Fri. Nov. 6: YFC Community Night by FOMO x CODE x Startup Berlin 🍻 | 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM: The night before YFC, with an intimate fireside chat with Marius from Peec AI (20M ARR, going for 100M). CODE University.

Sat. Nov. 7: Young Founders Conference 2026: Cofounder Matching by FOMO x b2venture x Startup Berlin 🌱 | Our matching session at 10:25 AM, Growth Stage: Your cofounder is somewhere in this room. We make the intro. NLND Neuland.

Tue. Nov. 17: Founder & Investor Padel Open: Slush Edition 🎾 | 4:00 PM – 8 PM: Sold out ten times. Now Slush: mixed doubles, sauna, ice bath, DJ till midnight. Helsinki.

Sat. Nov. 21: | FOMO Kiez Dinner 2026 - Thanksgiving Edition: 🍽️5:30 PM – 1:00 AM: Three courses, three apartments, one Kiez, then a secret after-party. Berlin.

Tue. Dec. 1: FOMO x Qonto: Founder Christmas Dinner 🕯️ | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: Seventy founders, one long table. Black tie, candlelight, one surprise. Berlin.

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Tue. Nov. 3: Your Personal BRAND is the Sale: Build a Brand That Sells for You 💼 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Deals close before the pitch. People buy names they trust. Darinka Burovska Nova, a decade in scaleups, shows founders how to build that name. You leave with a post ready for Monday. Denizen, Mitte.

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FOMO Cape Town Group 26/27 🌴: Spending winter in Cape Town? Get on the inside before you land. Last season, 500+ of us shared one WhatsApp group: roomies, Garden Route crews, deals closed. 100 already in for 26/27. Event drops, curated dinners, your people from day one. Best season yet. Zero FOMO.

FOR OUR GIRLS ONLY: Diamonds × Choker - Nina Alwina 💎 | Wednesday, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM: A new vintage gold drop, handmade chokers by collo (some cut from vintage silk ties), free ring resizing and nucao chocolate. Fifty spots, approval only, so request early. Nina Alwina Vintage Juwelier, Rigaer Str. 57b.

VC Comms Forum 2026 - Cosmyc Partners 📣 | Thursday 6:00 PM – Friday 6:00 PM: Built for the people who make VCs look good. Comms, platform and IR leads from across the industry on AI agents in comms, LinkedIn and crisis playbooks. Welcome dinner first, apéritif last. Delta Campus.

Young Founders Conference 2026 - Young Founders Network 🌱 | Saturday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM: 1,500 founders, investors and builders. The founders of GetYourGuide, Choco, KoRo and SAP Signavio on stage, 40+ speakers, live pitches, and an afterparty till 3. Find us at the cofounder matching. NLND Neuland.

Sun. Nov. 1 - Tue. Nov. 10: Berlin Science Week 2026: In Touch 🔬 | All Day: Ten days, a hundred events, one question: who do we trust? Talks, labs and debates across the city, most of them free with a festival pass. Festival Centre at HKW and venues across Berlin.

Sat. Nov. 7 – Sun. Nov. 8: Berlin Tea Festival 2026 🍵 | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM: Explore global tea culture through unlimited tastings, 70 exhibitors, craft displays, cultural experiences, and community gatherings celebrating tea traditions. silent green cultural quarter.

Monika Baer, Sanya Kantarovsky & Amelie von Wulffen - Trautwein Herleth 🎨 | 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Group show with painters Monika Baer, Sanya Kantarovsky and Amelie von Wulffen. Trautwein Herleth.

Future Female Founders Meetup (AFM #19) - Aspiring Founders Meetup × The Delta Campus 👩‍💻 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: For women who want to start a company or go self-employed: insights from female founders, a fireside chat, support corners and networking. Full, waitlist open. Berlin, address after registration.

BLISS AI Speaker Series: Human-Like Artificial Intelligence - BLISS Berlin 🧠 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: EPFL researcher Badr Alkhamissi on human-like AI, a 45-minute talk followed by networking, drinks and pizza. RSVP required. TU Berlin, Chemiegebäude, Str. des 17. Juni 115.

Antler Young VC Drinks #1 - Antler in Continental Europe 🍕 | 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM: Connect with emerging venture capital investors, exchange ideas, discuss projects, build relationships, and enjoy complimentary drinks and pizza. Berlin, address after registration.

Career Fair - 42 Berlin 💻 | 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Meet the developers finishing 42 Berlin’s project-based coding programme: career sessions first, then networking booths. Worth it if you’re hiring junior engineers. 42 Berlin Campus, Harzer Str. 42.

FOR OUR GIRLS ONLY: DIAMONDS X CHOKER - Nina Alwina 💎 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Discover vintage gold jewellery, handcrafted silk chokers, sustainable chocolate, exclusive shopping, complimentary ring resizing, personal styling, and special goodie bags. Nina Alwina Vintage Juwelier.

Claude Conversation x Foresight Institute 🤖 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Explore how AI can accelerate scientific discovery through expert discussions, collaborative problem-solving, research ideas, and open-source innovation. CIC Berlin.

Consumer Robotics Show & Tell - Speedinvest & pdm solutions 🤖 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Discover emerging consumer robotics through live demonstrations, startup showcases, expert discussions, networking, food, and drinks. MotionLab.Berlin.

LTUX Berlin #49: The Evolution of UX - Ladies That UX Berlin 🎨 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: From early UX to today’s AI-shaped field: researcher Tara Maria Bosenick (in UX since 1999) and designer Camilla Migliori share their stories. For women and non-binary UX talent, approval required. Online via Zoom.

Women's AI Breakfast: From Idea to Startup - Merantix AI Campus & Merantix Capital ☕ | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Two early-stage founders on picking the problem, finding a co-founder and first design partners, and the moment they committed. Moderated by Nicole Büttner (Merantix Capital). Doors close at 9:30. AI Campus Berlin.

she succeeds award 2026 - Verband der Unternehmerinnen in Deutschland (VdU) 🏆 | 11:30 AM – 11:30 PM: Celebrate outstanding female entrepreneurs through inspiring conferences, practical workshops, networking, prestigious awards, elegant dinner, and live music performances. PwC Berlin and Tipi am Kanzleramt.

Sovereign & Responsible AI Rollout - Buildersklub, Langdock, Merantix Momentum & Primion 🤖 | 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM: Explore enterprise AI sovereignty, responsible deployment, compliance, security, expert panel discussions, practical lessons, networking, and drinks. Merantix AI Campus.

Bluebird Social Club: GTM Community Edition - Bluebird 🍺 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Craft beer, shuffleboard and the people building go-to-market at Berlin’s AI and B2B SaaS companies. No agenda, just good intros. Approval only, spots limited. Mitte, address after registration.

Solid Launch Night - Solid Labs 🚀 | 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM: Celebrate Solid’s Creative Engine launch with product demonstrations, live editing, pizza, drinks, music, and networking. Linienstraße 40.

Le Black Sofa Live - SUPERMARQUE 🛋️ | 7:00 PM: Explore the relationship between commercial and artistic creativity with Jean-Remy Matt, renowned author, conceptual artist, and advertising icon. SUPERMARQUE Concept Store.

VINTRA BERLIN: Meet the Next Gen - Zwischen Tradition und Zukunftsfähigkeit 🏛 | From 6:30 PM: Successors from family businesses on leadership, identity, and the future of the Mittelstand, with Evgeni Kouris (New Mittelstand), Marcel Voss (Dermatest), Laura Burschberg, and Nicola Buchner. Budapester Salon, Budapester Str. 22/24.

Wed. Nov. 11: F&B Startup Convention Berlin - FutureFoodCo 🍴 | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Food and beverage founders meet manufacturers, retailers and investors. Talks on production, retail and financing, Joony’s soda story, an exhibition and an evening get-together. Around 100 tickets. The Delta Campus.

Thu. Nov. 12: German Symposium 2026: AI, Resilience and…? - BMW Foundation × Reframe Venture × HTGF × KfW Capital 🏛 | 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Third edition for tech investors and LPs on Europe’s place in a changing world: defence, AI, climate. Chatham House rule. Apply to join. BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Mitte.

Sat. Nov. 21: FOMO Berlin: Kiez Dinner 2026 🍽️ | 5:30 PM – 1:00 AM: Three courses, three apartments, one Kiez. You and a cooking partner host one course, then you’re the guests for the other two. Twelve new faces, then a secret after-party. Your Kiez, Berlin.

Deep Talks × Roger Berkowitz: Friendship Across Divides - Deep Talks 💬 | 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Explore friendship across political differences through a keynote, guided conversations, philosophy, meaningful connections, and a delicious lunch. Serpen Gallery.

AI4Science: The Next Chapter for Science - Merantix AI Campus × Tiptree Systems × Dunia Innovations 🤖 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, Iyad Rahwan and more on how AI is reshaping scientific work, and how to keep increasingly autonomous AI aligned with open science. Part of Berlin Science Week. AI Campus Berlin.

