A whole-company offsite 4 weeks after a €40M round. 55 people, Croatia, 3 days of regatta plus a strategy session with an external facilitator.
Q3 hiring up 28 people with no drop in the Glassdoor score.
Startups
Corporate yachting for startups
Series A-C startups use sailing formats for founder-team integration, celebrating a major round, and the move from 20 people to 100. We understand cap-table-aware budgets, founder-driven culture and scale-up tempo, without the excess of premium tiers.
- 24· founder offsites over three years
- Series A-C· core focus, up to scale-up Series D
- €1,200+· per person · 3 days
- 20→100· the transition stage — our core use case
Pains and objectives
Why this industry chooses corporate sailing
- 01
Founder offsite
Co-founders rarely spend 72 hours straight with no operational load. A sailing format forces it to happen and surfaces real leadership disagreements before they turn toxic.
- 02
Fundraise celebration
Closing a Series B is a month the team remembers for a year. An office celebration with pizza reads as a scale-back. A whole-company regatta reads as a real milestone.
- 03
The 20-to-100 transition
The most painful stage of scaling is when 'everyone knows everyone' breaks. An offsite creates a shared experience that holds the culture through the first 50 hires.
- 04
A cap-table-aware budget
A founder watches every euro. We can work on a budget comparable to a tier-2 conference in Berlin, because we include everything: transport, accommodation, F&B, programming.
- 05
Senior-hire onboarding
When you bring in a VP of Engineering from Stripe or a Head of Product from Booking, you need to stitch them to the founders inside six months. An offsite three months in works better than a 1:1 with the CEO.
What we do
An industry-specific programme · Startups
Startups are our fastest-growing client segment. Series A-C founders value a transparent process and the absence of enterprise nonsense. The standard format is a 3-day flotilla for 25-80 people, usually 8-10 weeks after a fundraise or a major launch. The budget is negotiable — what matters to us is the economics of the company itself, not the size of the ticket.
Here is what we understand about startups that is not obvious to a typical corporate event planner: distributed teams arrive from 4-8 countries, you have one team member on parental leave and one in her third trimester, your CTO is literally on a call with an investor on day two, and part of the junior engineering team is vegan. We handle all of it without an upcharge.
The programme is matched to the phase. Series A (20-30 people) focuses on co-founder trust and junior-team retention. Series B (40-80 people) is a format with an outside facilitator and a serious strategy session under NDA. Series C (80-200 people) is a scale-up format with a pre-IPO mindset: two days of internal alignment plus one day of a premium experience for top performers.
We work with YC companies, Sequoia and Accel portfolio firms, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Europe, and dozens of founder-led teams with no VC tag. The most common feedback: 'we didn't expect it to be this operationally clean — we got an AWS-grade process manager, not an event-agency vibe'. That is our positioning.
Metrics
Industry-specific numbers
- founder offsites over three years
- 24
- core focus, up to scale-up Series D
- Series A-C
- per person · 3 days
- €1,200+
- the transition stage — our core use case
- 20→100
Case studies
Two anonymised projects · Startups
A co-founder and early-team retreat. 22 people, the French Riviera, 4 days, a half-day strategy plus half-day sailing format.
A roadmap pivot completed in 4 days, full team alignment.
Formats for this industry
Key corporate-yachting formats for Startups. Each one is detailed against the client brief.
Corporate offsite for a startup
Series A-C offsites: integration, celebrating a round, the 20-to-100 transition. From €1,200 per person for 3 days in shoulder season.
Founder retreat on a yacht
Founder retreats for 6-10 people on a luxury catamaran with a captain-only crew. A quiet strategy session with no enterprise excess.
Regatta for entrepreneurs
Celebrating a Series B or an IPO under the startup's flag. An investor evening on the closing day with VC partners in the marina.
Team building for a startup: a distributed team
Transfers from 4-8 airports, synchronised into one marina. Visa support for non-Schengen passports.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum group size for a startup?
12 people fit one yacht. We run founder retreats for 6-10 people on a luxury catamaran with a captain-only crew, if the budget allows. The maximum is 200 across 15 yachts for a post-IPO scale-up.
Can it fit within €1,200 per person?
Yes. €1,200 is the entry price for 3 days (yacht, crew, base catering, marina fees included). To hold the budget we pick shoulder-season dates (May, late September) and Adriatic locations (Croatia is cheaper than the French Riviera).
What about a remote-first team from different countries?
That is the default for us. We arrange transfers from 4-8 different airports, synchronise arrivals into one marina, and provide visa support for non-EU passport holders. Standard practice.
Can investors be invited for a partial day?
Yes. Many of our startup clients run an 'investor evening' on the closing day — VC partners join for dinner in the marina, with no need to be on the water. A good casual format for board members.
How long does planning take from start to departure?
A minimum of 6 weeks, with 8-12 weeks recommended. In the Q2/Q3 high season, 12+ weeks is better. After the kick-off call we come back with an itinerary and a proposal in 5 working days.
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