Cycle & Scale
Driving growth in Women’s Health
Business Development Support & Consulting in Women’s Health & FemTech. Helping founders, changemakers and innovators to develop, grow and expand their business – in the Netherlands and Germany.
OUR SERVICES
Develop, grow and expand – across borders
With our hands-on Business Development Support & Consulting. From strategy to the execution and beyond.
Business Development & Sales
Strategic and operational services, tailored to your growth and market-entry plans, to develop and scale your business.
Cross-Border Expansion (NL & DE)
Soft landing support, localization, and strategic guidance, to successfully set up and expand into the Netherlands and/or Germany.
Strategic Access & Connection
Access to funding, stakeholders and to other key partners, to enable healthy and sustainable growth of your business.
Insights & Sector Development
Sector expertise, insights and positioning to own your place in the market and to stay on top of your game in Women’s Health.
OUR VISION
High quality, gender-based
and accessible healthcare for everyone
At Cycle & Scale, we believe that true gender equity in health means treating men and women different. Because distinguishing and recognizing the differences in their bodies and minds are a must to provide effective care and treatment tailored to their needs. Our mission? ‘Supporting businesses that bring meaningful innovation to make high-quality and gender-based health care accessible to everyone.’
OUR EXPERIENCE
18+ years guiding cross-border
business expansion
Over the last 18 years we have successfully guided 50+ organizations in their cross-border expansion – in and to the Netherlands & Germany. With an extensive multilingual network of experienced professionals in both countries, we offer you the support, strategic advice, and the connections that you need to grow, develop and expand your business in Women’s Health – across borders.
FREE BUSINESS CONSULT
Scale your business, book a free consult
Book a free consult to explore your chances to develop, grow and expand your business in Women’s Health. In this consult we will discover your opportunities to:
Strategically develop
your business
Successfully expand to new markets
Grow and make impact across borders
NEWS & EVENTS
In the media and on stage
Featured Events
Media & Articles
Interview with Bianca Glang– The Netherlands as a Springboard for Healthcare Innovations | Achtung! InnoHealth
In the Healthcare Innovators series by Achtung! InnoHealth, Bianca Glang, expert in German-Dutch business relations, reflects on the opportunities and challenges of cross-border expansion in healthcare. Interviewed by Simeon Atkinson, Managing Director of Achtung!...
Interview with Cécile van der Heijden – Regulation as a Driver for FemTech Innovation
Regulation in women’s health is often treated as an obstacle. It is said to be too slow, too costly, too complex. For Cécile van der Heijden, attorney-at-law at Axon Lawyers, it is the opposite: “Regulation brings clarity. And clarity leads to power.” In this...
Replay – Panel: Revolutionizing Women’s Health – HLTH Europe 2025
Watch the full recording of the HLTH Europe 2025 panel “Revolutionizing Women’s Health: The Power Struggle Between Innovation, Policy, and AI.” Hosted by Embrace, Enlaza, and Cycle & Scale (formerly BGA Consulting), the session gathered leading voices from across...
Insights & Resources
Checklist – How to set up a Dutch company
Coming soon!
Insight Report – Blueprint to Close the Women’s Health Gap: How to Improve Lives and Economies for All
Published January 2025 | The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute, presents a landmark report that highlights both the human and economic potential of closing the women’s health gap. The report introduces a novel framework and...
“Did you know that in 2025 doctors treated woman the same as small men?”
