BERLIN
The Brightdale Ecosystem.
If you're looking to accelerate your path and leave your mark in the world, we'd love to have you.
Global Expeditions
In-person, week-long tours in global tech hubs to meet investors, founders, and industry operators.
Join us in Berlin this November and get priority selection for our 2025 Expeditions: Paris, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Bangalore.
Community
A modern-day Agora for highly driven students: open-ended exploration, networking, guidance, learning, idea testing, and career design.
We deeply believe in the exponential power of connections.
Guidance
Knowledge patronage in the form of coaching, resource provision, strategic introductions, and career guidance. Initially leveraging our cofounders’ extensive experience, it will be extended to other high-profile mentors as we grow.
Global Expeditions
Company visits
Experience hints of the real journey.
Immerse yourself in what a typical day looks like where innovation is being made.
Real conversations with people ahead
Ask what you really need.
No aspirational bullshit, no corporate fluff.
Real stories of how people got to where they are (despite their mistakes) and actionable next steps to shape your unique path.
Meet the right people
Ambition is a self-actualizing machine. Be part of a modern-day Agora with other outstanding individuals and maximize your luck.
Be exposed to future creative partners, cofounders, life-long friends, and opportunities you couldn’t even imagine existed.
Arrive on Tuesday
Whenever it fits you best, and meet other members of the cohort.
Wednesday to Friday
Charge for the day with a complimentary breakfast at the hotel.
First meeting from 10 AM to 12 PM, lunch, and second meeting from 3 PM to 5 PM.
In the evening, either explore the city or join us for informal dinners and drinks.
Saturday & Sunday Grand Finale
An intensive two-day finale from 9 AM to late evening in a beautiful private space. We'll hosts speakers, deep dive on career (ie. getting an internship, how aiming for grades will stop you from the real work, how to start a company, how to find a problem to solve) and personal development (ie. recognizing your true call, breaking your limiting beliefs, adopt specific mental frameworks, and more.), group discussions, and workshops.
Goodbye on Monday
Our program ends, but you decide when to leave the city (or not leave at all!).
TUESDAY, 4 MAR - MONDAY, 10 MAR
Join the Berlin Expedition
$33B
valuation
total valuation
of tech startups
21
unicorns
non public startups
valued at +$1B
4800 startups
operate in the city
50% foreign
founders
and 49% of startups employees
are not from Germany
80K
software devs
one of the largest tech
talent pool in Europe
Companies, Startups, and VC funds founded or with an office in Berlin:
A transparent letter from us.
Who should join Brightdale?
Fellows and Missionaries,
not mercenaries.
We are building this to, ultimately, make the world a happier place.
Our first step is supporting individuals like you who want to maximize their career not for its own sake, but as a mean to fully express themselves and share the fruits with others.
Thus, we welcome highly driven students who can't wait to break out of their shell and embrace opportunities like this to expand both personally and professionally.
If you are looking to be part of something bigger, learn what you can’t learn in a classroom, and get practical exposure to the real world, we can help by providing you an ecosystem designed for your future success.
If you are looking for business tourism, aspirational motivation, or short-term opportunities, there are other ways to do so.
We demand a long-term mindset, an acceptance that this experience will grant you exponential results semesters down the road.
We demand a will to have a positive impact, big or small.
We demand the highest standards of ethics, to do the right thing, not the easy thing.
We demand drive to help others, as a fundamental prerequisite to succeed both as individuals and people.
In other words, we are looking for Fellows and Missionaries, not mercenaries.
Increase your surface of luck, join our Berlin Expedition.
Or submit your interest for future Expeditions, we are currently working on:
BERLIN
JULY 2025
LONDON
SEPTEMBER 2025
PARIS
OCTOBER 2025
HONG KONG
NOVEMBER 2025