TheDive

Name

TheDive

Legal name

TheDive GmbH

Website

https://thedive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting / Organizational Transformation

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management for Operations Transformations (EDABAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Training, Enablement & Talent Development Summits (THAHAMAH)

Keywords

• Organizational transformation consulting
• Agile transformation services
• Leadership development training
• Self-organization frameworks
• Management consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Organizational Development Consulting: Core consulting services for organizational transformation. Includes support in five key areas: Organizational Development, Adaptability, New Finance, Leadership & Collaboration, and Regenerative Economy. Engagement model is project-based with enterprise clients.
2. Training Programs and Certifications: Revenue from training programs including: Loop Fellow train-the-trainer certification, TheDive Transform (systemic organizational development training), SpaceBeyond (Nonviolent Communication training), Stellar Practitioner, and Stellar Fellow for Loop Fellows. Programs have scheduled dates and can be individually booked.
3. Products and Frameworks Licensing: Revenue from proprietary methodologies and frameworks including The Loop Approach® and The Stellar Approach® sold as products. Also includes Blended Loop and Loop E-Onboarding digital programs.
4. E-commerce (Shop): TheDive operates an online Shopify store for booking training modules, community events like United Campus unconference, and other products.
5. Events and Community: Revenue from events including workshops, trainings, and community events. United Campus is an annual community unconference for training alumni.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

TheDive helps organizations transform how they work through consulting, training, and certification programs built on two proprietary, EU-trademarked frameworks: the Loop Approach® and the Stellar Approach® (trademark No. 018619350). Its core deliverables include organizational development consulting, train-the-trainer certification (Loop Fellow, Stellar Fellow), cohort-based training programs (TheDive Transform, SpaceBeyond, Stellar Practitioner), the Loop E-Onboarding digital product, toolkits such as SEED and New Finance, and signature community events like the InterStellar Learning Journey and United Campus unconference.

Product overview

TheDive is a transformation consulting firm, training provider, and community platform operating since 2015. Its offering is organized around two core proprietary frameworks — The Loop Approach® (for effective collaboration and organizational transformation based on tension-based, self-organizing principles) and The Stellar Approach® (for regenerative transformation) — delivered through consulting engagements and structured training programs. The product portfolio includes: (1) two flagship methodology frameworks (Loop Approach®, Stellar Approach®); (2) training and certification programs — Loop Fellow (train-the-trainer), TheDive Transform (systemic organizational development), SpaceBeyond (Nonviolent Communication), Stellar Practitioner and Stellar Fellow for Loop Fellows (advanced regenerative practices), and Blended Loop (blended learning format); (3) a digital product — Loop E-Onboarding (an 8-week digital onboarding program); (4) method toolkits — SEED (sprint-based culture development) and New Finance (financial governance methodology); (5) event programs — InterStellar Learning Journey and United Campus community unconference; and (6) consulting services across five transformation areas (Organizational Development, Adaptability, New Finance, Leadership & Collaboration, Regenerative Economy). Together these form a living ecosystem of consulting, training, tools, and community designed to support organizations through end-to-end transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Loop Approach®: Framework for effective and vibrant collaboration for teams that want to grow together.
• The Stellar Approach®
• TheDive Transform
• Loop Fellow
• SpaceBeyond
• Stellar Practitioner
• TheDive Hive

