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August 14, 2026

The best meetups in London for founders and VCs

With saunas, run clubs and 24/7 cafes, the British tech hub is getting creative about networking

Londonmaxxing seems to be more than a fleeting trend. The city kicked off 2026 with its best funding quarter in years, with just over €6bn in equity funding raised by startups in the UK capital. Even more money flowed in Q2, with just under €6.4bn raised, according to Sifted data. 

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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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