Tue. Nov. 17: Founder & Investor Padel Open: Slush Edition 🎾 | 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM: Berlin, Munich, Cape Town. Sold out ten times over. Now Slush. Founders and investors, mixed doubles, partners drawn on court. Then sauna, ice bath, DJ till midnight. With Berlin Partner. The most Finnish way to close a round. Konepaja, Helsinki.

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Sun. Oct. 11: Yinshi Pre Launch: TCM, Tea & Community 🍵 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Yinshi brings TCM into the now, before it even launches. TCM doctor Dr. Sandra Bürklin on why you're tired despite enough sleep. Tea ritual included. Its founders joined our latest female founder event, co-hosted with Auxxo, Vorwerk Ventures and V14.

Thu. Nov. 5: VC Comms Forum 2026 📣 | 6:00 PM – Fri. 6:00 PM:
Built for the people who make VCs look good. Comms, platform and IR leads from across the industry. AI agents in comms, LinkedIn, crisis playbooks. Welcome dinner first, apéritif last. By Cosmyc Partners.

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.

SaaS & AI Kitchen 🍳🤖 | Tuesday, 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM: 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 after-party at Quasimodo.

Co-Founder Matching Night - Antler × b2venture 🤝🚀 | Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: Founders, operators, engineers, and researchers connect with potential co-founders, Antler residents, and entrepreneurial teams through curated networking. Berlin, Germany - exact address revealed after registration.

ARRtist AI Summit 2026 🤖 | Thursday, 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. 7– Fri. Oct. 9: next.app devCon 2026 - Mobile Seasons GmbH 📱🚀 | All Day: Mobile developers explore Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, AI, security, XR, games, engineering leadership, and production-ready technologies. CityCube Berlin, Messedamm 26, 14055 Berlin.

Fri. Oct. 9 – Sat. Oct. 10: House of Food 2026 - Berlin Food Week🍴🛍️ | 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM: Food lovers discover, taste, purchase, and connect with producers showcasing innovative products, handcrafted goods, international brands, and emerging food businesses. BIKINI BERLIN, Berlin.

Fri. Oct. 9 - Sun. Oct. 18: RATTLESKIN - Dancae_ × Ballet Sur_real 🐍🎭 | 8:00 PM: RATTLESKIN transforms an abandoned department store through video, choreography, electronic music, and themes exploring healing, wellness, rebirth, and self-improvement. 2,000 m² abandoned department store.

Sat. Oct. 10 - Sun. Oct. 11: PEOPLE 2026 - PEOPLE Festival 🎶🌍 | 12:00 PM: Musicians and audiences gather across multiple stages for collaborative performances, creative exchange, new discoveries, shared experiences, and community through music. Funkhaus Berlin, Berlin.

Mon. Oct. 12 – Wed. Oct. 14: Bar Convent Berlin 2026 🍸🌍 | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM; Wed 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM: International bar professionals gather for industry education, networking, exhibitions, expert insights, product discovery, and connections across the global beverage community. Exhibition Centre Berlin, Entrance North, Hammarskjöldplatz, 14055 Berlin.

AGETECHX 2026 🧓🤖 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM: Founders, investors, researchers, and industry leaders explore ageing, longevity, care, robotics, AI, healthcare, finance, and Europe’s demographic transformation. Schankhalle Pfefferberg, Berlin.

SaaS & AI Kitchen 🍳🤖 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM: 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.

Berlin Quantum BarBQ – Special Edition October 2026 | Leap Events × OpTecBB e.V. ⚛️🔥 | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Berlin’s quantum community gathers with international photonics experts for relaxed networking, knowledge exchange, community building, and technology discussions. Leap Quantum Technology Hub

BNVC Presents: Startup Pitch Session 🤘 | 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM:
Fresh off the Wacken Open Air stage, five impact and festival startups pitch at Best Nights VC. Festival tech, live entertainment, ideas for rural communities. Approval only. Hear the pitches, stay for the Best Night. Best Nights VC, Mitte.

GTM Dinner Berlin: Agentic Go-To-Market 🤖🍽️ | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: GTM leaders and operators discuss agentic go-to-market, automation, sales, marketing, growth teams, emerging strategies, and future industry directions. Berlin,

Women of SaaS Berlin – SaaS Week Berlin Side Event 👩‍💻🤖| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Women in SaaS explore AI-native companies, evolving tech roles, team structures, career opportunities, leadership, networking, food, and drinks. Doctolib Deutschland, Friedrichstraße 111, 10117 Berlin.

Parloa Wave - SOUNDCHECK 2026 🤖🎧 | 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Parloa partners explore agentic customer experience, product developments, deployment strategies, partner collaboration, go-to-market opportunities, awards, networking, and future growth. Wilhelm Studios, Berlin.

Light x Lovable x Everphone Finance Hackathon 🤖💰 | 1:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Finance professionals build AI apps solving real business problems, receiving expert guidance, creating prototypes, presenting solutions, winning prizes, and networking. Berlin, Germany.

ARRperol & Gin-to-Market | Cremanski & Company 🍊🍸| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM: GTM and RevOps professionals connect over Aperol, gin, drinks, and relaxed conversations during SaaS Week in Berlin. Cremanski & Company office, Berlin.

Co-Founder Matching Night - Antler × b2venture 🤝🚀 | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: Founders, operators, engineers, and researchers connect with potential co-founders, Antler residents, and entrepreneurial teams through curated networking. Berlin, Germany - exact address revealed after registration.

Health AI Forum: When AI Amplifies Health Bias 🏥🤖 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Patients, clinicians, and researchers examine how AI can reinforce health inequalities, exploring bias, responsible innovation, inclusive healthcare, and equitable outcomes. Berlin,

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.

UP CLOSE - Shared Stories of Learning | Freunde von Freunden × Lukas Feireiss 🎨🗣️ | 6:00 PM: Six creative voices share personal lessons, encounters, mistakes, and conversations before guests join an open exchange across different creative disciplines. G02 by F\F, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany - Hinterhaus, 1st floor.

ABOUT YOU Opera: Trial of Human Desire ⚖️ | From 6:00 PM:
ABOUT YOU turns the Admiralspalast into a courtroom and you're the jury. Six acts, live opera arias, evidence from Nike, PUMA, Levi's and Guido Maria Kretschmer. Verdict first, then the dancefloor. Admiralspalast, Berlin.

Demo Day 2026 - Silicon Allee × Fraunhofer HHI 🤖🚀 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Investors discover deep tech startups spanning AI, quantum, healthcare, education, real estate, defense, communications, patented technologies, and research. Berlin, Germany.

Female Founders Pitch Night Project Ada @ Enpal 👩‍💼🚀 | 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM: Women founders pitch innovative startups to investors and entrepreneurs while attendees discover emerging ventures, build connections, and explore opportunities. Enpal HQ, Bödikerstraße 25, 10245 Berlin.

five degrees: Founder Showcase | Berlin 🚀💡| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Founders demonstrate promising startups while engineers and operators discover emerging companies, meet founders, explore roles, network, and access opportunities.

Tue. Oct. 13: Pricing AI Adoption - Reasoning Project × Stripe Metronome × Langdock 🤖💰 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: AI founders and operators explore pricing, packaging, usage limits, seats, credits, and enterprise plans for sustainable company-wide AI adoption. Berlin.

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.

