TechGALA Japan: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
A global event bringing professionals together around innovative technology and social creation, with sessions, exhibitions, startup pitches and side events.
The essentials from the organiser's own pages: when, where, how big, and how founders get in. Speakers, investor lists and past editions are on the official site.
- Next edition
- Dec 15–17, 2026 · TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND source
- Where
- Chunichi Building, Nadia Park and Urban Net Nagoya Nexta Conference; STATION Ai on Day 3, Nagoya, Japan
- Format
- in-person
- Tickets
- Free–¥100,000 (2026) source
- Grand Pitch 2026: BEYOND
- ¥1,000,000 cash prize (2026) source
- Cadence
- Recurring; the organiser describes the December 2026 event as its third edition.
Next edition
| Dates | Dec 15–17, 2026 source |
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| Edition | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND |
| Venue | Chunichi Building, Nadia Park and Urban Net Nagoya Nexta Conference; STATION Ai on Day 3, Nagoya, Japan |
| Tickets | techgala.jp source |
How founders get in
Grand Pitch 2026: BEYOND
| Prize | ¥1,000,000 cash prize (2026) source |
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Meeting investors there
Founders can apply for Speed Business Meetings, one-on-one sessions where they choose participating corporate, VC, CVC or financial-institution partners and pitch to their published challenges. source
| Investors attending | Investor count not published; the organiser reports 1,050+ business matchings (2026). source |
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Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Official links and socials
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to Grand Pitch 2026: BEYOND.
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 8, 2026: