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Venture Café Philadelphia
High-impact programming twice a month
About Venture Café Philadelphia
Through our FREE, twice monthly Thursday Gatherings, Venture Café offers a menu of programming regularly attracting hundreds of guests each week.
Part of the Venture Café Global Network, Venture Café Philadelphia is a place to connect with makers, doers and thought leaders across the region.
Program Benefits
Create
Create deeper connections in the local ecosystem. It’s not limited to any one industry to topic any specific type of person. That’s the beauty of the Venture Café Network.
Attract
We attract a diverse audience of participants and speakers. It’s like a mini conference. Choose from a menu of sessions with high impact speakers and topics to spark ideas.
Foster
We aim to foster inspiration and inclusivity. Innovation is for everyone—that means professionals, students, neighbors and everyone in between.
Engage
Experience the Venture Café Thursday Gathering, twice a month. Free and open to all.
Volunteer
Become a Venture Café Ambassador.
Inspire
Are you a subject matter expert? Thought leader? Have an interesting story to tell? Tell us about yourself and we’ll plug you into our programming.
2024 Trend Nights
September 26
Proactive Health
Reducing the likelihood that people become patients. Preventative programs will create new capabilities to detect and characterize disease risk and promote treatments and behaviors to anticipate threats to Americans’ health, whether those are viral, bacterial, chemical, physical, or psychological.
December 12
Resilient Systems
Developing capabilities, business models, and integrations to endure crises such as pandemics, social disruption, and economic instability. Resilient systems need to sustain themselves between crises – from the molecular to the societal – to better achieve outcomes that advance American health and well-being.
Upcoming Events
C-Suite Skills for Startup Founders
Ask Me Anything: From CEO to Investor to CEO Again
Health & Wellness Fair
Program Impact
Program FAQs
Become a Venture Café Ambassador
We’re always looking for an extra hand at our weekly Thursday gatherings. If you want to give back to the community or support entrepreneurship, check out our volunteer program that trains ambassadors to assist in a variety of areas.