Fri. Oct. 23: Stage Two Competition 26 | For Our Beyond 🎓 | 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: The largest pan European competition for university spinouts. The best teams from Europe's top universities pitch live to investors. Deep tech, research turned venture. Tomorrow's founders, today's dealflow. Radialsystem,

The Role of Teachers and Educators – Talk | Fotografiska Berlin × F/A/Q Health🎓🧑‍🏫 | 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM: Educators discuss respect, empathy, classroom trust, cyberbullying, social media pressures, media literacy, and supporting young people through stronger communities. Fotografiska Berlin,

Disrupt.com: Builders Meetup | Berlin Edition 🚀🛠️ | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Builders, founders, and senior operators explore venture building, idea validation, funding, startup infrastructure, successful exits, and potential co-founder opportunities. betahaus | Kreuzberg,

Her Lens – Berlin Exhibition Opening 🎨🖼️ | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Her Lens launches its first Berlin exhibition, presenting international contemporary artists through a curated programme exploring multidisciplinary artistic dialogue. Anahita Sadighi Gallery.

Access (Denied) x Tim Seifert & Manuel Pinciroli | OPEN – by HYAM STUDIOS💡🗣️ | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Tim Seifert and Manuel Pinciroli discuss bringing ideas to life, recognizing the right moment, creative journeys, and meaningful opportunities. OPEN SPACE

sheciety Bloom&Shine Festival 🌸✨ | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Women gather for keynotes, panels, masterclasses, networking, female empowerment, mindset growth, practical tools, inspiration, and meaningful connections throughout the festival. Titanic Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Französische Straße 30, 10117 Berlin.

Founders Growth Lab – Health Day | The Delta × FYZIO × Confidence Club × TK 🧠💪 | 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM: Founders and operators explore mental and physical performance through expert sessions, recovery practices, wellness activities, networking, and curated experience tracks. The Delta Campus, Donaustraße 44, 12043 Berlin.

Hochzeitsmesse im Clärchens Ballhaus × Close Weddings × Ritual Unions × It’s Undone💍👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️ | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Couples explore wedding possibilities at Clärchens Ballhaus, meet selected wedding professionals, discover services, and gather inspiration for their celebration. Clärchens Ballhaus, Berlin.

boobs, beats & bubbles – nghty berlin Pop-Up Opening 🎶🥂 | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM: nghty berlin, one of the Accelerate Qonto winners, opens a temporary Mitte pop-up featuring female DJs, welcome bubbles, exclusive collections, fashion, music, and nightlife culture, powered by Auguststraße 22, 10117 Berlin.

CRY SESSION – Kundalini/Meditation x Reformer | Hot Boys Cry🧘‍♂️💪| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Participants slow down through guided meditation, Reformer Pilates, mindful movement, food, drinks, reflection, connection, and relaxed emotional release. PILATES4all – Reformer, Kastanienallee 97, 10435 Berlin.

BCB x SIP Welcome Hospitality Brunch 🥂🍽️ | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Guests connect over drinks, food, and conversation at Chou Chou by Hilton before Bar Convent Berlin officially begins. Chou Chou by Hilton, Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße 30, 10117 Berlin.

La Petite Estelle 🇫🇷🥩 | 5:00 PM: La Petite Estelle returns with a French-inspired set menu featuring steak, fries, salad, oysters, desserts, champagne, wines, and cocktails. Estelle Dining, Berlin.

Software Architecture Summit 2026 🏗️💻 | All Day: Software architects, senior developers, and IT project managers explore software architecture through workshops, keynotes, training, and industry-focused technical sessions.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence - Futurium 🤖🧠| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Experts explore AI’s promises, limitations, human-like terminology, embodied intelligence, neurosymbolic approaches, societal impact, and who shapes AI’s future. Futurium

AWS Women's User Group Berlin – Technical Workshop 👩‍💻☁️ | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Women and FLINTA participants learn Spec-Driven Development, Claude Code, AI-assisted implementation, validation, AWS tools, and practical coding workflows. Amazon BER21, Tamara-Danz-Str. 13, 10243 Berlin.

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a16z Top 100 Consumer AI Apps, 7th Edition 📊: a16z's 7th Top 100 Consumer AI list now tracks real card spend. AI has its own 1%: they pay $903 a month and outspend the bottom half combined. ChatGPT leads by a mile, Claude is third. Just 11 newcomers this round.

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