🧘‍♀️ FOMO Berlin: We are introducing the FOMO Gathering | 14.07. - 20.07.

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Cephas from FOMO
July 13, 2026

Hey Berliners,

Would you like to join the FOMO Gathering - part retreat, part mastermind, part residency?

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Last year we ran over a hundred events across Berlin, bringing together more than ten thousand founders, operators, and investors from some of the region's leading companies. One insight kept repeating: what matters isn't the event itself; it's the access it creates, to hiring, to investors, to deals, and to the right room.

This year we want to take that further. We're calling it "The Gathering”, built around three pillars: Personal: becoming who your next chapter requires, Business: growing through the collective wisdom of the room, and Community: the relationships that make both possible.

We're inviting a small, highly curated group of exceptional people, founders, CEOs, investors, operators, creators, family business leaders, who carry real responsibility and bring genuine value to the table. We don't curate for titles. We curate for contribution: every person in the room is selected because they'd make it better.

Would you be interested in joining something like this? Vote below, and we'll add you to the waitlist. 👆

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 July 13 — We’re here so you don’t have FOMO.

Our upcoming FOMO Events 🚨

  • Tue. Jul. 14: FOMO x season5: Founder x Investor Padel Tournament Munich 🎾 | 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Founders. One court. One trophy. Mixed doubles, drawn on-site. Drinks, snacks, racket rent included. Munich's founder scene, but make it competitive. PadelCity München Tucherpark, München.

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.

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📨 Stay subscribed to FOMO247 and keep an eye out for more exciting events and opportunities we’ve got in the works. Trust me, you won’t want to miss what’s coming next! 😉 

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We brought Berlin's wellness founders together for Pilates at a 360° rooftop penthouse 📸 

FOMO x NordicTrack swapped the gallery from last time for a 360° rooftop penthouse above Berlin, bringing together founders from Urban Sports Club, HER ONE, FLOAT and Epix Sports for a morning of Pilates set to live piano, a fragrance ritual, and refueling with Atlea protein shakes and New York Bagel Bar bagels. Watch the aftermovie here 📺

FOMO Opportunity Spotlight & Carve Out 🔦 :

  • Mon. Jul. 27: R&D Social Run 🏃 | 7:00 AM: Coup's early risers loop 5k along the Spree, researchers and founders side by side, nobody dropped. Refreshments and a lottery surprise after. Innovation, it turns out, starts before coffee. Coup Office, Oranienburger Straße 23, Berlin.

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The FOMO Berlin week 💙 (14.7 - 20.7):
FOMO Top Picks of the Week 🔥

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

  • Founder's Night - Futura House 🚀| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Connect with fellow founders through candid talks, startup lessons, meaningful networking, and inspiring conversations on building successful companies while maintaining personal balance.

  • GTM Garage: Inside Dash0's GTM Engine - The Delta 🚀 | Thursday, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: Discover how AI unicorn Dash0 scaled from 270 to 600+ customers through GTM strategy, growth systems, founder insights, networking, and poolside sundowners.

  • {Tech: Europe} × Almedia Hackathon | The Summer Lock-In 🤖 | Saturday, 9:30 AM – 10:00 PM: Build AI solutions alongside Europe's top founders, engineers, and researchers with mentorship, networking, demos, prizes, partner credits, and investor connections.

All Day Festivals & Conferences ✨

  • Sat–Sun. Jul. 18–19: Lesbisch-schwules Stadtfest Berlin 🏳️‍🌈 | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM (Sat), 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM (Sun): Nollendorfplatz turns into 20,000 square meters of rainbow chaos. Six stages, half a million visitors, Gerhard Hoffmann's Wilde Sofa grilling politicians Saturday afternoon.

  • Sat. 18 – Sun. 19: Lollapalooza Berlin 2026 🎵 | All Day: Experience two unforgettable days of global music, top international artists, immersive experiences, food, art, sustainability initiatives, and nonstop festival energy in Berlin.

