Innovate Cambridge, in partnership with the ecosystem, is delivering an ambitious 10-year blueprint for innovation in Cambridge. Our vision is to double the rate at which we build unicorns, double the venture capital investment the city’s startups receive, and create twice as many science and innovation companies.
By hosting Venture Café Connect Cambridge, we’re applying global best practice to accelerate connection and collaboration. It will provide an alternative entry point for founders, researchers, investors, and organisations to meet, learn and gain easy access to support.
Venture Café London is part of the global Venture Cafénetwork, working to activate innovation ecosystems through programmes that connect people, ideas, and opportunities.
Venture Café London brings deep experience in delivering high-quality gatherings that support collaboration andhelp ideas progress.
Together, we’re linking Cambridge with a wider community of innovators, expanding engagement pathways and amplifying the region’s impact.
WHO WE ARE
ISOLATION IS THE ENEMY OF INNOVATION
Every Innovation Ecosystem–no matter the size–needs an activator that creates movement. Someone creating connections as well as stimulates cross-functional collaborations. Someone that addresses the social part of innovation. Through our years of first-hand experience as an Innovation Ecosystem Activator, we have perfected our method to effectively maximize the impact of any ecosystem as a whole.
Venture Café believes that Isolation is the enemy of innovation and our mission is clear: Connect innovators to make things happen. We are a neutral and trusted center of gravity that connects the entire ecosystem and is available to everyone. Through our programs we routinely activate ecosystems, creating continuous exchange and conversation.
HOW WE DO IT
WE ARE OBSESSED WITH CONNECTING PEOPLE!
Building effective and impactful innovation ecosystems is an ongoing process that takes a lot of love and care. Venture Café brings together the entire innovation ecosystem monthly at our flagship program the Tuesday Gathering. When connecting people, it’s so much more than just networking. It’s about fostering the right culture for support and cross-functional collaborations. Something requiring unique insights to achieve.
In our neutral and central position we form an understanding of the whole ecosystem that we constantly apply to improve the experience we provide. Knowing our community and the goals of the ecosystem allows us to naturally create the most impactful connections.
Our locations gather over 100,000 visionaries and lifelong learners each year to build strong, inclusive, equitable innovation ecosystems in cities throughout the world. We provide the network, the topical programming, the storytelling opportunities, the learning environments and the supporting resources, to create something great locally and that has impact globally.