Level up with founders
& advisors who have
built, scaled & exited

Gildre is the premier knowledge community for ambitious founders, providing exclusive access to mentors, events, and tools to help you build a successful company.

Building a company is a journey and you shouldn't have to do it alone. Partner with like-minded founders and experienced operators, allowing you to get faster insights and make better decisions.

At Gildre we focus on six central member benefits across our three membership tiers. Benefits scale as members qualify for higher tiers.

Results-Driven Mentor Matches: Receive personalized, 1:1 mentorship specifically tailored to your industry and career goals. Our mentors are focused on helping you achieve measurable, transformative outcomes.

Curated Connections: Genuine connections designed to facilitate long-lasting relationships. This isn't a one-and-done. Meet, develop, and build with others in the Gildre community.

Workshops & Events: Curated, interactive workshops designed to engage and bridge connections between members and mentors. Events include Executive Workshops, Innovation Roundtables, Founder Fireside Chats, In-Person Dinners & Networking Events, and Private Executive Coaching.

Engaging Community: Access to a highly engaged digital community platform of entrepreneurs, mentors, and industry experts. With weekly AMAs, newsletters, and unique content just for you.

Coaching & Education: Our mentors have decades of professional experience and we've hand-picked experts to bring in knowledge across every imaginable industry. You'll also receive access to business blueprints, practical tools, and a vast library of fundraising resources.

Partnerships & Perks: Over $5M+ in exclusive tools, perks, and partnerships to accelerate your growth, whether launching a business or advancing your career.

Ambitious individuals building their companies or looking to advance their career should feel free to apply through our application. Otherwise, if you've already spoken to someone at Gildre and know which program you want to join, you can select the plan that fits your current growth stage on our Membership page.

At Gildre our central thesis revolves around the concept of "Community for all". We prioritize applications that share our common values but recommend any individual join who is looking to make an impact in the world.

Whether you're starting your first company, launching a new product, or just battle-testing a concept, it's important to have someone to share ideas with. At Gildre you'll have a community of hundreds of individuals to form your team, all supporting the same mission to build something amazing.

At Gildre you'll find like-minded individuals all with a common goal of making an impact in the world. Whether that's changing the way a single customer does business or addressing a major social issue, our members are here to support and lift one another.

We are industry-agnostic and though we focus on tech-enabled businesses we have many members building companies in the Arts, CPG, and other core industries. We're currently based in North America but consider applications from members all around the world that align with our member network.

As part of our white-glove onboarding, we'll ask you questions about what you're building and the current stage you're at. This allows us to find the best mentor in our community to help support your professional goals.

Our mentors are volunteers who support Gildre through their passion for entrepreneurship and networking. They're founders, investors, executives, and startup leaders — many of whom have gone through the same issues you're facing daily.

Members and mentors typically meet 1-2 times per month to discuss a variety of topics. Whether you're looking for guidance on vetting your first product, making a key hire, or raising a future round, our mentors have got you covered. Who knows — you may even find your next advisor or co-founder in this process!

Our mentors spend time learning about you and all facets of your business, so you gain a knowledgeable partner to guide you through the various stages of the founder journey. Most of our mentor-founder engagements last between 4-5 months before we optimize a new pairing for you to continue your scaling trajectory.

We build our programming around our founders' goals and curate world-class speakers, panelists, and coaches to drive value across core areas. We have 3-4 Gildre-focused events per month both virtually and in-person, along with 2-3 ecosystem events per week — so you'll never run out of ways to continue growing your founder network.

At Gildre we believe having a mix of both virtual and in-person events is critical to the development and growth of founders' networks.

Each month we have 3-4 Gildre virtual events paired with quarterly in-person activities including intimate dinners, happy hours, co-working sessions, and more.

Innovation Roundtables are intimate, "Founder-only" sessions led by an Executive Mentor to cover the deep, realistic conversations that founders should be having. These are spaces to share successes — and most importantly, struggles throughout the entrepreneurial journey — in order to scale your business.

We host these workshops every month, focused on core topics determined by each Executive Mentor's expertise, to allow you to grow with your cohort and fellow founders.