Apply this week for the Cambridge cohort as the deadline is this Sunday, Oct 5! Pitches will follow on Oct 16. Tokyo will host the pitch day on Nov 20, with the deadline to apply set for Halloween (Oct 31). Each Venture Café is hosting their session on a different date with individual application deadlines--including for other cities in Japan, the US, Europe and Latin America--, so check out your local Venture Café website for more info. And good luck!
The MIT Energy Conference will be back on campus on February 23-24, 2026, with a new edition themed “Securing the Energy Future: Resources for Resilience”. A core feature of the conference is the Innovators Forum, a curated showcase where cutting-edge startups and research initiatives in energy and climate present their technologies to industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students.
Do you have an innovative solution to a problem in healthcare or biotech? The Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize (SHIP) is MIT’s premier pitch competition for early-stage healthcare startups.
This session provides an overview of the Startup Exchange program, and how startups can engage. It is intended for MIT-connected startups that are new to the program as well as others that might have registered a while ago and pivoted or achieved significant milestones.
MIT Startup Exchange is convening a new installment of Demo Day on Wednesday, March 18 (12 PM – 1:15 PM ET). The event will feature several exciting industry-ready startups in brief lightning talks and Q&A. Breakout rooms will follow at the end of the event.
This event is for ILP members.
The 2026 MIT Enterprise AI Forum will spotlight cutting‑edge Enterprise AI strategies, practical frameworks, and breakthrough applications across mission‑critical domains such as real-time digital twins, automated defect detection, and intelligent product lifecycle management.