How do you choose a founder coach in Europe?

Three checks, all answered in the entries below:

Who they say they help. Pick a coach who names your company size, stage or problem in their own words.
Whether the price is published. 4 of the 13 publish a price for coaching. All of them are on the founder coaching prices page.
How the work runs: 1:1, a group, or a fixed program. Ask before you book.

If this is you	Coaches whose own line says so
You run a scaling company and want a CEO coach for the size you are now	Dave Bailey, Julius Bachmann, Peter Sorgenfrei and Mika Tikkala
Every decision still comes back to you	InnerEdge and Mika Tikkala
You want the price and length fixed up front	Eric Partaker and Mika Tikkala
You want a group of founders around you	Mika Pyhämäki
You want finance or operations help alongside the coaching	Hayat
The problem is your leadership team or your culture	Stuart Andrews and Therese Gedda
You want wellbeing and performance work	Hintsa Performance and Laavu
You want the top ICF coaching credential	Virpi Haavisto

Each coach's own line is in their entry below.

The best founder coaches in Europe, quoted and dated

Dave BaileyUK, Europe

Best for: Venture-backed tech CEOs. He says he coaches the CEOs of venture-backed tech companies, Series A to Series D.
Their own claim: “250+ CEOs coached”
Price: does not publish a price
Checked 2026-09-06, also from dave-bailey.com/coaching

Eric PartakerUK, US

Best for: Founders who want a fixed 12-week program with the price published up front.
Their own claim: “He has been named 'CEO of the Year' at the 2019 Business Excellence Forum”
Price: “The 12 week program costs USD 4,500 if paid upfront or USD 5,000 over 4 installments of $1,250 during the length of the program.”, for a 12-week program
Checked 2026-09-06, also from ericpartaker.com/the-ceo-accelerator-meta

Hayat (meethayat.com)US, Europe

Best for: Founders who want finance and operations work alongside the coaching.
Their own claim: “Three exits. Cake to American Express. Tripbod to TripAdvisor. iHorizon to Cooper Parry.”
Price: does not publish a price
Checked 2026-09-11, also from meethayat.com/about

Hintsa PerformanceGlobal

Best for: Executives who want a wellbeing program with a long sports record behind it.
Their own claim: “Hintsa-supported F1 drivers have won 19 World Drivers' Championships”
Price: “Purchase the course for 299€.”, for a self-serve online course
Checked 2026-09-06, also from myacademy.hintsa.com/master-burnout-and-resilience

InnerEdge (Laurent Notin, Pouria Kay)Nordics, Europe

Best for: Founders who name founder dependency as the problem. Their headline asks what happens if you step away for three months.
Their own claim: “€130+ million in coaching-led revenue”
Price: does not publish a price
Checked 2026-09-06

Julius Bachmann, Bachmann CatalystGermany, Europe

Best for: CEOs of companies with 100 to 1,000 employees, his own number.
Their own claim: “200+ companies advised on scaling challenges. 250+ CEO community for instant market validation and talent access”
Price: does not publish a price
Checked 2026-09-26

LaavuFinland

Best for: Founders who want a published monthly price and a mental health frame.
Their own claim: “100% say Laavu's coaching has improved their well-being”
Price: “€560 / Month (+VAT)”, for the entry level, biweekly sessions
Checked 2026-09-15, also from laavu.io/coaching-for-individuals

Mika PyhämäkiFinland

Best for: Founders going from 100K to 1,000K ARR, his own line, in a membership with roundtables, workshops and private 1:1 coaching.
Their own claim: “After working with some of the world's top B2B tech companies (Salesforce, Accenture, Nokia) and more than 100 ambitious entrepreneurs globally over the last 15 years”
Price: “$2,300/year”, for a year of Founder OS Circle membership, which lists private 1:1 coaching, live roundtables and workshops
Checked 2026-10-24, also from circle.mikapyhamaki.com

Mika TikkalaEurope, US

Best for: Founder-led companies past €1M where every decision still routes through the founder. Founder, CEO and executive coaching. Fixed length, price published.
Their own claim: “20 years as an entrepreneur and growth strategist, 200+ sales teams built, over €50M in new revenue generated for clients.”
Price: “€3,900 standard, €1,950 founding rate”, for an 8-week 1:1 Sprint with founders, founding teams and executives, then an optional monthly retainer starting from €1,000 a month
Checked 2026-10-25

Peter SorgenfreiNordics

Best for: Founder-CEOs of companies between 20 and 400 people, his own number.
Their own claim: “67 founders and CEOs coached across 13 countries”
Price: does not publish a price (services page says he does not publish prices)
Checked 2026-09-11, also from petersorgenfrei.com/services

Stuart AndrewsUK

Best for: Companies where the leadership bench is the constraint, in his own words.
Their own claim: “Trusted by executives across Fortune 500 companies and high-growth scale-ups”
Price: “$1,750 credited to your program”, for a Leadership Capability Audit
Checked 2026-09-11, also from stuartandrews.me/products-services

Therese Gedda, ReimaginezSweden

Best for: Founders who want the work aimed at company culture.
Their own claim: “20+ years Track Record, Served 1,000+ Founders & C-level clients Delivered 2,500+ Keynotes & Impacted 30,000+ Company Cultures”
Price: does not publish a price
Checked 2026-09-06, also from reimaginez.com/proven-impact

Virpi Haavisto, AvantageFinland

Best for: Founders who want an ICF Master Certified Coach.
Their own claim: “MCC, Master Certified Coach by International Coaching Federation ICF. The highest credential level as a coach.”
Price: does not publish a price
Checked 2026-09-06

Questions founders ask about founder coaches in Europe

Who are the alternatives to Dave Bailey in Europe?

Dave Bailey says he coaches the CEOs of venture-backed tech companies, Series A to Series D. On this list, Julius Bachmann, Peter Sorgenfrei and Mika Tikkala also coach the CEOs of scaling companies, and each entry above says who they work with in their own words.

Which founder coaches on this list work in the UK?

Dave Bailey, Eric Partaker and Stuart Andrews. If you run a UK scale-up, they are the coaches on this list to compare.

Is this list ranked?

No. It runs in alphabetical order. I wrote it, and I'm in it with the same fields as the other coaches.

How this list is made

Every name comes from a review of the coaches who show up in search results and in AI answers about founder coaching. Each entry quotes the coach's own site, links to the page it came from, and carries the date it was checked. Prices appear only where the coach publishes them, and the entry says what the figure buys.

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