Where Elite Entrepreneurs Connect
An exclusive community for founders generating over $10M in annual revenue. Experience global networking events tailored for the high-impact entrepreneur.
A private network for founders past ten million
Limelightlist is a private network for founders whose businesses generate over $10M in annual revenue. Members meet four times a year at closed gatherings of sixteen, receive introductions matched each quarter by a secretariat, and have a concierge that handles travel, venues and requests year round. Revenue is verified before membership is confirmed. There is no public directory, no sponsors and no waiting list.
- Minimum revenue
- $10M+. Confirmed with your finance lead before a place is offered.
- Global events a year
- 4. One each quarter, in a different city.
- Members to a table
- 16. Small enough that everyone speaks.
- Vendors
- 0. No supplier has ever paid for access to the room.
Why founders join
- Rooms you cannot buy your way into
- Membership is decided on revenue, ownership and two sponsors. Not on who you know at the door, and never on who is paying. Every founder at the table earned the seat the same way you did.
- Conversations that stay in the room
- Every session runs under Chatham House rules. You can use what you hear. Nobody can attribute it to you. Founders say things at a Limelightlist table they would not say to their own board.
- Introductions that start with a reason
- You tell the secretariat what you are working on this quarter. They match you with a member who has done it. Both sides agree before a name is shared.
Four rooms a year
One city each quarter. Sixteen members to a table, under Chatham House rules.
Introductions
Members are matched by the secretariat on what they are working on this quarter, and both sides agree before a name is shared.
- Sector peers
- Founders at your revenue scale in adjacent industries. Close enough to understand the problem, far enough away to say what they think.
- Operating partners
- People who have run the problem you are looking at now. A first international office, a second product line, a chief executive who is not you.
- Capital
- Family offices and funds that already know the list. They come as members, not as sponsors, and they do not pitch.
Travel, venues and introductions, handled
One number, year round. Members do not organise their own attendance, and costs are passed through at invoice with nothing added.
Before you apply
- Time
- The application takes about six minutes. A decision takes four to six weeks. There is no fee to apply and no obligation if a place is offered.
- Cost
- The annual fee is set out in the offer of membership. Travel and venues are passed through at invoice with nothing added, and nothing is ever sold to members.
- Sponsors
- Two existing members normally sponsor an applicant. If you do not know two, say so and the application is considered on its merits.
- Who knows
- Nobody outside the secretariat. Membership is not announced, there is no public directory, and every room runs under Chatham House rules.
Apply when the numbers are ready
About six minutes, in three short sections. We confirm revenue with your finance lead before a place is offered.