Venture Café is looking for strategic partners in cities across the globe interested in building stronger more inclusive innovation ecosystems.
We are an out of the box solution that has been named by the Brookings Institute and Startup Genome as a best practice for activating innovation ecosystems. Venture Café is a community builder, an educational platform and a world class tool that engages and amplifies your innovation ecosystem.
We’re building a global movement to change the world through innovation. Will you join us?
Venture Café was founded in Boston’s Cambridge Innovation Center in 2009 and helped fuel the growth of one of the world’s most powerful innovation ecosystems. Since then, we have drawn together over 550,000 innovators, creatives, developers and civic-minded leaders for over 13 years in 11 cities around the world, building a global community of communities.
How does Venture Café Expansion work?
We collaborate with you, your community and our network to bring Venture Café to your city. We want to help you grow your ecosystem and build a community of entrepreneurs.
We know that the right partner is key to creating meaningful impact in your city. So we work together with you to create the best strategic plan for your market.
It’s not a one-size-fits all approach, but typically our key strategic partner falls into one of these categories: educational institutions, innovation institutions, governments, economic development organizations and foundations.
Exporation Phase
The exploration phase is an important part of the expansion process, think of it as our mutual due diligence period. It’s when Venture Café gets to know your ecosystem—the people, the places, and the opportunities that make it so special—and you get to see if Venture Café is a good fit for your city.
We want to know what you stand for, what you’re looking for, and how we can best serve your community. And we hope that you’ll learn more about us and what we do in the process!
Pre Launch Phase
Due diligence: check! Launch sequence initiated! Now it’s time to make things happen.
The Venture Café global team goes into launch mode to set up the the new Café for success. We deploy the full catalogue of benefits, help hire and train the local team, and collaborate with you to create a program strategy designed to amplify the best your city has to offer.
Launch Venture Café in your city!
It’s time to get down to business.
The Thursday Gathering launch is just the beginning. The Venture Café global network will keep innovating and collaborating to help you grow your impact. We’ll help you launch additional programs, reach out to new communities, and create meaningful connections locally and globally.
Together, we can make a difference in our communities and beyond—and we’re just getting started!
Thank you for your interest in bringing Venture Café to your city. As a first step, please fill out the expansion inquiry form below. This will give us context with which to start a fruitful conversation.
We look forward to learning about how we can work together to bring Venture Café’s model of inclusive innovation and community to your city.
Let’s make it happen!
