🗳️🏃 FOMO Berlin: Berlin Voted. Now Berlin Runs | 22.09. - 28.09.

Weekly newsletter keeping you up to date on the coolest events for tech & culture in Berlin

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Cephas from FOMO
September 21, 2026

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Hey Berliners, I hope you all voted.

Whatever box you ticked, I think it matters that we actually show up and have a say in the city we call home.

After 100 founders & investors ran through Berlin with us last Tuesday with Coup × RSM Ebner Stolz × Austria Tourism, and a few hundred of you took over Fluxbau for our Coffee Rave yesterday, things are not slowing down.

Berlin Marathon Week is here, bringing runners, founders, investors, shakeout runs, pop-ups and parties from all over the world. And the money is moving too: Berlin’s Integral just raised €18M, while Mistral AI raised a massive €3B.

Next stop: Munich for Bits & Pretzels. And we’re not coming quietly — FOMO is taking over with four events of our own. Plus, we’ve done the digging and built the ultimate Bits & Pretzels Side Event Cheat Sheet. Want it? Comment “FOMO” below this post and we’ll send it your way. 👀

As always, we did the digging for you, including some extra work to find the best runs, events & hidden gems around Marathon Week, which can be found 👉 here.

Meanwhile, FOMO Berlin WhatsApp #2 WhatsApp group is open again.

Berlin this week. Munich next. You know where to find us.

And our next FOMO events: 🚨

  • Sun. Sep. 27: FOMO x Qonto: Founders Hike, Bits Edition 🥾 | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM: Founders-only edition, 25 late-stage founders, 90 minutes, hike, plus lunch and wellness area, Munich.

  • Mon. Sep. 28: Female Founders Reformer Pilates — Bits Edition 🧘‍♀️ | 9:00 AM: 20 female founders, 20 reformers. A 45-min Pilates session followed by snacks, drinks & good conversations — the perfect reset before the Bits & Pretzels madness.

  • Tue. Sep. 29: Founder Reset: Ice Bathing & Sauna 🧊 | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM:
    Accelerate Health and FOMO team up with Hold Space for a founder only reset before Bits & Pretzels kicks off. Guided breathing, an ice bath, and a sauna, led by performance coach Marco. Founders only, approval required. The Hold,

  • Wed. Sep. 30: FOMO x EWOR x 10x Founders, Founder & Investor Run (Bits Edition) 🏃 | 07:30. Gülce Horataci from EWOR sets the pace through Englischer Garten, five kilometers with 10x Founders and FOMO's own crowd, coffee and the real conversation after.

P.S. Don't miss our Carve Out section at the bottom of today's newsletter. 👀

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The FOMO Berlin week 💙 (22.9. - 28.9):
FOMO Top Picks of the Week 🔥

These are the events I would attend if I find the time:

  • Hypergrowth Playbook: Closing the AI Capability Gap 🤖 | Tuesday, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Merantix AI Campus brings AI leaders together to explore agentic AI, enterprise adoption, practical value, successful deployment, strategy, talent, and trust.

  • Female Founders Fest 🥂 | Wednesday, TBD: Third year running, Julia Dous, Dr. Gesa Miczaika and Bettine Schmitz reopen the room. 350+ founders, investors, and ecosystem champions.

  • MyWay 2026 🏛️ | Wed. + Thu.2, days. 7 stages. 1,500+ guests. Founders & business leaders beyond the Berlin bubble meet to talk AI, capital & Europe’s future. FOMO: 20% off with MYWAY26_FOMO_COMMUNITY20.

All Day Festivals & Conferences ✨

  • Tue. Sep. 22 – Wed. Sep. 23: Tagesspiegel Secure Tomorrow Summit 🛡️ | All Day: Tagesspiegel brings leaders from politics, security, business, and technology together to discuss defense, cybersecurity, resilience, critical infrastructure, and digital sovereignty. Tagesspiegel-Haus, Berlin.

