Events

Events for the entrepreneurial 99%

Investor office hours, founder sessions and operator talks from the Openfor ecosystem — online and in Tokyo. Free to attend.

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2 events

Tuesday · 10:00 AM JST · Zoom

Quantum, AI and the Next Computing Wave: Where Capital Is Moving and How Breakthrough Companies Get Funded

Nardo Manaloto, Erdinc Ekinci

Tuesday · 10:00 AM JST · Zoom

Investor Office Hour with Stella Capital : How to Get Your Startup Noticed by Global VCs

Aizuddin Zakaria Adli, Erdinc Ekinci

Upcoming

1 event

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Tokyo Innovation Base（TIB）

The Human Signal: Founder-Led Cross-Border Sales on October 6

Timothy Connor, Anna Leshchuk, Erdinc Ekinci, Julio Alejandro Calanche

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Past events

144 events

Tuesday · 9:30 AM JST · Zoom

How to Create a Great First Startup Pitch using AI

Jonathan Greechan

Friday · 10:00 AM JST · Zoom

Physical AI Startups: Building, Scaling and Raising Global Capital

Wednesday · 1:00 AM JST · Zoom

Raising in the Age of AI: An Investor Q&A with Spyros Georgiadis

Spyros Georgiadis

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Investor Office Hour with Chinh Q. Tran

Chinh Q. Tran, Erdinc Ekinci

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Investor Office Hour: Raising Capital and Scaling in the MENA Market

Walied Albasheer, Erdinc Ekinci

Tuesday · 9:00 AM JST · Zoom

How to Get Customer Feedback on your Startup Idea in the Age of AI

Jonathan Greechan

Wednesday · 1:00 AM JST · Zoom

How to Find the First Customers for Your Startup Idea

Jonathan Greechan

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Mentor Office Hour with a Cross-Border Venture Scout: Global GTM, Traction & Fundraising

Thursday · 7:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

The Human Signal: Cross-Border Sales From London To Japan

Julio Alejandro Calanche, Erdinc Ekinci

Monday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Mentor Office Hour with a Cybersecurity Expert: From MVP to Enterprise-Ready

Joshua Qwek, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Mentor Office Hour with a Serial Entrepreneur: Product Strategy Using AI

Jetson Tan, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Thursday · 10:00 AM JST · Airmeet

How to Use AI to Validate Your Startup Idea in Days

Jonathan Greechan

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Productize & Automate With AI: From Idea to Scalable Systems

Mathieu Romary, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Wednesday · 1:00 AM JST · Airmeet

How to Build Without a Team Using AI with Jonathan Greechan

Jonathan Greechan

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Building a Business Model & Monetization: Turning Idea into Revenue

Jason Chen, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Friday · 2:00 AM JST · Airmeet

Go From Idea to Working App with AI, Featuring Adeo Ressi

Friday · 12:00 AM JST · Zoom

Venture Trailblazers featuring Tim Draper

Thursday · 1:00 AM JST · Airmeet

The AI-Native Founder Revolution: Build Your Company Faster Than Ever

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Robotics Startups & Cross-Border Fundraising: How to Attract Global Capital and Industrial Partners

Sabrina Sasaki, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

The Skills Every Emerging VC Needs Before Raising a Fund — Featuring Myrto Lalacos

Myrto Lalacos, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Thursday · 6:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

Startup Fundraising in Japan: Featuring Decile Group

Yu Li Shein, Shota Atago, Bibi Ishikawa, Erdinc Ekinci

Thursday · 6:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

Navigating Japan Market: From Market Entry to Local Traction

Taisuke “Alex” Odajima, Jason Chen, Karen Onuma-Mielke, Yu Li Shein

Tuesday · 10:00 AM JST · Zoom

Cross-Border Fundraising: How APAC Startups Raise from Global VCs

+1Martin Tobias, Arzu Tekir, Xiaoxi Guo, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Thursday · 8:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

The Secret Behind the First Signal: A compressed miniworkshop on our Personal Incubator

Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Thursday · 7:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

Solo-Founder 101: How Anyone Can Start a Business Using AI

Tuesday · 10:00 AM JST · Zoom

Launching Your First Fund from Scratch

Jorden Woods, Radhika Iyengar, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Friday · 10:00 AM JST · Zoom

Breaking Into Venture Capital Without Prior Experience — Featuring Sarah Romanko

Sarah Romanko, Yu Li Shein

Thursday · 4:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

FI Japan/Korea/Taiwan 2025 Fall Cohort In-Person Graduation Party @ Venture Café

+4Ryutaro (Ryan) Nakata, Chinh Q. Tran, Ben Hartwright, Ibrahim Orhan, Xiaoxi Guo, Richard Orman, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Wednesday · 6:00 PM JST · Tokyo Innovation Base

Pre-Seed Startup Fundraising in Japan, Featuring Japan Angels, and more

Colin Magne, Evan Burkosky, Koki Tanaka, Erdinc Ekinci

Monday · 9:00 PM JST · Zoom

Breaking Into Venture Capital Without Prior Experience, Featuring Connor Sattely

Connor Sattely, Yu Li Shein

Wednesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

FI Japan/ Korea/ Taiwan Joint Global 2025 Fall Cohort Graduation (Online Event)

Jeffrey Paine, Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Thursday · 6:00 PM JST · Toranomon Hills Mori Tower

How to Get Investment as a Foreign Founder in Japan

Jeremy Kai Proctor, Yamato Sasagawa, Ibrahim Orhan, Erdinc Ekinci

Tuesday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Revo Capital’s Cross-Border Strategy: Regional Startups to Global Success

Cenk Bayrakdar, Erdinc Ekinci

Thursday · 8:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

Go-to-Market Japan: The State of Japan’s Startup Ecosystem日本市場への参入：日本のスタートアップ・エコシステムの現状

Monday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

$860M, 114 VC Deals: Why Saudi Leads MENA Startups (2025) with Omar

Omar Munawar, Erdinc Ekinci

Monday · 6:00 PM JST · Zoom

Becoming an Angel & Finding One: How Angel Investing Works (Workshop + AMA)

Jed Ng, Erdinc Ekinci

Thursday · 5:00 PM JST · CIC Tokyo

Startup Fundraising in Japan: How to Raise Money with VC 日本におけるスタートアップ資金調達：VCから資金を調達する方法-

Rebecca Chai, Jeongwoo Lim, Erdinc Ekinci

Wednesday, 2025 · 4:00 PM JST · Startup English Pitch Practice Session

Startup English Pitch Practice Session: Get Feedback on Your Pitch

Erdinc Ekinci, Yu Li Shein

Tuesday, 2025 · 6:00 PM JST · Online Webinar

AMA with CVCs Featuring Andy Cheng (GrandTech Cloud Services Inc.)

Andy Cheng, Erdinc Ekinci

Monday, 2025 · 12:00 PM JST · Zoom

Monday Show: Startup Trends, VC Insights & Live Q&A Episode-2

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