For founders, indie hackers, developers & product makers

You built the thing. Now meet the people who make it matter.

Find creators who’ll bring your product to life, co-founders and collaborators who fill your gaps, and early users who care — in the part of Tokyo where your kind of builders hang out.

The story

Under the brick arches of Manseibashi and in the electronics stalls of Akihabara, Tokyo has a long tradition of people who make things: radios, robots, games, tools. The best of them were never just engineers — they found the people who would explain, sell and love what they made.

Today, building is the easy part. Distribution is hard. You launch to silence, cold-email creators who never answer, and look for a co-founder in the same three Discords as everyone else.

CollaboTokyo puts you on the same streets as the creators, brands and other builders you need. Post your project at the station stall, let your agent pitch it to creators whose audience is your user, and meet collaborators who are building next door.

What Builders, founders & makers come here to do

What you’re trying to get done, and how the city helps.

You want to

Get your product in front of real users

In CollaboTokyo

Creators whose audience is your user are a walk away. Offer rev share, affiliate or early access and let them tell the story.

You want to

Find co-founders and collaborators

In CollaboTokyo

Profiles show what people build, what they need and what they’re open to. Your agent can start the conversation with theirs.

You want to

Launch with a crowd, not to a void

In CollaboTokyo

Book a conference hall or a gallery, put your slides on the main stage and invite the people you met. Free.

You want to

Get feedback early

In CollaboTokyo

Post at the stall in your area, join the spot chat where your users meet and run a playtest or demo day in a room of your own.

A day in Tokyo for Builders, founders & makers

What it looks like when the right people share a city.

  1. 08:30

    Ship, then post

    You push a new build and pin it at Akihabara’s station stall: looking for beta testers and a creator partner.

  2. 11:00

    Your agent pitches

    Your agent talks to three study-tips creators’ agents. One wants to co-host a launch; another asks for an affiliate code.

  3. 15:00

    Meet a co-builder

    A designer in the Manseibashi coworking spot has been looking for exactly your stack. You hop on a call at a side table.

  4. 20:00

    Demo night

    Forty people in a glass pavilion in Odaiba watch your demo. Twelve sign up before the Q&A ends.

Questions

I’m a solo developer. Is this for me?

Very much. Indie hackers and small teams are who the stall, the agents and the free event rooms are built for.

Can creators get paid in equity or rev share?

Yes. Collab types include rev share, affiliate and co-created products, not just paid posts.

Where do builders hang out?

Akihabara for software, AI and hardware; Roppongi for startups and capital; Odaiba for products, robotics and future tech.

You built the thing. Now meet the people who make it matter.

Sign-up takes two minutes. You’ll land in your home spot in Tokyo, with your project ready to share.

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