  • Wed. Sep. 23 – Thu. Sep. 24: MyWay 2026 🏛️ | 2 days. 7 stages. 1,500+ guests. Founders & business leaders beyond the Berlin bubble meet to talk AI, capital & Europe’s future. FOMO: 20% off with: MYWAY26_FOMO_COMMUNITY20.

  • Fri. Sep. 25 – Sat. Sep 26: Open Summit ’26 – The Summit of Freedom 🕊️ | 9:30 AM: Open Summit brings activists, speakers, and participants together for keynotes, workshops, debates, discussions on freedom, dinner, and an after-party.

  • Fri. Sep. 25: DesignDays.Berlin Talks 🎨 | 3:30 PM – 7:10 PM: DesignDays.Berlin lands for its debut edition, marking 20 years as a UNESCO City of Design. The Talks summit gathers Yves Behar, Sebastian Herkner, and Jürgen Mayer H. on craft, culture, and where design goes next.

Tuesday 22nd

  • Hypergrowth Playbook: Closing the AI Capability Gap 🤖 | 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Merantix AI Campus brings AI leaders together to explore agentic AI, enterprise adoption, practical value, successful deployment, strategy, talent, and trust. Berlin, Germany - exact location revealed after registration.

  • The Art of Running: Running Club 🏃 | 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM: Fotografiska Berlin hosts a relaxed 5km community run for art enthusiasts, featuring warm-up, running, a raffle, drinks, and networking. Fotografiska Berlin, Oranienburger Str. 54, 10117 Berlin.

  • VINTRA BERLIN – Meet the Next Gen 🚀 | 7:00 PM: VINTRA BERLIN brings next-generation entrepreneurs and family-business successors together to explore leadership, responsibility, innovation, identity, and future growth. Spaces Gendarmenmarkt, Jägerstraße 54, 10117 Berlin.

  • OPENING VERNISSAGE with Lakuti 👟 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: HOKA opens its Berlin Hub with a video installation, open bar, music by Lakuti, and Refuge Worldwide during Marathon Week. HOKA Hub Berlin, Leipziger Straße 60, 10117 Berlin.

Wednesday 23rd

  • Design meets Berlin: DD.B Opening Cocktail 🎨 | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM: DesignDays.Berlin opens with a cocktail bringing press, brands, and designers together to explore interiors, collections, showrooms, networking, and Berlin design. LIVING Berlin Design Stores, Kantstraße 17, 10623 Berlin.

  • Hermes Power Users Berlin - Circuit Event Calendar × Nous Research 🤖 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Hermes users gather in Berlin to share real-world applications, integrations, automations, experiences, and ideas for future Nous collaboration. Circuit Event, Möckernstraße 120, 10963 Berlin.

  • Tally Meetup – Berlin 📝 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Tally hosts its first Berlin meetup with a fireside chat, Q&A, power-user workflows, community conversations, food, drinks, and networking. Futura House, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 39–40, 10999 Berlin.’

  • Growth Sessions by iubenda | Berlin 23.9 🚀 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM: iubenda hosts founders and startup leaders for candid discussions on European growth, scaling challenges, lessons, networking, food, and drinks. The Annex – at Techspace, Lobeckstraße 36–40, 10969 Berlin.

  • FutureTalk: Female Finance 💰 | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: BETTERTRUST hosts a panel exploring financial independence, investing, wealth accumulation, entrepreneurship, retirement planning, and the gender wealth gap. BETTERTRUST Showroom, Luisenstraße 40, 10117 Berlin.

  • Female Founders Fest 🥂 | TBD: Third year running, Julia Dous, Dr. Gesa Miczaika and Bettine Schmitz reopen the room. 350+ founders, investors, and ecosystem champions.

Thursday 24th
FOMO Upcoming Top Events & Opportunities 💯 :

  • Oct. 6: SaaS & AI Kitchen 🍳🤖 | OMR Reviews & Carlsquare bring together 180+ SaaS & AI founders, investors & operators for a full day on GTM, AI, finance & tech. With speakers including OMR founder Philipp Westermeyer & Langdock Co-CEO Judith Dada — followed by an afterparty at Quasimodo.

