🏋 FOMO Berlin: FOMO takes over Barry's Red Room - Aug. 21 | 04.08. - 10.08.

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

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Cephas from FOMO
August 03, 2026

Hey Berliners,

Last weekend, a surprising amount of Berlin's founder, investor and operator community traded networking events for Garbicz Festival. I was one of them—and to be honest, I'm still slowly recovering. Summer might be the quietest season for business events, but that doesn't mean the conversations stop. They simply move to different places.

So before we dive into this week's edition, let's start with a quick community question:

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And our next FOMO Event 🚨

  • Fri. Aug. 21: FOMO x BARRY'S 💗 | 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM: FOMO takes over Barry's Red Room for the first time. 50 people, one hour in the world's most iconic workout, then snacks, drinks, and the conversations that actually stick.

  • Thu. Aug. 27: FOMO x Qonto: Back to School Boats Party 🚤 | 6 PM – 10 PM: Summer's over, the boat's back. FOMO's annual return to the water, teamed up with Qonto this year. Skyline, drinks, seventy founders who matter. Sunset does the rest.

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

Learn more about us here: FOMO Media Kit.

PS: Check out our after-movie from our latest Wellness Leaders Gathering event with NordicTrack - FOMO 📺.

Week of August 3 — We’re here so you don’t have FOMO.

FOMO Off-Market connects a small number of companies with exceptional people from our network — no noise, just curated intros. Apply if you want in.

FOMO Sponsor 🤝 : BARRY'S

Fri. Aug. 21: FOMO x BARRY'S 💗 | 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Barry's Red Room, FOMO takeover, first time ever. Treadmills, zero small talk until it's earned, then snacks and drinks while the endorphins are still talking and the guard's already down. Everyone else's Friday starts with a drink. Yours starts with a win. Barry's Berlin.

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What did FOMO last week 📸 

During SuperReturn, together with Backed VC and Carta, and powered by Season5 we turned one of Berlin’s OG venues into a late-night gathering for 400 of Europe’s leading LPs, GPs, founders and operators. Great music, real conversations and the people that make Berlin's venture scene special. 💙

FOMO Opportunity Spotlight 🔦 :

  • Thu. Aug. 27 – Fri. Aug. 28: Forward Festival Berlin 2026 🎨 | Doors 1:00 PM, program runs to 9:00 PM: Two days, three stages, 50+ speakers on where creativity is headed. Sagmeister, Anton & Irene, Mr. Bingo, FutureDeluxe. Talks, workshops, a magazine release party to close night one. HKW Berlin.

  • Plant Club rents, designs and takes care of the plants in your office. 🪴plantclub.io — one membership, zero hassle. We used them for our own Super Aperitivo, and the office looks better for it. Want to learn more - intro call.

Upload your event and reach 20000+ weekly Berlin + Munich readers. Or just connect your event with our Lu.ma - Fomo Berlin Calendar. 

The FOMO Berlin week 💙 (4.8. - 10.8):
FOMO Top Picks of the Week 🔥

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

  • Access (Denied) x Pauline Ghassemi OPEN by HYAM STUDIOS 💭🎤 | Tuesday, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Explore career transitions, decision-making, and creative reinvention with Pauline Ghassemi through talks, Q&A, and networking over complimentary drinks.

  • Claude Constitution Reading By Claude Community Events 🤖📖 | Wednesday, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Explore Claude’s constitutional principles through group readings and discussions on AI ethics, governance, philosophy, and responsible artificial intelligence.

  • SummerUP 2026 🚀 | Fri Aug. 7: 10:00 AM – Aug 14, 8:00 PM: Eight days, zero decks. Raw idea to paying customers, then a pitch on The Delta Stage for €10K and real VC eyes. Last year's alumni landed six figure funding. CODE University of Applied Sciences, Berlin.

All Day Festivals & Conferences ✨

  • Thu. Aug. 6 - Sun. Aug. 9: Elevate Her Strength | ELEVATE Retreats 💪🌿| All Day: Strength, wellness, and education retreat helping women build sustainable fitness, improve recovery, boost confidence, and reconnect through movement, nutrition, and community.

