IVS 2026

July 1 to 3

IVS is one of Japan’s largest startup conferences, launched in 2007. Startups, investors, major corporations, and creators from Japan and abroad gather in one place, and in 2026 it will be held in Kyoto under the theme “Japan is Back.”

This year, we are introducing two areas: the culmination edition of the “IVS” area—an evolution of IVS2023, IVS2024, and IVS2025 held in Kyoto (Kyoto City Kangyokan Miyakomesse and ROHM Theatre Kyoto)—and a newly established Reiwa-era, fully invitation-only IVS “IVS CORE” area (Hotel Okura Kyoto). The event will be held across these two areas.

IVS2026 will pursue “height” thoroughly.

The value of startups. The significance of taking on challenges. The appeal of being a founder. By showing these heights, we will encourage new players who aspire to them to enter the field. Building on the “breadth” we have cultivated by running IVS at the scale of 10,000 participants for three consecutive years, this year we move toward “height.”

IVS2026 is designed not as a place merely to listen, but as a place to think, speak, and make decisions.
By the end of the three days, something within you will have shifted. The way you act from the following day will be different.
That is the kind of experience we aim to create.