  • Thu. Oct. 8: ARRtist AI Summit 2026 🤖 | 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM:
    ARRtist brings roughly 200 DACH SaaS and AI founders and 50 active investors together for a full day of keynotes and curated roundtables. Built for founders chasing capital, talent, and the right room.

  • Wed. Oct. 21: NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 🧠 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM:
    Jensen Huang headlines NVIDIA's keynote as GTC Berlin lands for three days of AI infrastructure, agentic systems, and robotics. Over 100 sessions, workshops, and the sharpest founders and researchers in one room.

Friday 25th

  • TEDxBerlin: City in Motion 🏃 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: TEDxBerlin gathers the running obsessed the Friday before the Marathon. Uta Pippig, three time Boston winner, Charité's Paul Schmidt-Hellinger, and training scientist Kirsten Legerlotz on what the body can really do.

  • DesignDays.Berlin Talks 🎨 | 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM: DesignDays.Berlin explores design’s future through sustainability, craft, culture, innovation, hospitality, architecture, technology, networking, food, and drinks. MOKKA*MILCH, Karl-Marx-Allee 35, 10178 Berlin.

  • Pollen 2026 - 90milradio × Community Partners 🎶| 4:00 PM – 4:00 AM: Pollen brings immersive listening, workshops, participatory sessions, multidisciplinary art, music, and performances across six spaces with Berlin’s creative community. Berlin.

  • DesignDays.Berlin Opening Cocktail 🎨 | 5:00 PM: DesignDays.Berlin kicks off with a cocktail event showcasing leading design brands, creative studios, home products, and inspiring collections. Berlin.

  • Cultural Capital II - Agata Lewandowska-Mista 🎨 | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM: Cultural Capital II explores art, power, culture, and access through intimate conversations, networking, featured Pop-Art works, collectors, and cultural thinkers. Hotel Motel One Berlin-Alexanderplatz, Grunerstraße 11, 10179 Berlin.

  • Le Black Sofa Live - SUPERMARQUE 🛋️ | 7:00 PM: SUPERMARQUE hosts Christine Pluess and Livia Ximenez-Carillo for a personal conversation about building Berlin fashion label Mongrels in Common and Fashion Week experiences. SUPERMARQUE Concept Store, Besselstraße 14, Berlin.

Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th

  • BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2026 - SCC EVENTS 🏃 | All Day: BMW BERLIN-MARATHON brings runners from over 160 nations together for a world-class race featuring elite athletes, citywide energy, and celebrations. Berlin.

  • THESING Berlin Marathon Community Gathering 🏃| 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: THESING welcomes its community for snacks, drinks, shopping, and cheerful marathon support as runners pass the store during Berlin Marathon. THESING Store, Torstraße 72, 10119 Berlin.

  • Healing Loft Berlin Opening - Recha Kühne & Janina🧘 | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Healing Loft Berlin opens with breathwork, sound baths, massages, wellness experiences, opening and closing circles, healthy drinks, and community connections. Healing Loft Berlin, Alt-Moabit 48, 10555 Berlin.

  • Temry & Friends w/ New Balance: RACE WRAP 🏃 | 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Temry & Friends and New Balance celebrate Berlin Marathon weekend with a social race wrap event bringing runners and friends together. AMANO Eastside, Stralauer Platz 30-31, 10243 Berlin.

  • after hours [Marathon Party by Ante] - Ante × Red Bull 🎧 | 7:00 PM – 3:00 AM: Ante and Red Bull celebrate marathon weekend with house and Afro House music, DJs, dancing, and a live jewellery-making experience. Weekend Club, Alexanderstraße 7, 10178 Berlin.

Monday 28th

  • femella Grow Event - femella.bln 🌱✨ | 6:00 PM: femella Grow brings women together for inspiring speakers, meaningful conversations, positive energy, networking, and an engaging evening in Berlin. AchtBerlin, Berlin.

  • AdMaCom 2026 Kick Off - INAM 🚀 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM: INAM introduces the 2026 AdMaCom finalists, connecting participants with mentors and trainers while sharing guidance for maximizing the programme.

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FOMO Carve Out

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