Venture Café Phoenix is powered by
Venture Café Phoenix connects a community of innovators and entrepreneurs through freely accessible high-impact programming and events.
EVENTS
Connect with other innovators & attend in-person events.
COMMUNITY STORIES
Discover your community through stories and photos.
GET INVOLVED
Do you want to help strengthen Phoenix’s innovation community? Get involved with Venture Café.
THURSDAY GATHERINGS
The Thursday Gatherings connect innovators to help build a strong, inclusive and equitable innovation ecosystem.
What we are
Innovation, activated.
People often ask what exactly we do. Here’s the shortest honest answer and a 3 min film.
innovation ecosystem activator
- An organization that brings together the people of a place — founders, investors, researchers, corporates, students and government — and turns latent connections into active ones.
- A convener that lowers the barriers to meeting, then gets out of the way. We host the room; the ecosystem does the work.
A couple of minutes inside a Thursday Gathering: the people, the energy, and why showing up changes things. More about us →
UPCOMING EVENTS
Virtual Event Series - Your Endgame, Your Choice (6/6)
Virtual Event Series - Don't Let Main Street Die of Old Age
Making Mega Events Happen: Behind the Scenes in Phoenix
Thursday Gathering
Innovations in Wearable Technology and AI for Healthcare
Thursday Gathering
AI, Innovation & the Future of Breast Cancer Care
Thursday Gathering
From Classroom to Startup: Building the Next Generation of Innovators. How can you help!
Thursday Gathering
Community Stories
Meet Jake Henningsen
Meet Fai Ayeva
Meet Charles Fayal
Meet Barkley Romero
Meet Gabriel Valdez
Meet Arvell Craig
Meet Greg Barr
Meet Melissa Kiguwa
Meet Lucas Petty
Meet Michelle Tinsley
Meet Michael Hwang
Meet Melissa Leon
Meet Sentari Minor
Meet Catherine Pierce
Meet Dan Tyre
Meet Cody Van Cleve
Meet Hunter Bjork
Meet Anebi Agbo
Meet Aryash Dubey
Meet Lindsey Killeen
Meet Beth Eckel
Meet Kaitlyn Fitzgerald
Meet Marty Treinen
Meet Wiley Larsen – Bioscience & Entrepreneurship Program Manager
Meet Taylor Owen – Founder of Galago
Meet Andrew Shatz
Meet Bethany Graver – Holistic Wellness Coach
Meet Marlon Mayo – Healthcare Real Estate Adviser
ALTR – Technology that’s Changing the World of Drinking
Meet Glenn Joyce- Principal Consultant – Technical Talent Group
Meet Carol Farabee – CEO of Arizona Business Incubator
Meet Mandelynn Moses, CEO & Founder of Blue Magic
Meet Kevin Mead – CEO of Erabond
Meet Blake Woodrow – Founder and COO of DEX Insight
Meet Ana Tomboulian – Cofounder of Decision Tree AI
Meet Hermann Plank – Co-Founder and CIO – Tecnokal
Meet Vincent Serpico – CEO of Founders Workshop
Meet Helen Goldstein – Attorney for Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Meet Eric Smith – Executive Director at University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI)
The Big Pitch People’s Choice – Mijail Zegalo, founder, Greenloop
Meet Sara Scoville-Weaver – Corporate Sales Manager at Conceptually Social
Meet Dan Geraci – President & COO of FreeFall Aerospace
Community Story – Michael Hammett
Making Technology Education Accessible with Promineo Tech
Community Spotlight- Brett Pemberton
Community Spotlight- Kevin Meek
PR Strategy for Businesses
Community Spotlight: John McElligott
Community Spotlight: Vanessa Mason
Community Spotlight: Murphy Raine
Fashion, Sustainability and the Metaverse?
What’s Next in Augmented and Virtual Reality Innovation?
Phoenix’s Better Business Bureau (BBB)
EMPOWERING ALL VOICES
Americas Real Deal?
Startup Resources
Catalyzing Connectivity in the AZ Tech Scene
Patient Centric Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Future of Music in the AZ Film Industry
Community Spotlight: Sarah Waschler
DIRECTIONS
Thursday Gatherings are held at 850 North 5th Street Phoenix Az, 85004
Easy and free parking in the south parking lot across the street from the building.
Parking validation is available at registration.
Venture Café is part of the CIC network, whose mission is to fix the world through innovation.
