What 2TOP does

2TOP is a German female career accelerator founded in Q3 2023 by managing directors Elke Benning-Rohnke and Christine and headquartered in Tegernsee, Bavaria. The company operates a professional services platform that delivers coaching, executive sparring, seminars, and curated community experiences aimed at ambitious women across all career stages, from early management through to supervisory board mandates, alongside corporate advisory and DEI consulting for organizations seeking to develop and retain female leadership talent.

The service portfolio is organized around three pillars — Personality (seminars, coaching, executive sparring), Community (curated networking and membership tiers), and Advisory+ (organizational consulting and corporate memberships). Named programs include the Board Readiness Program (co-developed with Management Alliance), Executive Excellence, Parental Transition, Führen in Teilzeit, Mid-Life Career, and Generational Excellence, supported by sub-products such as VISIBLE., Strategische Sichtbarkeit, and My TOP Stage Presence. Content and programs are delivered through a Kajabi-based platform for online course and membership distribution, with in-person intensives hosted at the Tegernsee headquarters.

2TOP generates revenue through five streams: project-based corporate advisory and consulting, training and seminar fees (pay-as-you-go with cancellation terms), coaching and executive sparring packages (units valid 12 months), recurring corporate memberships (annual billing), and individual community memberships (monthly billing). Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales (consultation bookings via Microsoft Teams with managing directors), community-led acquisition through the 2TOP Community, direct online sales of individual programs, and event-driven promotion at major DACH conferences. Geographic focus is Germany and German-speaking markets, with a partnership ecosystem spanning FidAR, Management Alliance, H&Z Unternehmensberatung, onesome, FAIR_solution, and heynanny.

Name

2TOP

Legal name

2TOP GmbH i.Gr.

Website

https://2top.network

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

2TOP is a German female career accelerator offering coaching, seminars, executive sparring, and curated community programs for ambitious women, plus corporate advisory and DEI consulting for organizations in the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO)

Keywords

• Female leadership coaching
• Executive coaching services
• Women career advancement
• Leadership development programs
• Organizational advisory consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tegernsee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Advisory & Consulting: Organizations engage 2TOP for advisory services including organizational development, process redesign, culture change, and implementation of diversity and inclusion programs. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements and retainer arrangements.
2. Training & Seminars: 2TOP offers seminars and training programs including Executive Excellence, Parental Transition, Führen in Teilzeit (part-time leadership), Mid-Life Career, and Generational Excellence programs. Programs are delivered in-person and virtually.
3. Coaching & Executive Sparring: Individual coaching and executive sparring services are sold as packages with sessions valid for 12 months from acceptance. Sessions are conducted virtually via video conference with option for in-person meetings.
4. Corporate Memberships: Organizations subscribe to corporate membership programs providing access to coaching, training, and talent development services for their female employees.
5. 2TOP Community Membership: Individual professionals join the 2TOP Community with different membership tiers offering access to exclusive content, networking events, coaching services, and peer exchange.
6. Board Readiness Program: A structured program preparing women for supervisory and advisory board mandates, developed in partnership with Management Alliance. Includes weekend intensives at Tegernsee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

2TOP is a Female Career Accelerator delivering individual coaching, executive sparring, seminars, and community memberships to ambitious women, alongside corporate advisory and structured leadership programs (Board Readiness, Executive Excellence, Parental Transition, Führen in Teilzeit, Mid-Life Career, Generational Excellence) for organizations seeking to develop and retain female leadership talent. Services span three pillars — Personality, Community, and Advisory+ — and are customized to organizational decision-making architectures. Programs are delivered in-person at Tegernsee and virtually via video conference.