YFC Community Night by FOMO x CODE x Startup Berlin 🍻 | 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM: The night before YFC: founders from YFN chapters across Germany, hosted by us, CODE and Startup Berlin. The highlight: a fireside chat with Marius from Peec AI, 20M ARR and going for 100M. CODE University, Berlin.

DADDY Berlin 10-Year Anniversary & LEGACY Issue Launch 🎉 | 7:00 PM: Celebrate a decade championing marginalised voices with a print issue launch, music, drinks, special programming, and exclusive merchandise. Soho House Berlin.

10 Years in Berlin: Alles ist gut - Sneakersnstuff × adidas 👟 | 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM: SNS Berlin turns ten and launches its adidas adizero Evo SL Zip collab (€170, release Nov. 7) with a club night downstairs in the store. 18+, limited capacity, come early. SNS Berlin, Schönhauser Allee 6–7.

Claude Impact Lab x Foresight Institute: AI Research Loops for Open Science - Claude Community Events 🤖 | 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM: Scientists team up with AI engineers to build open-source research loops for open science. $100 in API credits each, demos to a jury, Claude Max for the winners. Free, by application. CIC Berlin.

Young Founders Conference 2026 🌱 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM: Founders of GetYourGuide, Choco, KoRo, SAP Signavio and TIER on one bill. 40+ speakers, live pitches, a full day of networking, then an afterparty that runs till 3. Tickets from €25. It’s (y)our turn. NLND Neuland.

cozyandglasses – Berlin Edition | Production XIII 🎧 | 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Enjoy curated DJ performances, creative film production, community connections, dancing, drinks, photography, and video sessions in an open atmosphere. HEJBERLIN STUDIO.

Scientist to Founder: Physical Innovation Edition - Conception X × Positron 🧪 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Can a PhD be the starting point for a hardware company? Founders and principal investigators on lab culture, prototyping, regulation and scaling, then drinks. Approval required. Berlin, address after registration.

Seasonal Madness - LAP Coffee × Kasa Gekkō ☕ | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM: LAP turns into an indoor block party: live vocals and listening sets that build into a dancefloor, with Belvedere drinks. Free, registration required. LAP Coffee, Bergmannstraße 9.

Burning Bagels Opening Run - New York Bagel Bar × Hybrids × DRYLL 🥯 | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM: A point-to-point run from New York Bagel Bar in Mitte to its new Charlottenburg spot, with bagels and DRYLL at the finish. Full, waitlist open. Rosenthaler Str. 72 → Uhlandstraße 30.

Apollo Salon III - Staatsoper Unter den Linden 🎻 | 11:00 AM: Classical music up close, paired with conversation, in the Staatsoper’s Apollosaal. A Sunday morning with taste. From €20. Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Ig Nobel Prizes: Research That Makes You Laugh, Then Think - Berlin Science Week 🏆 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Founder Marc Abrahams brings Ig Nobel winners on stage to explain their offbeat, peer-reviewed studies. Yes, including why babies smell better than teenagers. Free with the festival pass. HKW.

TEDxBerlin Salon: Leadership in the Age of AI - TEDxBerlin 🤖 | Doors 9:30 AM, program 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM: Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming leadership, trust, responsibility, innovation, decision-making, and the future of work through expert discussions and fresh perspectives. The Delta Campus.

Falling Walls Breakthrough Presentations 2026 - Falling Walls Foundation 🔬 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM: On the anniversary of the fall of the Wall, leading researchers present the breakthroughs taking down the next walls in science and society. Falling Walls Science House, Karl-Marx-Allee 34.

Unicorn-Exit: Gero Decker on Selling Signavio for €1B - YFN Berlin 🦄 | 6:30 PM: Signavio founder Gero Decker on building the company SAP bought for around €1 billion: the journey, the setbacks, the lessons. Q&A, then food, drinks and networking. Bring photo ID. Mitte, address after registration.

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Apply: JUNI Team-Up Challenge: GreenTech Batch 🌱 | Deadline Thu. Nov. 26: Scientists, industry experts and venture builders team up to build a climate-tech company, idea or not. Six weeks of coaching, 54 partners, IP and EXIST support. Jan. 11 – Feb. 19, 2027, JUNI Mitte & NLND.

Build: Big Berlin Hack 🛠 | Sat. Nov. 28 – Sun. Nov. 29: Last time, 1,500 people wanted in. Now {Tech: Europe} and Google DeepMind open the doors to 350 builders from across Europe. Free credits from every tool partner, finalist pitches Sunday. Approval only. The Delta Campus & CODE.