🏆 FOMO Berlin: H&M VC Pub Quiz: November 27 - December 3

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

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Cephas from FOMO
November 27, 2023

Hi Berliners 👋

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What did you FOMO last week 📸 ?

Thank you, everyone, for making this event so special 💙 and thank you, @Johnathan (Setting HQ), for partnering up and offering your home. More content can be found here 😍 

FOMO Top Picks of the Week 🔥

The events below are the ones I would attend this week if I find the time for it: 

  • IMPACT SUMMIT PHINEO STARTUPS - Ukraine Response #2 🇺🇦 l Tuesday, 4 pm (free) - Come and celebrate the amazing progress of PHINEOS's second cohort of Impact Startup teams and welcome the new cohort - moderated by me 😎

  • ESG Fintech: Meet & Pitch with Mastercard 💳 l Wednesday, 6 pm (free) - Calling ESG & Fintech startups! Factory Berlin & Mastercard are hosting a pitch event with a superstar investor, expert & founder jury

  • H&M Group Venture Pub Quiz 🏆 l Wednesday, 5.30 pm - Staying in Berlin Instead of Heading to Slush? Fight the FOMO and join this VC/startup-themed pub quiz! Come as a team or alone and see if you can win the trophy - FOMO has 5 spots available, so hit the link ☝️ and sign up if you want to join the team!

The FOMO Berlin Week 💙 (27.11 - 3.12):
Monday 27th

  • ESG & Funding for FinTechs: What do VCs and Banks expect? 🧐 l 5.45 pm - Berlin Finance Initiative & de:hub FinTech Berlin invite you to the second edition of the workshop: "ESG for FinTechs"

  • Festive Founders 🥂 l 6.30 pm (free) - Join Audi Denkwerkstatt at the Denkwerkstatt-Winter-Market: Festive vibes, Startup content, and delightful food & drinks, including Glühwein!

  • Sound Light Bath and Mindful Journaling 🧘🏼‍♀️l 7.30 pm - Get ready to immerse yourself in a transformative experience of soothing Sound Light Bath, Cacao Ceremony, and Mindful Journaling with Evolve & Factory Berlin

Tuesday 28th
Wednesday 29th

  • H&M Group Venture Pub Quiz 🏆 l 5.30 pm - Staying in Berlin Instead of Heading to Slush? Fight the FOMO and join this VC/startup-themed pub quiz! Come as a team or alone and see if you can win the trophy - FOMO has 5 spots available, so hit the link ☝️ and sign up if you want to join the team!

  • Berlin Climate Tech Drinks 🍺 l 6 pm (free) - Meet collaborators and make friends at a monthly relaxed drinks meet-up for anyone working in or interested in Climate Tech!

  • ESG Fintech: Meet & Pitch with Mastercard 💳 l 6 pm (free) - Calling ESG & Fintech startups! Factory Berlin & Mastercard are hosting a pitch event with a superstar investor, expert & founder jury

  • Roundtable: Getting Signups for Product-Led Growth 🚀 l 6 pm (free) - Join Kohomai’s Roundtable event to explore effective strategies for driving signups at PLG and fueling the growth

  • Digital Health Cocktail Hour🍸 l 6 pm - This event series by Earlybird VC, AWS, Charité's Berlin Institute of Health, GE Healthcare, and Merantix AI Campus, the DHCH, fosters meaningful connections in the digital health and bio ecosystem

Thursday 30th

  • betabreakfast 🥐 l 10 am - Eva Juliane Stark, General Legal Counsel at Cavalry Ventures, Angel Investor and Founder of Ventures Ladies is in the house and will talk about her personal journey of entering the VC scene. If you are a student and can’t afford a ticket, please reach out 👋

  • Talk26 Navigating Change 📱l 6 pm (free) - Get interesting insights from the N26 iOS team as well as a great opportunity to network with other iOS and MacOS engineers at N26’s joint event with CocoaHeads

  • Leadership Masterminds: L&D networking event 🎄l 6 pm (free) - Get ready to unwrap the potential of strategic talent management this holiday season at this Sharpist event

  • 12MIN.ME | SUSTAIN 🌱 l 6.45 pm (free) - 12.MIN.ME is a community for all sustainability enthusiasts who want to get inspired and connect. They put together an exciting lineup of inspiring speakers at this event held at MotionLab

  • Afro Fusion Workout 🕺 l 8 pm - Join Roots Berlin’s Afro-Fusion workout for FLINTA of color. A dynamic workout with authentic African dance moves to the rhythm of various Afro-beats

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Friday 1st

  • Berlin Travel Festival ✈️ l 10 am - Dream destinations, accommodations, fascinating travel photography, and inspiring talks at The Berlin Travel Festival together with Boat & Fun Berlin, Anglingworld Berlin, and Auto Camping Caravan

  • GO DOWN RECORDS 20th ANNIVERSARY 💿 l 5 pm - 20 years of independent music made of creativity, strong involvement, undying passion, artistic freedom, and friendship! They will celebrate with newcomers and veterans on stage

  • Finissage 'Expensive Tears' 👨‍🎨 l 5 pm - Join NOTAGALLERY to celebrate the closing of this special exhibition and have the chance to meet the featured artists

Saturday 2nd

  • Women founders and 3 ways to approach venture building 👑 l 2.30 pm (free) - Join the conversation, organized by Women In Leadership Club, with trailblazing women entrepreneurs and venture builders in sustainability and circular business!

  • EISIDISKO - Mit Vergnügen auf Eis ⛸️ l 6 pm - Join Mit Vergnügen & Zenner at Zenner Wintergarden’s 300m2 icerink for a fun evening and true Christmas spirit!

  • Swim Good at Berghain Kantine ⛓️ l 11 pm - Swim Good is hosting yet another birthday party, this time for resident and co-founder "Stimmy"! Come explore the Boiler Room vibes and the talented lineup

Sunday 3rd

  • Raw Wine Berlin 🍷 l 10 am - RAW WINE is a celebration of some of the best wine talent in the world and is committed to empowering all wine drinkers through real, informed choice. So head to Markthalle Neun and find your wine match!

  • Poetry Meets Funk & Dance 🪩 l 7 pm - Poetry Meets & Be Marvel Fam has organized the ultimate year-end bash at a secret Berlin location! They promise a 🔥 lineup of live poetry, DJs, and dance performances!

Upcoming top events 🚨

  • A Dinner In The Engine Room Episode 3 l December 5 - As AI reshapes our understanding of productivity and DevOps, Cherry Venture presents the topic of this episode: The Engine Room: Navigating the DevOps and Data Era - A Deep Dive into Emerging Tech Trends

  • GRÜNDERSZENE Spätschicht Berlin - Christmas Edition l December 7 - At this Gründerszene event, the who's who of the startup scene meets! Founders, business angels, VCs, and digital enthusiasts come together after work

  • Founders' Circle l December 14 - Techstars are hosting amazing founder dinners every month, to shatter barriers for early-stage founders to gain access to influential investors, visionary founders, and policymakers. Apply now, so you can go in December!

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PS: I found this Fundraising Playbook - developed by Capnamic. It's a guide designed to help you plan and structure your upcoming fundraising activities + some helpful resources 🛠 . Please let me know if it's helpful!