Tuesday 14th
Wednesday 15th
Thursday 16th

  • GTM Roadshow: n8n Fest Lunch - Apify Events X Leadspicker & Overdrive 🤖 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM: Join enterprise GTM leaders for expert talks, live automation demos, practical AI workflows, networking, and complimentary lunch during Berlin's n8n Fest week.

  • n8n Fest 2026 ⚙️ | 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM: Celebrate with the global n8n community through live DJs, networking, great food, interactive activities, and meet the creators, ambassadors, and n8n team.

  • Berlin Chief of Staff Summer Happy Hour 🍹 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Connect with Berlin’s Chiefs of Staff, founders’ associates, and operators for networking, idea-sharing, drinks, and meaningful conversations in a relaxed summer setting.

  • Cursor Hackathon Berlin @Bliq 💻 | 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Build AI-powered products with founders, engineers, and designers in a hands-on hackathon featuring demos, prizes, networking, pizza, drinks, and collaborative innovation.

  • Nikita Fahrenholz – Gründerszene x The Delta 🚀 | 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Hear serial entrepreneur Nikita Fahrenholz share startup, scaling, and exit lessons, followed by fireside chat, Q&A, networking, drinks, music, and founders.

  • GTM Garage: Inside Dash0's GTM Engine - The Delta 🚀 | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM: Discover how AI unicorn Dash0 scaled from 270 to 600+ customers through GTM strategy, growth systems, founder insights, networking, and poolside sundowners.

FOMO Upcoming Top Events & Opportunities 💯 :
Friday 17th

  • Summer Get-Together in Mitte - Handpicked Berlin × Berlin Events Weekly 🌞 | 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM: Connect with Berlin's startup community over wine, artisan gelato, groovy music, and relaxed networking in a vibrant new community space.

  • Forecast Festival 2026 🎭| All Day from Thu - Sun: Celebrate interdisciplinary creativity through performances, exhibitions, installations, talks, and artist collaborations while engaging with internationally acclaimed mentors and innovators.

  • Body → Persona → Energy 🎨 | 11:00 PM – 5:00 AM: Ruben Tönnis, Jessica Jokiel and Sebastian Merk trace a line from figurative painting to light reactive abstraction, then hand the room over to house and Afro house till sunrise. The exhibition doesn't end, it dissolves. Studio 1111,

Saturday 18th

  • {Tech: Europe} × Almedia Hackathon | The Summer Lock-In 🤖 | 9:30 AM – 10:00 PM: Build AI solutions alongside Europe's top founders, engineers, and researchers with mentorship, networking, demos, prizes, partner credits, and investor connections.

  • AFFECT Pop Up 🖤 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM & 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM: AFFECT launches Issue 02, Growing Up, with a one-day pop-up built alongside Goldenhand Studio. Limited pieces, goodie bags, a magazine run small enough to matter. Offline is the whole point. Torstraße 76, Berlin.

  • The Afterglow Open Air ☀️ | 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Haus der Visionäre's riverside house session on the Spree, this round flying in Andhim as the special guest alongside residents Tony Heart and the Afterglow Crew.

  • Cowry Therapy x Two Tone Records Recovery Session 🌇 | 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Terrace, sundown, a wellness crew and a record label who apparently agree on the same thing. Stretch, train, recover, repeat. Invite only, obviously. Hotel MOA Berlin, Stephanstraße 41.

Sunday 19th

  • Romeo's Invites STOKE – Sunday Special 🥪 | 2:00 PM: Enjoy exclusive STOKE sandwiches, refreshing summer wines, handcrafted cocktails, and a relaxed afternoon of great food, friends, and vibrant community vibes.

  • The Dark Rooms Veins 🕯️ | 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM (Thu/Fri), 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM (Sat/Sun): Ten light and sound artists occupy the guts of a forgotten cinema, its tunnels, projection ghosts, hidden chambers. Most works premiere here first. Location stays secret until 48 hours out. 18+.

  • EKHO x SUMARI Rooftop Party 🌆 | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM: New rooftop, same golden hour math. FIVE, REMEN, and Tina Colada on the decks above Bikini Berlin, Afro house and R&B against the skyline. Free entry,

Monday 20th

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