Community
The right people change everything.
180+ ambitious people, building, creating, exploring and figuring it out together.
The culture
Ambitious people, with nothing to prove.
Everyone here is building something. Nobody needs to perform it. Come curious, open and ready to make the people around you better.
- Members
- 180+
- Cities
- 15
- Companies co-founded
- 4
- Return for a second trip
- 92%
Who is here
You will not be the most interesting person at the table.
Members
In their words.
“Such a beautiful partnership between Ripple and Frontiers on the Cotonou Trip; we’re happy to have partnered and look forward to the next one!”
Mbang Young
Founder & Creative Director, Ripple Universe
“I came for the trip and stayed for the group chat. Three of the hardest calls I've made this year went through people I met on the coast road out of Cape Town first.”
Amara Okonkwo
Co-founder, Ledgerline · Lagos
“It's the only room I've been in where nobody performs. Someone told me my architecture was over-built on the second morning and they were completely right.”
Thabo Mokoena
Principal engineer, Kestrel Systems · Johannesburg
“As a creator I'm usually the odd one out at these things. Here I was the reason two founders changed how their product looks. That's not a small difference.”
Yasmine Berrada
Founder, Atlas Studio · Casablanca
“We opened in Lagos six months after the trip. I had a dozen people on the ground I could call before we'd signed a single lease. You cannot buy that.”
David Kimani
Operator, Halo Logistics · Nairobi
What comes out of it
Things that would not otherwise exist.
- 01
Co-founders & first hires
People who met through Frontiers and ended up building together.
- 02
New opportunities
Introductions that open doors to new markets, partnerships and possibilities.
- 03
Things that get made
Projects, films, businesses and collaborations that started with a conversation.
- 04
The help you don't expect
A useful introduction. An honest opinion. Someone who knows exactly who to call.
There's room for the right people.
Membership is by application, and we read every one.