What The Regen Studio does

The Regen Studio is a privately held regenerative strategy, co-creation, and facilitation consultancy founded in 2021 by Nicola Gryczka Kirsch. The firm helps hospitality brands and purpose-driven organizations move from sustainability toward regenerative practices that actively restore ecosystems and communities, serving enterprise clients such as Heineken (an 18-country 'Worlds Together' campaign with a two-year impact evaluation), EHL Hospitality Business School (first Open Innovation Summit with 385 participants from 20+ countries), Gastromotiva (three-country social franchise expansion), and SLH Considerate Collection, alongside speaking engagements at venues including the World Economic Forum, TEDx Brazil, and SXSW.

The studio's core offerings are three professional-services lines: Strategic Advisory & Co-Creation (regenerative strategy and business-model design), Experience Design & Facilitation (transformative learning journeys, multi-stakeholder co-creation, and events such as the Heineken and EHL engagements), and Speaking Engagements & Keynotes. Delivery is enabled by the founder's network — a trusted global circle of experts, creatives, academics, and grassroots innovators accessed primarily through the founder-co-founded Social Gastronomy Movement (an impact network spanning 80+ countries) — rather than proprietary technology. The firm does not operate a software platform; it has no API, no AI/ML capability, no patents, and no disclosed technology integrations.

The revenue model is professional services on three tracks: retainer-based long-term advisory (subscription-style recurring), project-based mandates (discrete deliverables such as the Heineken campaign and Gastromotiva expansion strategy), and event/speaking fees. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagements are custom-scoped. The firm is founder-owned with no external investment, parent company, or subsidiary structure, and operates with a 1-10 employee base delivering globally across the Americas (USA, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador), Europe (Switzerland, Poland, Monaco), and other markets (e.g., Turkey). Recent positioning has expanded into policy/framework authorship via the Regenerative Hospitality Moonshot White Paper launched at Davos 2025 with partners REGENOPOLIS and Instituto Igarapé.

Name

The Regen Studio

Legal name

The Regen Studio

Website

https://theregenstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Regen Studio is a founder-led regenerative strategy and facilitation consultancy helping hospitality brands and purpose-driven organizations design regenerative business models, co-create multi-stakeholder campaigns, and convene global events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory & Consulting: Retainer-based collaboration providing long-term support in leadership, innovation, and strategic growth for organizations transitioning to regenerative practices.
2. Project-Based Mandates: Project-based engagements driving specific transitions, campaigns, or initiatives for clients in hospitality, food systems, and sustainable business.
3. Speaking Engagements & Keynotes: Nicola delivers keynote speeches and workshops at global forums, conferences, and corporate events on regenerative futures, food systems change, and human-centric innovation.
4. Collective/Network Engagements: Collaborative formats tapping into a trusted global network of experts, creatives, and practitioners to co-create tailored solutions for complex challenges.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Regen Studio provides regenerative strategy advisory, co-creation facilitation, experience design, and speaking services to hospitality brands, foundations, and purpose-driven organizations. Deliverables include regenerative strategy development, open innovation ecosystem building, design and leadership of multi-stakeholder learning journeys and events, campaign co-creation and impact evaluation, and keynote speeches on regenerative futures and food systems change.

