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

At its simplest, Advisory Boards are groups of experts who provide guidance for entrepreneurs and leadership teams for pressing issues and/or goals they have. These sessions can range anywhere from a few hundred USD to thousands of USD, making this valuable advice unavailable to some. This is where we come in. The On-Demand Advisory Board at Venture Café brings each entrepreneur two teams of five advisors within the span of one hour, focusing on solving one single biggest challenge the entrepreneur is faced with at no cost. Our advisors include but are not limited to entrepreneurs, seasoned operating executives, and domain experts. At this time, we are searching for 4 entrepreneurs to participate. If you’re interested in joining or would like to learn more, please contact Tony Zhang at tzhang@sbur.com.

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 plugged-in to the ecosystem - it's time to CONNECT, LEARN, and SHARE.

Market traction is hard when everyone is trying to ignore you. Somewhere between 85% and 95% of startups fail, and for the same reason: they aren’t able to attract the attention of the people they think of as customers. Based on deep experience with dozens of startups over 20 years, this 10-part series will teach founders, CEOs, and investors 10 things they can do to tilt the go-to-market odds in their favor.As the final installment of the series, it's time to draw the connection between your "thing" and other people - at the end of the day, what works is what connects us. There’s a reason why the best messages resonate. We’re on this trip together. Let’s make it good. 

As we get ready to say “Goodbye” to 2022, join us for “Minute to Pitch it” where members of the Venture Café community will give 1-minute rapid-fire pitches about their startups! Pitches will be followed by up to 2-minutes of audience/founder Q&A. The challenge? Founders must give clear and concise pitches before the COWBELL is rung. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the exciting opportunities in and around Cambridge/Boston – what connections will you make before the year ends? To participate as a startup, it’s recommended that you complete the Contact Us form with “Minute to Pitch it” as the subject line. Pitching startups include: Micro Venture Funding Muvo School Twist The Spin Cast

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 plugged-in to the ecosystem - it's time to CONNECT, LEARN, and SHARE.This special “How to” session will be in English and Japanese led by Venture Café Tokyo’s Program Manager, Takuo Urushihara 漆原 琢雄!

Around the world, women remain a minority in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, particularly in Japan. However, women are an important source of innovation, and by welcoming them into business, we can spark new and vibrant ideas. Hear from women in leadership roles from Japanese startups regarding the challenges and opportunities for gender diversity to help revive the Japanese innovation ecosystem.

The Japan External Trade Organization, in partnership with the Japan Desk at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), is excited to share pitches from 14 high-potential biotech and healthcare startups coming out of Japan. The pitch event culminates a three-month long Startup City Acceleration Program 2022 boot camp hosted by the Japan Desk at CIC. The startups will have 2 minutes to present their companies, how they are innovating the biomedical field, and their goals for the future. Audience members will have a chance to vote on their favorite pitch at the end of the session!