First Speakers Revealed 🎙️
Early bird until Dec 27 ✅
Hi startups!
Are you tired of boring conferences? We know you are. ❤️
Luckily, our 2025 event is just around the corner March 25-26, and as we approach our third edition, you are going to love this one.
First 8 Speakers Revealed 🎙️
Get the best company building advice
We have curated an exciting speaker line-up targeted for internationally ambitious entrepreneurs.
James is one of the leading figures of Japanese venture capital
Oya was selected as the Woman of the Year by Nikkei
Brian is transforming how especially young people invest in Japan
Naoto Kato’s Cluster is a Japanese metaverse company making waves internally
Lloyd’s Hyperithm is emerging as a leading digital assets management platform
Jay is a marketing expert that has made language learning fun
Keiko is reinventing family office investing in Asia
Peter has built several internationally leading brands.
Come and learn from the best. 💥
Takeoff Tokyo 2025 is for internationally ambitious founders
Building a successful business in one country is already hard, and building the next Toyota or Sony is even harder. That’s why we are making a place for you, the internationally ambitious founder. A big vision will get you started, and Takeoff Tokyo will help you with:
🚀 Investment - close deals at pitch contest, meeting area and demo booth
🎤 Company building insights - world-class entrepreneur panel discussions
🌟 Exhibition Space - show off your technology to clients, partners and talent
🎉 Access to top talent - recruiting program finds best bilingual talent for your team
💻 Hackathon - meet top engineers and designers that are looking for new project
🌏 Delegations - partner with country and city representatives without leaving Tokyo
🇯🇵 Smooth market entry - building a Japan business has never been this easy
More information: startups@takeoff-tokyo.com
Join our investor program
Not only are we making the best event for internationally ambitious startups, we are also a leading gathering of investors in Tokyo area. Join top funds like Globis Capital Partners, Headline, Chiba Dojo, GHOVC, Golden Gate Ventures or FIRSTLIGHT CAPITAL that attend our events. Investor and executive ticket holders get access to
👥 Investor-only side events - easy access to top GPs, LPs and peer learning
📈 Startup list - get the contacts of all participating startups
🧳 LP fundraising - raise your next fund through our LP-GP matchmaking
🎉 Branding Your Fund - making your fund stand out from others is key
👤 VC Talent - find your next associate or principal through us
💰 Government access - meet key government entities for grants and collaboration
(Investor ticket is for active investors, other participants get same benefits with Executive ticket)
More information: investors@takeoff-tokyo.com
What else is happening? 👀
Feb 21-23: Builders Weekend Registration Open ✅
The coolest hackathon in Tokyo is returning in February bigger and better! 👷♂️
🔗 Register now: www.buildersweekend.co
Who are we? Meet the team!
Who is actually building Takeoff Tokyo? Meet our 2025 team!
Marketing: Yoshimi & Mahiro | Startups/Investors: Ryu & Ken | Program: Hinata | Volunteers: Rita & Teddy | Production: Gent | Builders Weekend: Yuichiro & Kippei | Finance: Mao | Partnerships: Kevin | CEO: Antti
Super Early Bird Available until Dec 27🎟️
Haven't registered yet? Now is the perfect time for you to join us and build the bright future with us. We are building the best place on earth to start a company and we would love to have you join us. 🌍 ❤️🔥
-The Takeoff Tokyo team