The backbone of Venture Café – networking aided by drinks and snacks. Come meet the community and make connections with all different kinds of innovators. How will you make your serendipitous moment come true?

Drop in for this overview of what Venture Café is, what we do as a community, and how you can make the most of our weekly Thursday Gathering programming! Bring a friend, grab a drink, and plug-in to the ecosystem – it’s time to CONNECT, LEARN, and SHARE.   This special bilingual “How to” session will be in both English and Japanese led by Takuo Urushihara, 漆原 琢雄, Program Manager, Venture Café Tokyo!    

We welcome experts from a leading US digital healthcare investment firm as well as from two Japanese digital therapeutics startups to provide insights into the digital healthcare industry. Gain valuable insights into the dynamic landscape of the digital healthcare industry as our panel explores the transformative impact of telehealth on alleviating symptoms of anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and clinical depression among young adult patients through measurement-based therapy. Moreover, our discussion will offer a comparative analysis, shedding light on how the U.S. and Japanese markets have approached the telehealth sector’s growth—highlighting both similarities and differences.

Step into an exciting showcase of 10 highly promising biotech and healthcare startups emerging from Japan. This pitch session marks the culmination of the inspiring three-month-long Global Startup Acceleration Program 2023 (GSAP) that has been run in strong cooperation between the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and CIC Japan Desk. Each startup will have 2 minutes to present their technology, show how they are innovating the biomedical field, and share their goals for the future. Audience members will have a chance to vote on their favorite pitch at the end of the session via their mobile phones!

The backbone of Venture Café – networking aided by drinks and snacks. Come meet the community and make connections with all different kinds of innovators. How will you make your serendipitous moment come true at the last Thursday Gathering of 2023?

The worlds of gaming and business still often appear as two distinct entities for many people, with little overlap or commonality, but this perception is outdated and potentially harmful. Join experts from PTC and other companies as we examine the (non-existent) line between work and gaming, and how game design is increasingly influencing digital business architecture. This interactive session explores the concept of games as simulations, the importance of fast-fail-states, spatial computing as it relates to 3D game design, and so much more!