Gradia

Gradia is an online marketplace for executive education, based in Hamburg, Germany, and launched in early 2026. It started from a simple problem: anyone researching an executive program has to dig through dozens of business school websites that all describe their courses differently and cannot be compared side by side. Gradia brings these programs into one place, so professionals can find the right one by topic, format, length, and budget.

The initial focus is the DACH region, working directly with business schools to list their executive and professional programs. The longer-term aim is to become the default starting point for anyone deciding where to invest in their professional development, the neutral layer between learners and the schools that serve them.

Gradia is a marketplace built specifically for executive education, not general online courses. It gathers executive and professional programs from business schools into one place, where people can search by topic, format, length, and budget and compare options side by side.

Most alternatives are either a single school's website, which only shows its own programs, or a general course aggregator that treats executive education like consumer e-learning. Gradia is neutral and buyer-first. It compares programs across schools on what actually matters for a senior career decision, such as school reputation, format, and fit, so the choice is based on fit rather than on whoever ranks highest in search.