Product overview

The Regen Studio is a consulting and facilitation company offering three core service offerings: Strategic Advisory & Co-Creation, Experience Design & Facilitation, and Speaking Engagements & Keynotes. These services are delivered through various formats including retainer-based collaboration, project-based mandates, and collective formats tapping into a global network of experts. The company also executes specific initiatives such as the Worlds Together campaign (developed with Heineken across 18 countries) and the Open Innovation Summit at EHL Hospitality Business School.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Advisory & Co-Creation Advisory services helping hospitality brands, foundations and purpose-driven companies design and activate regenerative strategies that align profit with purpose, including building open innovation ecosystems and regenerative business models.
• Experience Design & Facilitation Design and leadership of transformative learning journeys, events, campaigns and multi-stakeholder co-creation processes that move people from insight to meaningful, collective action.
• Speaking Engagements & Keynotes Speaking services covering regenerative futures, food systems change and human-centric innovation, delivered at global forums, conferences, and intimate salons for corporate and institutional audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• Worlds Together campaign activated in 18 countries with two-year impact evaluation completed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Social Gastronomy MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Social Gastronomy Movement is a global network of change-makers in over 80 countries using food as a tool for social change. Founder Nicola co-founded this movement and continues to leverage it as a key ecosystem partner for collaborative projects, talent access, and cross-border implementation capability.
• REGENOPOLIScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerREGENOPOLIS is a strategic partner for regenerative hospitality and travel initiatives. Together with REGENOPOLIS and Instituto Igarapé, The Regen Studio launched the Regenerative Hospitality Moonshot White Paper at Davos 2026, offering a practical framework and investment case for hospitality regeneration grounded in the IBITIs trailblazer model.
• Instituto IgarapécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto Igarapé is a strategic partner in the Regenerative Hospitality Moonshot initiative, contributing research and policy expertise to the partnership that launched the white paper at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
• HeinekenflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Heineken to co-design, implement, orchestrate, and evaluate 'Worlds Together' - a glocal impact campaign activated in 18 countries to bridge social divides and unite communities through food, with two-year impact evaluation.
• EHL Hospitality Business SchoolflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigned and implemented the first-ever Open Innovation Summit at EHL, positioning the school as a thought leader. The summit became a living lab for regenerative innovation connecting academia, industry, startups, and students.
• Dar AhlamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Dar Ahlam for the Regenerative Hospitality Retreat as part of SLH Considerate Collection capacity building, working with hoteliers from 8 countries.
• SLH Considerate CollectionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSLH Considerate Collection partnered with The Regen Studio for regenerative hospitality capacity building, involving hoteliers from 8 countries in immersive learning experiences.
• Moderna (Ecuador)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelivered motivational keynote and hands-on workshop for Moderna Ecuador's leadership team to spark culture of innovation and future-focused thinking.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Future Laboratory: Foresight and consumer-trends consultancy serving hospitality, travel, and lifestyle brands. Comparable in serving similar hospitality and luxury clients with strategy, trend research, and innovation services.
• Forum for the Future: Global sustainability non-profit and consultancy helping organizations transition to sustainable and regenerative models through strategy, innovation, and futures work. Directly comparable as a regenerative/sustainability strategy firm serving global brands.
• Futerra: Sustainability strategy and communications agency helping brands embed sustainability and purpose. Comparable as a strategy consultancy serving hospitality and purpose-driven brands on regenerative and sustainability transformation.
• SustainAbility: Sustainability strategy and advisory firm helping organizations develop and execute sustainability strategies. Comparable as a strategic advisory firm focused on purpose-driven transformation and ESG strategy.

Broad incumbents

• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Large global sustainability advisory firm with broad industry reach. Comparable as a sustainability/regenerative strategy consultancy serving enterprise clients, though operating at significantly larger scale and across more sectors.
• IDEO: Global design and innovation consultancy offering strategy, experience design, and co-creation services. Comparable as a higher-scale consultancy offering similar co-creation, facilitation, and innovation services for enterprise clients.
• Edelman: Global communications and PR firm with a dedicated purpose and sustainability practice. Comparable in offering sustainability and purpose strategy services to enterprise clients at significantly larger scale and global footprint.

Emerging players

• Yunus Social Business: Social business advisory firm supporting social enterprises and purpose-driven companies with strategic guidance. Comparable in supporting foundations and social enterprises with regenerative transformation strategy.
• Skift Advisory: Hospitality and travel advisory focused on industry trends, research, and transformation. Comparable in serving hospitality brands with strategy and research, though more research- and intelligence-led than facilitation-led.
• Real Worth: Values-driven social impact and sustainability advisory firm. Comparable as a smaller emerging consultancy focused on social purpose, regenerative business models, and stakeholder strategy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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Investments

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