2025 Week #47 - Build Your Network Through Business and Networking Events in London This Week
Business and networking events • 17th - 23rd November 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 welcome to Week #47 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.
What happens when building things meets saving lives? Late November’s calendar strips away the usual startup theatre to focus on problems that actually matter. From cancer innovation forums bringing together clinicians and entrepreneurs, to a weekend hackathon building healthcare solutions for crisis zones where health systems have collapsed, there’s a palpable shift toward impact over incrementalism.
How do you 10x content production without sacrificing creativity? What does designed biology mean for drug discovery? Can hardware really stop being hard? The week spans everything from breakfast networking for construction professionals to late-night hangouts for experimental game developers, but the through-line is urgency - whether you’re accelerating therapeutic innovation, prototyping with LLMs, or pitching to angels. These aren’t events about disruption for disruption’s sake; they’re conversations about leveraging technology to solve problems that keep people awake at night, from collapsing health systems to the grind of marketing at scale.
Let’s jump in to this week’s events…
Conquering Cancer: Innovators’ Forum
Monday, 17 November @ 4:30 pm • 180 Strand, Central London
Part of London Life Sciences Week, this forum brings scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and clinicians together to explore the future of oncology innovation. Features keynotes and expert panel on collaborations and partnerships in the London oncology ecosystem, clinical trials, innovation, and investment. Pitches from leaders at cutting-edge oncology start-ups including Sentinel4D, EnAcuity, Migration Biotherapeutics, and Siftr.Bio. Registration is now closed.
Drug Discovery 3.0: The Age of Designed Biology
Tuesday, 18 November @ 5:30 pm • IDEALondon, Central London
The second session of Deeptech Futures, a new monthly series sponsored by AlbionVC and hosted by UCL Engineering and IDEALondon. In honour of London Life Sciences Week, diving into Drug Discovery 3.0: The Age of Designed Biology with a forward-looking panel discussion exploring the next frontier in therapeutic innovation. From cutting-edge technologies like organ-on-a-chip to the rise of personalised medicine, expert panel explores how science and technology are converging to accelerate discovery and open doors to therapies once thought impossible. Event is sold out.
Hardware is not Hard Meetup [London] #2
Tuesday, 18 November @ 6:00 pm • Register to See Address, Central London
A casual meetup for the coolest hardware builders & enthusiasts in London. Whether you’re writing firmware, piecing together a robotic arm, or sketching a space probe, join us for the evening. Let’s chat about all things hardware & more! Event is sold out.
LLM London Sessions #8
Wednesday, 19 November @ 6:30 pm • Register to See Address, Central London
Join NetMind AI for another evening of AI conversations, demos, and drinks. Whether you’re building with LLMs, experimenting with prompts, or just AI-curious, pull up and hang out with other folks doing interesting things in the space. Features lightning talks, plenty of time to chat, and the usual good vibes. Event is sold out.
Startup Roadshow London 2025
Thursday, 20 November @ 10:00 am • NatWest Moorgate, Moorgate
South East Angels are proud to announce Startup Roadshow - London, a platform for startups to showcase their ideas and network with local investors and entrepreneurs. It will include a startup pitch competition with founders from a range of sectors being judged by a panel of investor judges. If you’re a startup founder looking to get your business noticed, or an investor interested in discovering the next big thing in the South East, then the South East Startup Roadshow is the place to be. Event is sold out.
Hack the FEED - How to 10x Your Content Production in 2026
Thursday, 20 November @ 4:30 pm • Register to See Address, Central London
Hackathons aren’t just for engineers — they’re for marketers too, presented by VEED in partnership with Lovable, ElevenLabs, & OpenAI. This hackathon challenges marketers to imagine what happens when AI tools are leveraged to create video-first marketing engines that 10x social content output without sacrificing creativity. Participants will work backwards from Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) — focusing on real marketing goals such as automating social video content creation & publishing, accelerating copy/video/asset production, and personalising at scale with AI voices. Event is sold out.
SPONGE 02: Creative & Design
Thursday, 20 November @ 6:30 pm • Better Space, Central London
Purpose driven comms—what’s it all about? How do you get into it? Does anyone like me work in it? Come on down to Sponge – an event series designed to help underrepresented talent get into the industry. Soak up the wise words of seasoned pros who each have a unique story to tell and tips and tricks to share. The second evening of our events series will focus on creative and design, held in partnership with LIFT and Better Space, with conversation moderated by Revolt’s very own Will Reuben. Event is sold out.
Gæmz Meetup #54 (London)
Thursday, 20 November @ 7:00 pm • Newspeak House, Shoreditch
It’s time for another Gæmz meetup in London at Newspeak House—let’s hang out and talk about what we’ve been up to. New to Gæmz? It’s a hangout/social gathering event and a community for the people who are into art/experimental/alternative game development, playful media, and general d0peshit founded in 2019 by Nomi. The event runs for roughly 3 hours, the first hour of which is usually spent on introductions, a selection of five-minute lightning pitches, and showcases of work.
Hackathon for Crisis Zones
Saturday, 22 November @ 9:00 am • Huxley Building, South Kensington
From Gaza to Sudan, Yemen to Syria - collapsing health systems are leaving millions without care. This hackathon is your chance to respond, calling on medics, engineers, designers, coders, and thinkers to come together for one powerful weekend building real-world healthcare solutions for the most urgent crisis zones. Hosted by Imperial MedTech, STEM Muslims, and Muslim Medics.
CIOB Breakfast Networking at elementalLondon
Tuesday, 19 November @ 8:00 am • 1 Western Gateway, Royal Docks
Join CIOB for a networking breakfast to find out more about what we do and to catch up with peers and colleagues from across the sector. Come and meet with CIOB staff at elementalLondon for an informal networking breakfast where we are on hand to chat about all the Institute has to offer. A great opportunity to also catch up with your peers and colleagues from across the built environment sector refreshment and a pastry.
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Happy networking, and I’ll see you next week!