2025 Week #40 - Your Weekly Guide to London's Networking Events
Business and networking events • 29th September - 5th October 2025
Welcome to Raise Your Profyle, a weekly round up of business and networking events in London brought to you by profylecard.com
Hello, and a very good morning! Welcome to Week #40 of Raise Your Profyle. I’m Chris, co-founder of Profyle Card, and I’ve been on the hunt to find you the most interesting business and networking events happening in London over the next 7 days.
As September rolls into October, London’s tech and business scene transitions from late summer energy into a packed autumn calendar that spans an impressive range of disciplines. This week feels particularly eclectic, with AI taking centre stage across multiple contexts - from creative applications exploring machines as authors and critics, to biomolecular sciences leveraging computational advances for drug discovery, to practical engineering meetups for builders in the trenches.
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Special event: A Winter Party with a few more than 9others
Thursday 20th November 2025, 6.30pm - 9.30pm, Dalston
One of the highlights of London’s entrepreneurial calendar are the Summer and Winter 9others parties, hosted by Matthew and Katie. Join a room full of the most interesting and brightest minds the city has to offer, this isn’t an event to miss!
Chapter One: London
Tuesday, 30 September @ 6:30 pm • Central London
Europe’s smartest founders don’t know of each other. We came up with an excuse to connect them. Then fund them. And introduce them to top-tier exited founders. Made possible by Pitchdrive - One of Europe’s most active early-stage VC firms, having invested over €50m in capital across 80 startups since 2020, and Circle - The invite-only home for Europe’s extraordinary founders.
Our London Launch - The New Founder Playbook: Redefining Success for Women
Tuesday, 30 September @ 5:00 pm • Forvis Mazars, Bank
Get ready, London! We are absolutely thrilled to announce the official launch of The 51% Club in the capital! Join us for an inspiring evening of insights, connections, and strategic thinking tailored to ambitious female founders. We’re setting the stage with a dynamic panel discussion exploring visibility, community building, investment & capital, and holistic success. The conversation will be chaired by The 51% Club founder, Tara Attfield-Tomes, with an incredible panel including Chrissie Wolfe, Marsha Lindsay, Sam Smith, and Scarlett Allen-Horton.
The Marketing Meetup IRL: Brixton, London
Tuesday, 30th September @ 6:00 pm • Piano House, Brixton
The London Marketing Meetup is an informal, friendly place for the marketers of London to meet, learn, and share knowledge with one another. Come in ‘listen’ not ‘sell’ mode. We’ll chat over food and drink, listen to an inspirational speaker or two, chat some more, and go home buzzing with new contacts and new ideas. Speaker: Sally Henderson, High-Stakes Leadership Mentor on “Why purpose is not enough, and what to do about it.”
Sustainable Business Union Investor Connect Sep 2025
Tuesday, 30th September @ 6:00 pm • Peacock London, South Bank
Join the Sustainable Business Union’s Monthly Connect event, bringing together impact investors and showcases of creative entrepreneurs. This exclusive gathering offers a unique opportunity to explore cutting-edge innovations, network with key players, and foster new partnerships in the rapidly evolving tech landscape. Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, or industry expert, don’t miss this chance to connect, share insights, and shape the future of technology and investment.
Creative AI Meetup: Machine as Author, Audience and Critic
Wednesday, 1 October @ 6:00 pm • Central London
This event will host talks from artists and researchers presenting AI technologies and their creative applications. Featuring talks from Vadim Epstein (AI as Post-VJ: From Flow to Factory), Veera Jussila (Performing for machine audience), and Parashkev Nachev (The (AI) Artist as Critic). This event is sponsored by Phoenix Court, home of LocalGlobe, Latitude and Solar.
In Silico #002
Wednesday, 1 October @ 6:00 pm • Central London
Recent advancements in computation are transforming the biomolecular sciences - from fine simulations of molecular structure and drug discovery, to coarse-grained systems analysis of complex biochemical, metabolic, or genetic networks. Join us to discuss the future of biology and drug development with flash talks from Sebastian Schmon (Latent Labs), Amy Lu (UC Berkeley), Dominik Dekleva (AstraZeneca), and Simon Mathis (Cambridge).
AI Engineer London Meetup #7
Thursday, 2 October @ 6:00 pm • Central London
After a summer break, we’re back with AI Engineer London Meetup #7! London’s go-to meetup for AI practitioners, researchers, builders and founders. Join us for an evening of talks, drinks and networking with fellow AI enthusiasts. Speakers include André Eriksson, Anup Jadhav, and Chris Parsons. A big thanks to Tessl for hosting us, and providing food and drink.
Influencing during difficult conversations- Workshop
Thursday, 2 October @ 3:00 pm • Generation London, Central London
In this practical, in-person workshop, Leadership Coach Catherine Duquette – trusted by teams at Deliveroo, PayPal, Depop, and Sony Music – will guide you through real-world tools to turn tough conversations into influence. With a background in interactive theatre and 15 years of experience engaging live audiences, Catherine creates a space where leaders feel both safe and challenged to grow.
[Chill] Robotics Networking Meetup London
Friday, 3rd October @ 6.00pm • The Sekforde, Central London
Working, building or interested in Robotics or AI for robotics? Then please be invited to a chill in-person networking event. That’s it, no rules. Easy and chill.
Ensemble Summer ‘25
Saturday, 4 October @ 12:00 pm • Central London
YEEHAW FOLKS - Ensemble is riding back into town. This time it’s 4x BIGGER!! A rodeo in a 500-year-old guildhall: with on-stage demos, unconference workshops, live performances, food and awesome merch! This is a call to every artist, writer, maker, engineer, researcher, and everything in between -- come join 400+ of us at Europe’s biggest celebration of maker culture!
That’s it for this week’s Raise Your Profyle! I hope you’re feeling inspired and ready to make some connections. Don’t forget to subscribe to us on your favourite podcast platform – you can find us on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple.
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Happy networking, and I’ll see you next week!