  • Fri. Aug. 7 – Fri. Aug. 14: SummerUP – Launch Your Startup from 0 to 1 | CODE Events 🚀 | 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM: Build, validate, sell, launch your MVP, gain paying customers, receive mentorship, network with founders, and pitch for €10,000 prizes.

  • Fri. Aug. 7 – Sun. Aug. 16: Box Office Around the World - Humboldt Forum Berlin 🎬🌍 | 8:00 PM: Enjoy award-winning international blockbuster films, cultural spotlights, guest speakers, and open-air cinema celebrating stories from six countries.

Tuesday 4th

  • ACT Berlin #8 - w3.hub 🤖💻| 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM: Cowork with AI builders, join technical workshops, network through curated matchmaking, and collaborate in a focused, high-signal innovation environment.

  • Investing in Civic Infrastructure - Medulla🌍🏙️ | 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM: Explore sustainable civic technology, governance, funding, licensing, and shared urban infrastructure through demos, expert discussions, networking, and collaborative exchange.

  • Silent Book Club | Silent Book Club – Berlin West 📚🌿 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Enjoy peaceful outdoor reading, relaxed book discussions, and connect with fellow readers in a welcoming community atmosphere at Gleisdreieck Park.

  • Access (Denied) x Pauline Ghassemi OPEN by HYAM STUDIOS 💭🎤 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Explore career transitions, decision-making, and creative reinvention with Pauline Ghassemi through talks, Q&A, and networking over complimentary drinks.

Wednesday 5th
Thursday 6th
FOMO Upcoming Top Events & Opportunities 💯 :

  • Wed. Aug. 12: Home Again Festival: Solomun Live 🎧🔥 | All Day: Experience an extended daytime set from electronic music icon Solomun, delivering unforgettable beats and high-energy festival moments.

  • Sat. Aug. 15: Rave The Planet Parade 2026: Imagine Love 🕊️ | 2 PM – 10 PM: Dr. Motte and Westbam bring the Love Parade's spirit back for round five. Three hundred artists, floats up and down Straße des 17 Juni, Maceo Plex and Nicole Moudaber among them.

  • Thu. Sep. 10: Merantix Developer Day 2026 🤖 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM:
    Engineers, researchers, and applied scientists gather at the frontier of AI, again. Full stack talks, deep dives, hands on sessions. New architectures to physical AI, drug discovery. Approval only.

Friday 7th

  • Padel Factory Grand Opening 🎾🎉 | All Day: Experience Berlin’s newest padel venue with premium courts, a stylish lounge, bar, modern changing facilities, and a vibrant community atmosphere.

  • VOLKSBAD am Rosa Luxemburg Platz 🏊 | Fri. Aug. 7 – Thu. Oct. 1: Tue–Sat 12PM–8PM, Thu 1PM–9PM: A 25 meter pool where the Volksbühne's front steps used to be. Free, no ID, fries stall included. Swim laps or just linger, closing act comes courtesy of Florentina Holzinger.

Saturday 8th
Sunday 9th
Monday 10th

  • Startup Social Run - torq.partners 🏃‍♀️🌆 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Join founders, investors, and professionals for a relaxed 5km social run, networking, drinks, fruit, snacks, and community-friendly fitness.

Upload your event and reach 20000+ weekly Berlin + Munich readers. Or just connect your event with our Lu.ma - Fomo Berlin Calendar. 

FOMO Carve Out

  • Uber Buys Delivery Hero for €13B 🍔💸 | Uber buys Delivery Hero for €13B, a 127% premium. Berlin HQ safe until 2029, €2B pledged to Germany. 14 markets carved off to SSW Partners.

  • Headline VC Maps the AI Europe 100 🗺️ | Headline VC sorts 100 European AI companies into six breeds. Lovable hit $400M ARR in two years, Cursor sold to SpaceX for $60B, Mistral remains Europe's last independent frontier lab if Cohere's Aleph Alpha deal clears.

  • Rapid Pioneers Is Hiring a Unicorn Hunter 🦄 | Roman Kirsch, Flaconi founder turned investor, wants a Founders Associate glued to his side: consumer brands, unicorn hunting, community, agentic AI across the portfolio.

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Cephas & the FOMO team 💙

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