FoundersNight.
One evening a month, full of amazing people, great ideas and good vibes. Meet founders, self-employed professionals, creative minds and curious people from every industry. Connect, share ideas, start collaborations, plan what comes next.
Totally free. Anyone who wants to connect is welcome.
Next: September edition, Thursday 24 September, in 22 days Berlin, afterwork hours
The night ends, the Community continues.
FreeWe host the room. We also sort the paperwork.
Unlock Germany is an independent advisory for internationals in Germany, and we back Founders Night because community is how building in a new country actually works. When the financial side of self-employment needs sorting, health cover, pension, taxes, funding and protection, we do that too, in plain English.
- Health cover: public or private, modelled on your numbers
- Pension and investing built for irregular income
- Founder grants and financing, explained in English
- Independent advice across around 250 vetted partners
Not just new connections. New projects and businesses have started here.
Month after month, edition after edition, the room keeps filling: 59+ people were on the list for the August edition alone. Collaborations, first clients and co-founder stories keep tracing back to one of these evenings.
“One conversation is all it takes.”
Most people leave with five.
An afterwork that actually moves your project forward.
Here is what an evening looks like.
Meet people who get it
Founders, self-employed professionals and builders from every industry. The kind of room where your next co-founder, client or collaborator is already holding a drink.
Trade real ideas
No panels, no name-tag small talk. Honest exchanges about what you are building, what worked, what blew up, and what to try next.
Start something
Collaborations, intros, future projects. Plenty of things running in Berlin today started as a conversation at a Founders Night.
Zero pressure
Flexible, easy and relaxed. Show up when you can, leave when you want. Free entry, always.
The night ends, the Community continues.
No employer sorts it for you. You get the freedom, and every decision.
One advisor across every piece, in English, so nothing important falls through the gaps while you are busy building. The first conversation is free, and so is the advice.
Health cover, your choice
Self-employed can pick public (GKV) or private (PKV) freely from day one. We model both against your real numbers before you lock it in.
Liability & income protection
Personal and professional liability, plus disability cover for the income your business depends on. Your ability to earn is the asset to protect first.
A pension you actually build
No employer scheme means no default. We set up a portable, flexible third pillar that copes with irregular income and follows you if you move.
Cashflow & investing
Smoothing lumpy freelance income, keeping a runway, and putting the surplus to work in low-cost, long-term investments.
Funding and grants
Founder grants, subsidised loans and programmes that exist for people like you. Which ones fit your stage, and the forms, in English.
Taxes, demystified
Understand what to set aside, which costs are deductible, and when a Steuerberater is worth it. We point you to what matters and connect you where needed.
Getting properly set up
From Anmeldung and tax number to the right bank account and insurances, in the order that keeps you compliant and moving.
See you at Founders Night.
Free entry, zero pressure, and a room full of people building things. All you have to do is show up.
Flexible, easy and relaxed. Come and go as you please.