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Venture Café Tokyo

Tokyo innovation community that runs the free weekly Thursday Gathering for founders and investors.

🇯🇵 Toranomon Hills Business Tower, Minato-ku, Tokyo · Founded 2018

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Venture Café Tokyo is an innovation community, not an investment firm. It brings together founders, investors, researchers, corporates, students and government through free programs. It was established in 2018 at Toranomon Hills as the first Asian location of the Venture Café network, which began at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). Its main program is the weekly Thursday Gathering at CIC Tokyo. It also runs regional programs in Tsukuba, Nagoya, Gifu, Yokohama and Osaka.

Open to

  • Speakers for events
  • Co-marketing & events
  • Audience & community access

Its site invites people to become a speaker, mentor or ambassador, and organisations to become a sponsor or partner.

Services

Service

Thursday Gathering

Who it's for: Founders, investors, corporates, and researchers

  • Flagship weekly networking and programming event
  • Free and open to the community
Service

Community Campus Tokyo

Who it's for: Innovators and entrepreneurs

  • Ongoing community programming
Service

Rocket Pitch Night

Who it's for: Startups and founders

  • Pitch event for the innovation community

Traction

Updated Oct 2026
99events held
428sessions
25,224innovators engaged

Team