Products and services

• The Loop Approach® Proprietary, EU-trademarked methodology and framework for organizational transformation, based on systems thinking, New Work experience, and transformative learning processes. Sold/licensed for use in client engagements and train-the-trainer programs.
• The Stellar Approach® Proprietary, EU-trademarked companion framework to the Loop Approach® that embeds self-organization and regenerative practices into an organization's DNA. Sold/licensed for client transformations and Stellar Practitioner/Fellow certifications.
• Organizational Development Consulting Long-term consulting engagements that apply the Loop Approach® and Stellar Approach® to deeply transform how organizations work. Target buyers are large enterprises, healthcare, education, and family-owned businesses.
• Sustainable Transformation Consulting Dedicated consulting practice for sustainability- and impact-driven organizations applying the Loop Approach® and Stellar Approach® to regenerative business practices.
• Health and Care Consulting Sector-specific consulting practice applying Loop Approach® transformation methodologies in healthcare, university clinics, and social/care organizations operating in regulated environments.
• Education Consulting Sector-specific consulting practice for educational institutions applying Loop Approach® and Stellar Approach® methodologies to organizational design and learning.
• Family Business Consulting Consulting practice tailored to family-owned and family-led businesses, supporting governance evolution, succession, and next-generation leadership using Loop Approach® and SEED methods.
• Loop Fellow Train-the-trainer certification program that qualifies practitioners to apply the Loop Approach® in client organizations and join TheDive Hive community.
• Stellar Fellow for Loop Fellows Advanced certification program for already-certified Loop Fellows that extends credentials into the Stellar Approach® methodology.
• Stellar Practitioner Practitioner-level certification program in the Stellar Approach® methodology, certifying participants to apply self-organization and regenerative practices in client work.
• TheDive Transform Cohort-based training program for organizational transformation built on the Loop Approach® and Stellar Approach® methodologies, with a next cohort from mid-2026.
• SpaceBeyond Transformative learning program and associated alumni community for practitioners and leaders engaging with the Stellar/Loop methodology.
• Loop E-Onboarding Digital self-paced product that introduces participants to Loop Approach® principles, sold via the TheDive Shopify storefront (also available as a physical/digital bundle).
• SEED Method and toolkit for regenerative organizational design and self-organization, sold as a standalone product on the TheDive product page.
• New Finance Method and toolkit for self-organizing financial governance in self-organized organizations, sold as a standalone product on the TheDive product page.
• InterStellar Learning Journey Signature multi-day immersive learning event for the TheDive Hive community, designed as a transformative group learning experience.
• United Campus Community unconference event for TheDive's network of practitioners, ticketable via the TheDive Shopify storefront.

Quantifiable outcome

• ten23 health grew from 20 to 200+ employees with 740+ roles across 36 circles using the Loop Approach
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HolaspiritcoreTechnology or IntegrationHolsaspirit is the Holacracy software platform used within TheDive's Loop Approach methodology. Organizations implementing Loop use Holaspirit to design their circle structures, roles, and accountabilities digitally. Integral technology component of the Loop ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• hkp/// group: Frankfurt-based HR and governance consulting firm advising on executive compensation, board effectiveness, and organizational development — adjacent to TheDive's leadership and governance work but at much greater scale and with a more traditional remit.
• Gallup: Global analytics and consulting firm famous for employee engagement research and manager development. Overlaps with TheDive on engagement, leadership, and culture mandates but delivers largely through assessment and training content rather than embedded transformation consulting.
• Kienbaum: One of Germany's largest management and HR consulting firms, headquartered near Cologne. Overlaps with TheDive on leadership, collaboration, and organizational design mandates but serves a much broader client base with standardized offerings.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with deep leadership, talent, and rewards practices. Competes for enterprise transformation mandates that include culture and collaboration redesign, though its portfolio is far broader than TheDive's self-organization niche.

Direct peers

• Conscious Leadership Group: Consultancy offering leadership and organizational development programs grounded in conscious, regenerative, and human-centric principles. Mirrors TheDive's values-driven, transformation-focused approach with comparable size and methodology.
• Reos Partners: Systemic transformation consultancy working with leaders on multi-stakeholder change for social and economic systems, closely aligned with TheDive's regenerative-economy positioning and facilitation-heavy engagement model.
• HolacracyOne: Originator of the Holacracy governance framework on which TheDive's Loop Approach® is explicitly based. Both firms help organizations implement self-organizing circle structures and role-based governance, making HolacracyOne the most direct conceptual peer.
• Sociocracy Consulting Group (Sociocracy30): Provides consulting, training, and certification in Sociocratic governance — a parallel self-organization methodology with comparable target buyers (purpose-driven enterprises, cooperatives, and NGOs). Competes for the same transformation budgets as TheDive.

Emerging players

• BetterUp: Tech-enabled coaching and leadership development platform used by large enterprises for culture and capability building. Adjacent to TheDive's leadership-and-collaboration offerings, but delivers at scale via digital coaching rather than deep consulting engagements.
• Barrett Values Centre: Values-based organizational development firm offering cultural transformation tools and assessments. Targets a similar mid-market and enterprise audience focused on culture change, but emphasizes values measurement rather than governance redesign.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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