Cohort 1 — October 2026

Borrow expertise. Share growth.

Cross-company mentoring built for small and mid-sized teams. Your mentees build real skills. Your mentors gain fresh perspectives.
One program, both sides grow.

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Matched across
8–10 companies
Per quarter
3 × 60 min sessions
HR effort
~1 hour setup
Matching
AI-powered, cross-company
The challenge

Great people, limited access to growth

Small and mid-sized companies rarely lack talent. They lack the structure around it: a mentor pool with enough range, a budget line for development, and someone with the time to run a programme.

What we hear

  • Little or no structured L&D budget for external platforms
  • Limited internal mentor pool
  • Any programme means admin work nobody has time for
  • Employees miss out on development despite having motivation

How cross-company mentoring answers it

  • Mentors and mentees are exchanged across companies, so every company contributes and every company benefits.

  • We handle the matching, the guidelines, the scheduling and the reporting.

  • ~ 1 hour time to set-up and run.

  • Both sides develop. Mentees build the skill, mentors practise leading and get access to new perspectives.

From the 2026 pilot

100%of survey respondents would join another cohort
8.4/10average recommendation score
4.7/5for access to new perspectives

The Process

Six steps to cross-company mentoring

We take care of the complexity so your team can focus on growth.

  1. 01Join the Cohort

    Express your interest and we'll be in touch. We select 8–10 companies per cohort to keep matching quality high.

  2. 02Nominate Participants

    Each company nominates an equal number of mentors and mentees — starting from 3 pairs, any function welcome.

  3. 03Intake Survey

    Participants complete a short form so we can capture development topics and learning goals.

  4. 04AI-Assisted Matching

    We match mentors and mentees across companies based on topics, seniority, and availability.

  5. 05Mentoring Sessions

    Each pair meets for one 60-minute session per month over 3 months — we provide the structure.

  6. 06Feedback & Report

    We collect feedback throughout and deliver a full report with insights and recommendations.

The matching

Every pair comes with a reason

Being matched well is what can make an hour of mentoring change how you work. We share the match reasoning with the participants before they start.

Pick one of your people

Match confirmedMaya is your mentee

Maya & Elena Moretti

Director of Engineering

Why you two

Maya is six months into leading her first team and stuck on feedback. She described letting a problem with one of her engineers run for three weeks, then handling it badly when she finally spoke. Elena wrote about the same thing from the other side. She avoided a difficult conversation for a whole quarter early on, lost the person soon after, and had to learn to raise things while they were still small. That is what she wants to teach.

Skills you overlap on

Giving difficult feedbackDelegationRunning one-to-ones

Six signals decide a pair. Skills is one of them.

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Pricing

Affordable mentoring, built for growing teams

A fraction of the cost of traditional mentoring platforms — because companies share the value.

Cohort 1 · October 2026

Per Company, Per Cohort

3-month program · Everything included · Scale at your own pace

€390€290early-bird

Starts with 3 mentor-mentee pairs · +€50 per additional pair
That's ~€32 per mentoring session — compared to €150–400 for external coaching.

AI-assisted matching
Onboarding masterclass
Competitor screening
Session tracking
Confidentiality guidelines
End-of-cohort report
Feedback surveys
Scheduling support
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Early-bird pricing for founding cohort companies. Nominate as many pairs as you'd like — just keep mentors and mentees balanced.

The Program Organiser

Built by someone who believes in accessible mentoring

Sara Brioschi

Founder, PeopleTopics

I'm a startup operator. I've scaled talent in several startups before becoming an ICF-certified startup and performance coach, Top mentor on MentorCruise, and advisor to startup founders. I designed this program to make structured mentoring accessible and scalable for companies that need it most.

ICF ACC CoachTop-Rated MentorStartup Advisor
FAQ

Common questions

Limited to 8–10 Companies

Secure your spot in Cohort 1

Starting October 2026. Limited spots to keep matching quality high. Early-bird pricing at €290 per company — available now.

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