{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c104a85cb9c96f1b91b11572","clusterId":"c_2b35d3f88525973d3e613c28","slug":"swish-startup-camp-2026-closes-in-karuizawa-with-about-250-participants","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"SWISH! Startup Camp 2026 Closes In Karuizawa With About 250 Participants","summary":"ON\u0026BOARD Inc. held SWISH! Startup Camp 2026 in Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture, across Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2026, with support from the prefecture and the town. About 250 people attended, including startups, VC and CVC firms, business companies, academia, and government. The event reported 38 VC/CVC partners, 21 sponsor partners, 11 exhibitors, and 30 dialogue speakers. Its theme was \"Two days to return to Why.\"","whyItMatters":"The camp's own numbers put the weight of the event on dialogue and shared time rather than on session attendance, which is the case ON\u0026BOARD is making for regional startup gatherings.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe two days began with team building instead of an opening session. Participants were split into randomly assigned teams of about five to eight people and asked to learn what kind of person each teammate is before any programming started.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDay one dialogues ran under the theme \u0026#34;The Great Shift.\u0026#34; Eight companies presented at SWISH! Mountain with 13 judges, and 11 companies exhibited at SWISH! STARTUP Market. Nagano Prefecture Governor Shuichi Abe and Karuizawa Town Mayor Michio Tsuchiya sent video messages. ON\u0026amp;BOARD Representative Director Masato Shimodaira said the event values spending the same time together over exchanging business cards.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"SWISH! Startup Camp 2026 drew about 250 people but only 38 VC/CVC partners, so the room skews operator-heavy. The Why theme puts founder conviction against a partner ratio that thin.","twitterPost":"SWISH! Startup Camp 2026 drew 250 people against 38 VC/CVC partners. That ratio is the room, not the theme.","threadsPost":"SWISH! Startup Camp 2026 filled Karuizawa with about 250 attendees, yet only 38 VC/CVC partners signed on. The Why theme asks founders to revisit conviction while the investor side of the room stays the smaller half. That gap shapes who actually gets heard over two days.","newsletterBlurb":"ON\u0026BOARD Inc. held SWISH! Startup Camp 2026 in Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture, on September 26 and 27. About 250 people took part, with 38 VC/CVC partners, 21 sponsor partners, 11 exhibiting companies and 30 dialogue speakers. The theme was \"Two days to return to Why.\"","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/438/4438277/?rss\",\"title\":\"Two days in Karuizawa returning to \\\"Why - why do we take on the challenge?\\\" \\\"SWISH! Startup Camp 2026\\\" closes. About 250 participants including startups, entrepreneurs, investors, business companies, and government\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4729,"outputTokens":659,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791159260,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T00:10:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T00:13:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T00:13:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2b35d3f88525973d3e613c28","canonicalTitle":"「軽井沢で「Whyーなぜ挑むのか」に立ち戻る2日間。「SWISH! Startup Camp 2026」閉幕。スタートアップ・起業家・投資家・事業会社・行政など約250名が参加」","representativeArticleId":"a_42723935d62eae1bf6221a99","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T07:02:26.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T07:02:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T00:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/438/4438277/?rss","title":"「軽井沢で「Whyーなぜ挑むのか」に立ち戻る2日間。「SWISH! Startup Camp 2026」閉幕。スタートアップ・起業家・投資家・事業会社・行政など約250名が参加」"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}