About

Coffee and community

The Venture Café was created to provide a resource for the Boston entrepreneurial and innovation communities. Our mission is to create fresh and useful conversations.

Cambridge is a fountain of innovative spirit, spirit that needs a framework to reach its full potential. The Venture Café serves as a nexus for helping innovators and entrepreneurs find one another and collaborate to bring their dreams to reality.

Even in this digital world, it’s important to have a physical space. Shared physical spaces provide common meeting ground and a forum for semi-serendipitous encounters that often foster brainstorming and drive creativity. Meeting in person establishes the trust that’s so crucial to working together, particularly on risky, underfunded projects. The Venture Café can provide the framework upon which numerous experimental “applications” can be nurtured and launched.

Location

The Venture Café is currently an event held every Thursday. When the Café is in session, we’re located on the 11th floor of the Cambridge Innovation Center in Kendall Square.

Today

Currently, the Venture Café is open every Thursday and for special events. Please see our calendar for opening times. Entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, developers, and other members of the Boston startup community drop in to chat about what they’re working on.

Tomorrow

It is our aim to open a street-level cafe as quickly and as smartly as possible. The Kendall Square location will provide a rendezvous and collaboration location for both seasoned veterans and those new to startups.  Watch our Twitter feed if you’re interested in news about our progress.