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We believe that isolation is the enemy of innovation. That’s why our mission is to connect innovators to make things happen.

#MakeThingsHappen

Venture Café Tokyoは多様なプログラムを通じて起業家や投資家、研究者、学生等、多様なイノベーター達が集い、繋がり、イノベーションを社会に生み出すコミュニティです。

共に世界を変えましょう。

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What we are

Innovation, activated.

People often ask what exactly we do. Here’s the short and honest answer and a 3 min film.

innovation ecosystem activator

/ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən ˈiː.koʊ.sɪs.təm ˈæk.tɪ.veɪ.tər/
the role Venture Café plays every Thursday
  1. An organization that brings together the people of a place — founders, investors, researchers, corporates, students and government — and turns latent connections into active ones.
  2. A convener that lowers the barriers to meeting, then gets out of the way. We host the room; the ecosystem does the work.

A couple of minutes inside a Thursday Gathering: the people, the energy, and why showing up changes things.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

9月 18 · Tokyo

TSUKUBA CONNÉCT #89 BEYOND FARM TO TABLE：食と農のフロンティア

TSUKUBA CONNÉCT
9月 24 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #398

Thursday Gathering
9月 25 · Tokyo

NAGOYA CONNÉCT #128

NAGOYA CONNÉCT
9月 30 · Tokyo

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #46

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT
10月 1 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #399

Thursday Gathering
10月 8 · Tokyo

🏯 今週はお休み / No Gathering This Week 🏯

Thursday Gathering
10月 15 · Tokyo

Homecoming Thursday Gathering #400: One Community, More to come!

Thursday Gathering
10月 22 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #401

Thursday Gathering
10月 30 · Tokyo

HITACHI IGNITE 2026 (TSUKUBA CONNÉCT #90) 組む技術、変わる現場、生まれる産業

TSUKUBA CONNÉCT
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PAST EVENTS

9月 17 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #397

Thursday Gathering
9月 15 · Tokyo

GIFU IGNITE #19

GIFU IGNITE
9月 11 · Tokyo

NAGOYA CONNÉCT #127

NAGOYA CONNÉCT
9月 10 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #396

Thursday Gathering
9月 9 · Tokyo

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #45

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT
9月 3 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #395

Thursday Gathering
8月 28 · Tokyo

NAGOYA CONNÉCT #126

NAGOYA CONNÉCT
8月 27 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #394

Thursday Gathering
8月 20 · Tokyo

TOHOKU STARTUP NIGHT（TG #393）

Thursday Gathering
8月 13 · Tokyo

🌊 今週はお休み / No Gathering This Week 🏖️

Thursday Gathering
8月 6 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #392

Thursday Gathering
8月 5 · Tokyo

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #43

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT
7月 30 · Tokyo

TeSH（Tech Startup HOKURIKU）× ACADEMIA STARTUP NIGHT ～北陸から世界へつながるネットワーク形成～ (TG#391)

Thursday Gathering
7月 23 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #390

Thursday Gathering
7月 22 · Tokyo

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #42

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT
7月 16 · Tokyo

Thursday Gathering #389

Thursday Gathering
2025年振り返り

OUR COMMUNITY

By the numbers
EVENTS
99
SESSIONS
428
INNOVATORS
25224

Thanks to Our Sponsors

Connecting Innovators to make things happen together with our sponsors

OUR PROGRAMS

ROCKET PITCH NIGHT

COMMUNITY CAMPUS +R

COMMUNITY CAMPUS TOKYO

Thursday Gathering

NAGOYA CONNÉCT

TSUKUBA CONNÉCT

GIFU IGNITE

YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT

ROCKET PITCH NIGHT

COMMUNITY CAMPUS GIFU

COMMUNITY CAMPUS +R @Kusatsu

COMMUNITY CAMPUS ENGLISH

OIC CONNÉCT

Visit us at CIC Tokyo！

住所：東京都港区虎ノ門１−１７−１　虎ノ門ヒルズビジネスタワー１５階

15th Floor, Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6415, Japan

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Looking back at 2025-26 with our impact report

“Connecting Innovators to Make Things Happen”というミッションのもと、2025年度はCommunity Campusの発展やGlobal Gathering 2026の開催などを通じて、地域や国境を越えた共創の輪をさらに広げました。
本レポートでは、コミュニティとともに歩んだ8年目の挑戦と、そのインパクトをご紹介します。ぜひご覧ください。

Guided by our mission, “Connecting Innovators to Make Things Happen,” FY2025–26 was a year of expanding collaboration across communities, regions, and borders through initiatives such as Community Campus and Global Gathering 2026.

This Impact Report highlights the journey and impact of our eighth year.
We invite you to take a look and see how far we’ve come—together.

CHECK THE REPORT!
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