers. No consultants angling for business. No revenue floor. Just founders who've crossed the Series A chasm and are actively scaling. 50 seats in the founding cohort. That's it.
Conclave is deliberately small. We screen every applicant against three non-negotiable standards.
You've raised institutional capital and crossed the first chasm. Seed-stage founders have great communities already. This one starts where those end.
You're in the thick of it — hiring VPs, managing a board, expanding into new markets. Advisors who "used to run a company" aren't enough anymore.
You're not looking for another Slack group to lurk in. You want a small group that knows your numbers, challenges your thinking, and won't let you off easy.
Anonymized profiles from Wave 1 & 2 applicants — Series A and beyond, across AI, enterprise SaaS, and infrastructure. No names. No vanity. Just the caliber of founder you're going to learn from.
$150M raised · Scaling open-source evaluation platform
$100M raised · Taking precision therapy to clinical trials
$100M raised · 300% YoY growth, ex-SAP leadership
$75M raised · AI platform trusted by top 50 CPA firms
$30M raised · Multinational benefits, co-created with Fortune 500
$25M raised · Serial founder, workflow orchestration
Matched by stage, vertical, and operating style. Small enough that everyone knows each other's business — literally. No hiding in a crowd.
Structured, in-person gatherings with your cohort. Real conversation about the hardest problems you're facing. No keynotes. No panels. Just operators.
Playbooks on hiring execs, managing boards, navigating down-rounds, scaling culture. Not theory — lived experience from founders doing it right now.
Async access to the full Conclave membership. Get an answer to "who's your VP Eng recruiter?" from someone who hired one last quarter.
Pre-seed friends are solving different problems. Your board has incentives. Your team can't know everything. You need peers at the same altitude.
YPO is full of real estate operators. EO is too broad. Hampton is revenue-gated, not stage-gated. None of them understand the venture-backed scaling journey.
Hiring your first VP. Managing a real board. Deciding when to raise again. Scaling culture past 30 people. The stakes compound and the playbook thins out.
Most founders at this stage are too busy to network and too proud to ask for help. The loneliest stretch in company building is the one after validation.
Tell us about your company, stage, and what you're looking for. We review every application within 48 hours.
We place you with 6-8 founders at a similar stage and operating context. Your cohort becomes your inner circle.
Monthly dinners, private Slack, and quarterly retreats. The kind of relationships that change how you run your company.
The founders who scale best aren't the smartest in the room. They're the ones who found the right room.
Applications reviewed within 48 hours.
Scaling open-source evaluation platform
Taking precision therapy to clinical trials
300% YoY growth, ex-SAP leadership
AI platform trusted by top 50 CPA firms
Multinational benefits, co-created with Fortune 500
Serial founder, workflow orchestration