Harvest Series

What Harvest Series does

Harvest Series, operated by Harvest Events LDA and headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, is a privately held curated events company that organizes invite-only immersive wellbeing retreats and gatherings. Since its inaugural Harvest Kaplankaya Chapter I in October 2018, the company has produced ten chapters at Six Senses Kaplankaya on Turkey's Aegean coast, each featuring roughly 150 attendees and world-class speakers and practitioners from fields including neuroscience, functional medicine, psychotherapy, journalism, and the arts (e.g., Dr. Gabor Maté, Esther Perel, Michael Pollan). Beyond the flagship series, the company has expanded into themed destination retreats in Jamaica, Brazil, Morocco, and London, and has built a parallel media layer via The Harvest Series Podcast and Harvest Magazine to extend community engagement between live gatherings.

Name

Harvest Series

Legal name

Harvest Events LDA

Website

https://harvestseries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Harvest Series is a privately held, Lisbon-based events company that curates invite-only wellbeing retreats and gatherings—primarily the flagship Harvest Kaplankaya series plus themed global retreats—for high-net-worth attendees seeking curated experiences with world-class speakers and practitioners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wellness Retreats / Curated Event Experiences

NAICS

Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Congresses (THAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Curated wellbeing retreats
• Immersive event experiences
• Wellness gathering series
• Luxury retreat experiences
• Wellbeing podcast media

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Tickets and Packages: Primary revenue comes from selling tickets and curated experience packages to invite-only wellbeing retreats and gatherings. Packages range from ticket-only to premium all-inclusive experiences. The company also offers villa experiences for private groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Harvest Series curates and operates invitation-only immersive wellbeing retreats and gatherings, centered on its flagship Harvest Kaplankaya chapter series held at Six Senses Kaplankaya in Turkey, complemented by specialized retreats in Jamaica, Brazil, Morocco, and London. Each gathering brings together approximately 150 attendees with world-renowned speakers, practitioners, and artists around themes such as wellbeing, nature, regeneration, radical hope, courage, and imagination. The brand extends beyond live events through The Harvest Series Podcast (distributed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube) and Harvest Magazine, which publish editorial content from the community.

Product overview

Harvest Series is a curated immersive wellbeing experience organizing invite-only events and retreats at the intersection of new-thinking, self-discovery, and music. The portfolio consists of three interconnected offerings: the flagship Harvest Kaplankaya chapter series (Chapters I-X from 2018-2026) featuring multi-day gatherings with world-class speakers, practitioners, and artists at Six Senses Kaplankaya, Turkey; specialized global retreats held in destinations including Jamaica, Brazil, Morocco, and Turkey exploring themes of healing, consciousness, and personal growth; The Harvest Series Podcast bringing together voices in culture, science, and social change available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube; and Harvest Magazine offering essays and reflections from the Harvest community. The company is operated by Harvest Events LDA, registered in Portugal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harvest Series Podcast: A podcast bringing together leading voices in culture, arts, science, and social change.
• Harvest Magazine

Products and services

• Harvest Kaplankaya Multi-day flagship gathering series held at Six Senses Kaplankaya on Turkey's Aegean coast. Ten chapters have been held from 2018 to 2026, each exploring a thematic focus such as Wellbeing, Nature, Change, Regeneration, Radical Hope, Radical Connection, Courage, and Imagination. Features world-class speakers, practitioners, and artists in an intimate, invite-only format for approximately 150 attendees per gathering.
• Harvest Retreats Specialized retreats held at various global locations exploring specific themes around healing, consciousness, nature, and personal growth. Recent editions include Music as Medicine in Jamaica, The Amazon Boat Trip in Brazil, and Conscious Parenting at Kaplankaya, each curated around a focused topic with intimate group sizes.
• The Harvest Series Podcast A podcast featuring conversations with thinkers, visionaries, and disruptors shaping how we understand the world. Episodes explore topics from personal resilience to philosophy, wellbeing, and innovation. Distributed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
• Harvest Magazine A magazine publishing essays, reflections, and voices from inside the Harvest community, extending the ideas and stories from gatherings into a lasting editorial format. Explores themes of radical connection through the lens of neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and perspectives spanning from the Amazon to the Aegean.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ten successful chapters of Harvest Kaplankaya from 2018-2026, plus additional retreats in multiple global locations

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Six Senses KaplankayacoreOthersThe primary venue for Harvest Kaplankaya flagship gatherings. Six Senses Kaplankaya is a luxury wellness resort in Turkey that provides the setting for the curated intimate experiences. The partnership includes exclusive use of venue facilities during event chapters.
• Pachamama AllianceminorOthersNon-profit organization working to protect the Amazon and indigenous cultures. Connected through the Harvest community and impact initiatives.
• Lumule FoundationminorOthersFoundation empowering communities through education and sustainable development. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives.
• Amazon FrontlinesminorOthersOrganization defending indigenous rights and the rainforest. Connected through Harvest community and impact initiatives.
• Schumacher CollegeminorOthersGlobal center for transformative learning and ecological thought. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives.
• Tibet HouseminorOthersOrganization preserving Tibetan culture and wisdom traditions. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives.
• Earthshot PrizeminorOthersOrganization accelerating environmental solutions for a regenerative future. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives.
• The Beckley FoundationminorOthersFoundation advancing research into consciousness, well-being, and psychedelic science. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives and featured in Harvest Magazine.
• Satish Kumar FoundationminorOthersFoundation supporting initiatives in ecology, peace, and holistic education. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives.
• AcumenminorOthersOrganization investing in sustainable, scalable businesses that tackle poverty. Connected through Harvest community impact initiatives.
• Capital Partners / KaplankayacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapital Partners and Kaplankaya are connected with Harvest for events hosted at Kaplankaya destination. Limited personal data may be shared with Capital Partners and/or Kaplankaya for community management and service improvement purposes.
• SpotifyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPodcast distribution platform where the Harvest Series Podcast is hosted and distributed to listeners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• TED: Premier curated talks and conferences franchise built around world-class speakers and ideas. Comparable to Harvest in the curation of headline speakers and premium audience experience, though much larger and broader in scope.

Emerging players

• Mindvalley: Personal-growth and wellness learning platform that runs events, retreats and experiences in addition to online content. Overlaps with Harvest on wellness themes and on combining live events with media content.

Direct peers

• Omega Institute for Holistic Studies: Retreat and learning center offering workshops on wellness, creativity and social change. Comparable to Harvest on curated workshop-style programming at a destination retreat setting.
• Summit Series: Hosts curated, invite-driven gatherings for founders, investors, artists and creatives with similar intimate formats, premium positioning and emphasis on community. Operates a parallel playbook of curated in-person experiences plus content and media.
• Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health: Yoga, wellness and personal-development retreat center running workshops, retreats and teacher trainings. Comparable in combining wellness themes, premium programming and venue-based experiences.
• Wanderlust: Yoga, wellness and music festivals and retreats aimed at affluent audiences seeking transformational experiences. Closely overlaps with Harvest on the wellness + experiential event combination and on premium ticket pricing.
• Wisdom 2.0: Conference series at the intersection of mindfulness, technology and wellbeing. Comparable to Harvest's curated gatherings bringing together thought leaders around consciousness and human flourishing themes.
• Esalen Institute: Long-running retreat center offering workshops and gatherings on personal growth, embodiment and consciousness. Closely matches Harvest's retreat-style format combining curated facilitation with a destination venue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HarvestSeries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harvest-series/posts/?feedView=all
• Instagraminstagram.com/harvestseries

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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