Product overview

2TOP is a Female Career Accelerator operating as a coaching, consulting, and professional development firm. The company offers a portfolio of programs and services organized around three core pillars — Personality, Community, and Advisory+ — designed to support ambitious women at every stage of their careers from early management through to executive and supervisory board positions. The product portfolio consists of individual services (coaching, executive sparring, seminars, community membership), named programs (Board Readiness, Executive Excellence, Parental Transition, Führen in Teilzeit, Mid-Life Career, Generational Excellence), visibility offerings (VISIBLE., Strategische Sichtbarkeit, My TOP Stage Presence), and advisory services for organizations. Supporting content products include the monthly 2TOP Insights newsletter and a series of white papers and research studies that inform and underpin the structured programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coaching Individual coaching services supporting personal and professional growth from early career through to executive and supervisory board positions, delivered by certified 2TOP coaches.
• Executive Sparring Strategic sparring and consulting sessions at executive level that provide peer-level challenge and advice for senior leaders navigating complex decisions and leadership situations, sold in packages valid for 12 months.
• Seminars (Seminare) Interactive seminar offerings covering executive presence, leadership development, and strategic communication, designed to build personal and professional competencies at various career stages.
• 2TOP Community A curated community platform providing networking, peer exchange, and exclusive content for members, organized across different membership tiers with access to events and professional resources.
• Advisory & Empowerment Advisory and empowerment services for organizations, combining organizational consulting with tailored coaching and training programs to redesign processes, structures, and cultures for fairer career advancement.
• Parental Transition Programm A program supporting parents through parental leave and return to work, addressing talent retention and career continuity while helping organizations implement structured leave-and-return processes.
• Executive Excellence Programm An empowerment program designed to develop and elevate female executives and senior managers, supporting their progression toward C-suite and board-level positions.
• Führen in Teilzeit A program enabling and promoting leadership in part-time arrangements, demonstrating how part-time leadership models increase job satisfaction, stimulate creativity, and make companies more attractive for talent.
• Mid-Life Career Programm A career program addressing the unique challenges and opportunities of professionals in mid-career transitions, supporting career reinvention and advancement during this pivotal professional phase.
• Generational Excellence Programm A program designed to foster cross-generational collaboration and leverage the strengths of different age groups within organizations to drive innovation and organizational effectiveness.
• Board Readiness Programm A tailored program preparing women for mandates in supervisory and advisory boards, developed in collaboration with Management Alliance, equipping participants with substantive foundations and personal clarity for successful board service, including case studies and board dynamics training.
• Corporate Memberships Annual corporate subscription memberships providing organizations with access to coaching, training, and talent development services for their female employees, with customized pricing for higher training needs.
• Equal Opportunities Programm An organizational program under the Advisory & Empowerment pillar supporting the design and implementation of equal opportunities and DEI structures within companies.
• Personal & Professional Growth Combined personality development offerings for both individuals and organizations, integrating seminars, coaching, and executive sparring to strengthen personal and professional competencies for leadership career stages.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• H&Z UnternehmensberatungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerH&Z Unternehmensberatung, founded in 1997, is known for its unique consulting approach combining mind, heart, and action to achieve measurable results in transformation processes for corporations and international mid-market companies. Headquartered in Munich with offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Vienna, and London.
• FidAR e.V.coreGTM or Marketing PartnerFidAR is an organization actively working to increase the proportion of women in supervisory boards and leadership positions. The partnership supports gender equality by strengthening women's presence in decision-making positions through networking, exchange, and targeted initiatives.
• heynannyminorGTM or Marketing Partnerheynanny is a benefit app for work-life integration covering Child Care, Elder Care, and Self Care. It offers an all-in-one solution with tax advantages for forward-looking employers as a corporate benefit.
• Management AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner2TOP collaborates with Management Alliance, a renowned provider, for the Board Readiness Program. Management Alliance provides exclusive preparation for supervisory board mandates including practical case studies and real-world insights into board dynamics.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ellevate Network: Ellevate Network is a global community and coaching/membership platform for women in business; it mirrors 2TOP's combination of curated networking, coaching, and tiered membership that aims to support women across career stages.
• Forte Foundation: Forte Foundation is a nonprofit accelerating women's business leadership through education, community, and research; it parallels 2TOP's mission of advancing women from early career into executive and board roles via programming and peer exchange.
• Catalyst: Catalyst is a nonprofit research and advisory organization producing evidence-based studies on women in leadership and providing employer advisory services; it is directly comparable to 2TOP's evidence-based white papers and corporate advisory on equity and inclusion.
• Springboard: Springboard (acquired by General Atlantic) is a women's professional development platform combining coaching, mentorship, and community events; it is the closest direct competitor to 2TOP's combined coaching-plus-curated-community model in the women's leadership space.

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder is a global executive search and leadership advisory firm with deep board and executive coaching practices in DACH; it is comparable to 2TOP's Board Readiness and executive sparring offerings, though delivered at much higher volume and price point.
• Lean In (Lean In Circles): Lean In is a global, well-resourced women's empowerment organization offering peer Circles, research, and corporate programming; it operates at a much larger scale than 2TOP but serves overlapping audiences and competes for the same enterprise DEI budgets.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a large executive coaching and leadership development practice; it represents the type of incumbent professional services firm 2TOP competes against for enterprise women-leader development contracts.

Regional players

• herCAREER: herCAREER is Germany's flagship career event and network focused on women in the DACH labor market; 2TOP participates in herCAREER events and targets a similar German-speaking female-talent audience through a similar community-driven approach.

Others

• Management Alliance: Management Alliance is a German provider of executive board education and supervisory-board mandate preparation; it is a strategic partner that co-delivers 2TOP's Board Readiness Program, so the two are tightly linked in go-to-market and serve the same supervisory-board candidate pool.
• FidAR e.V. FidAR is a German non-profit association promoting women on supervisory boards; it is a strategic GTM partner of 2TOP (corporate referral channel) and addresses the same women-on-boards thematic space as 2TOP's Board Readiness Program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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