TIB Startup Mentoring
30-minute one-on-one sessions with VCs and startup supporters to work through fundraising and business challenges.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Where Japan's entrepreneurs & engineers meet.
This week·Oct 26 – Nov 1 · 39events
Mon, October 26, 2026 past
7events
Pre-push Verification of AI-written Code with CodeRabbit × CircleCI
Online session on verifying AI-written code before push using CodeRabbit and CircleCI.
Online · JA
Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Charles Bouveyron (Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur) "Scaling Optimal Transport to High-Dimensional Gaussian Distributions with Application to Domain Adaptation"
RIKEN AIP lecture by Prof. Charles Bouveyron (Inria) on closed-form optimal transport for high-dimensional Gaussians. Hybrid at UTokyo.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Antler Japan x CircleCI Meetup for Startups
Founder meetup in Shibuya with CircleCI on the shortest engineering path from idea to product, an Antler intro, and networking.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
CES2027 (Las Vegas) Prep Seminar: For Exhibitors and Visitors Heading to Las Vegas, Conventions Start with Preparation
Prep seminar for CES2027 exhibitors and visitors on turning the trip into new business, from preparation to post-show results.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Go Global Hub #2 - Build Together: Cross-Border Co-Creation Workshop
Cross-border workshop where mixed teams of Japanese and international founders build business models and pitch them in 3 minutes.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Sendagaya.rb #543
Sendagaya.rb online meetup on Google Meet: casual talk on Kaigi on Rails and RubyKaigi topics plus dev Q&A. Starts at 21:00.
Online · JA
Tue, October 27, 2026 past
4events
TIB Scramble Meetup: Founder Frights, Fear Talk for the Startup Life
Small-group peer conversation at TIB where founders share the fears of startup life and practical ways to keep them in check.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Product Team + Scrum Master = Better Results or More Meetings?
Jan Hadrava shares a case study on how a Scrum Master can lift a product team's results instead of just adding meetings.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Laser Chess and the Consequences of Deterministic Games
Tokyo Tech Talks #9: a math student uses Laser Chess to explore deterministic games, followed by drinks in Shibuya.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Weekly Tuesday Meetup
Weekly Tuesday evening open house at Tokyo Hackerspace's new Akasaka space near Nogizaka: drop in, meet members and see the tools.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Wed, October 28, 2026 past
10events
Tech Brunch Event
A small-group brunch in Iidabashi on functional programming and category theory: monoids, functors, applicatives and monads.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Lunchtime Study Group on Global UX
Weekly online lunchtime UX study group reading The UX Collective articles via NotebookLM summaries.
Online · JA · Oct 28 – Nov 4
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #48
Innovation community night at TECH HUB YOKOHAMA in Minatomirai: talk sessions with live text translation, plus networking.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
Snack and Connect
Weekly drop-in networking at Shibuya Startup Support's Bridge office: meet founders, investors, and the startup-curious over snacks.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT#48
Free Venture Café networking night at TECH HUB YOKOHAMA, with hybrid sessions on women's career ecosystems and AI-driven mobility.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
TIB CXO Lounge ~ A Gathering of Startup CXOs Facing the Hard Things
One-hour after-work networking at TIB where startup CXOs swap candid notes on capital policy, hiring, and hard calls.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Building an Ecosystem for a Safe Physical AI Future
Roundtable with Renesas and Substrate One on moving AI into robots and hardware, plus physical AI startup pitches and networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Tokyo Python Good Vibes
Tokyo Python evening in Meguro with talks on Marimo notebooks and on Astra and Pyxel.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
[Pitchers and Audience Wanted!] TIB SANDBOX Vol.3 (Pitch Event) / For Idea-Stage to Early-Stage Startups
Seven idea-to-early-stage startups give 3-minute pitches and get live feedback from commentators at TIB.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
THS "Nihongo Night" open house
Japanese-language open house night at Tokyo Hackerspace's new Akasaka space near Nogizaka: drop in, meet members and see the tools.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Thu, October 29, 2026 past
4events
Tech Brunch Event
A small-group breakfast meetup in Iidabashi on using LLMs for language learning: conversation practice, grammar feedback, and demos.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
pixiv App Talk
A 35-minute online lunchtime tech talk from pixiv, apparently on app development; details are shared only with registrants.
