Check out new speakers 👏
More amazing speakers! Shunsuke Aoki is a seasoned, international robotics entrepreneur, Mike Xu is a veteran China - cross-border investor, Lena Okajima founded a space entertainment company creating on-demand artificial shooting stars. Cho Sang-Rae has built one of the leading founder training programs in Korea, Amol Sarva is a co-founder of leading VC firm backing bold startups in AI and biotech. Come learn face-to-face from the pros!
Booths Filling Up Fast!
Startups! 🎯 Through a booth you can get new customers ✅ VCs and corporate meetings ✅ hire global talent ✅ pitch opportunities ✅ social media exposure ✅
What our last year’s startups say 👀:
🗣️“We got 2 new customers and 1 bilingual intern through our booth.” Co-founder at no-code startup
🗣️“We made one of our best recruiting moves of 2024 at the Takeoff Tokyo venue by hiring an ex-YC startup CXO.” Co-founder at fast growing SaaS startup
🗣️”Best ¥100,000 yen investment in our company history. 😍” Co-founder at design startup
Email us to apply! 👉: startups@takeoff-tokyo.com
📢Pitch Application Reminder
Pitch application deadline is coming closer, so here’s reminder of the criteria:
0-100M yen investment raised
Started in 2020 or later
Founder owns stocks of the company
Big ambition
First application deadline is 2/28 so apply now by registering a startup ticket!
What do our last year’s pitching startups say?


👈LEFT: “To be honest, I did not speak English. But last year Takeoff Tokyo became a global gate for me. I wanted to challenge myself globally. I practiced English and now I go confidently to Silicon Valley too.” -Anna Shimafuji, Founder/CEO @ NeuralPort Inc.
👉RIGHT: “We joined the pitch contest and hired bilingual interns who were impressed by our pitch!” -Yurika Tanikawa, Co-founder @amu
See you at the stage! 🚀
Startup Career Night
We are hosting a special startup career event with our partner JOSYS, a fast-growing Japanese global startup, providing SaaS and Device management solution. JOSYS was founded by Yasukane Matsumoto, the founder of Raksul, and is built with a Global from Day 1 mindset. This event is for a career event aimed at early-career, ambitious, bilingual professionals.
See you soon!
- The Takeoff Tokyo team 🛫🗼