Online · JA
Thursday Gathering #402
Venture Café Tokyo's weekly Thursday Gathering at CIC Tokyo in Toranomon, with sessions and networking, in person or online.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
Continuing Lunchtime Study Group on Global UX
Weekly online lunchtime UX study group reading The UX Collective articles via NotebookLM summaries.
Online · JA
Fri, October 30, 2026 past
10events
Tech Brunch Event
Small breakfast meetup in Iidabashi to share open source projects and talk tools, licensing and communities.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
IMPACT FUTURE WEEKEND 2026 AUTUMN - Responsible Capital Meets Social Innovation
One-day Tokyo forum linking impact investors, VCs, foundations and impact startups, with a venture exchange and networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA/EN
2nd Knowledge-Sharing Study Session on Supporting University Startups
Keio, Teikyo and Tokyo University of Marine Science co-host a study session for university startup support staff on program design and IP.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
TAI x Techstars Tokyo - August 2026 Class Showcase
Five-minute pitches from Techstars Tokyo's August 2026 class, hosted with Tokyo AI and SDS in Shibuya, followed by networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
HITACHI IGNITE 2026 (TSUKUBA CONNÉCT #90)
Special TSUKUBA CONNÉCT edition in Hitachi City on how manufacturers, startups and universities in northern Ibaraki team up to build industries.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Aoyama Startup Acceleration Center (ASAC) 11th Anniversary Event & 22nd Cohort Demo Day
ASAC, Tokyo's government-run incubator, marks its 11th anniversary and hosts a demo day for its 12-company 22nd cohort.
Hybrid · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Engineering Growth with AI
Tokyo AI evening on AI for growth: scalable LLM outreach personalization, AI Optimization for brand citations, and AI-search research.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Sapporo | Claude Meetup
Hokkaido's first Claude Community event: seven lightning talks and networking in Sapporo on using Claude at work and in life.
In person · Hokkaido · JA
Tokyo | Claude Meetup
Minato, Tokyo meetup with five lightning talks and a group Chalk Talk on how people use Claude. Held in Japanese, now full.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Continuing Lunchtime Study Group on Global UX
Weekly online lunchtime UX study group reading The UX Collective articles via NotebookLM summaries.
Online · JA
Sat, October 31, 2026 past
4events
Tech Brunch Event
Small brunch in Iidabashi where founders and builders swap stories and tactics for winning a product's first users.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · EN
Kagoshima | Claude Meetup
Kagoshima's first Claude Community event: a live demo of Claude basics, five lightning talks and networking.
In person · Kyushu · JA
Thinking About Moving to the Countryside and Starting a Business on Halloween Night | Noto x Startup Co-Creation Night
Founders and Ishikawa officials discuss starting up, relocating and taking over businesses in Noto, with roundtables and networking.
In person · Kanto (Tokyo) · JA
Continuing Lunchtime Study Group on Global UX
Weekly online lunchtime UX study group reading The UX Collective articles via NotebookLM summaries.
Online · JA
Sun, November 1, 2026 Today
4events
Haskell-jp Mokumoku Meetup #367 @ Online
Online Haskell co-working session on the Haskell-jp Slack: work on any Haskell project, then share results at the end if you like.
Online · JA
Sapporo Claude Meetup #2 - How and for what do you use Claude? Let's share with each other!
Sapporo meetup sharing real-world Claude use: Claude Code case-study talks followed by unconference-style discussion.
In person · Hokkaido · JA
Fukuoka | Claude Agent Workshop
Hands-on workshop at Fukuoka's Engineer Cafe: learn the Claude Agent SDK and Managed Agents, then prototype your own agent.
In person · Kyushu · JA
Continuing Lunchtime Study Group on Global UX
Weekly online lunchtime UX study group reading The UX Collective articles via NotebookLM summaries.
Online · JA