Funding you could win, every event worth being at, places to work and people to ask — built by Bristol founders and given to the city. No catch, no upsell, no agenda.
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However you arrive — chasing funding, building alone, burning out, or just new to the city — there's a door here for it. Everything below is live today.
33 grants open · £5.8m on the table
Every grant, competition and award a Bristol founder could win — and the angel networks, SEIS/EIS funds and accelerators when it's investment you need.
7 founder events this week
Every talk, meetup, angel night and fundraiser in the city's founder scene — one feed, refreshed 6am daily, or one short email each week.
The Town Square — who's building what, asks & offers with real names on them, small tables around your sector, and a monthly coffee that's open to everyone.
Springboards when you need a boardroom's worth of attention, chaplaincy when you need someone unhurried, and friendship before either.
Desks and studios that won't sink a young company — and real Bristol founders as your first early adopters before you launch.
See every tool with live data flowing through it — what's open, what's on, who's asking. Roughly one new tool a month.
Every talk, meetup, angel night and fundraiser in Bristol's founder scene — found, checked and refreshed at 6am every day. One short email and the week ahead comes to you before it starts.
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Everything above stays open to everyone — joining doesn't unlock a thing on this page. What it adds is the people: Bristol's founders, findable and up for helping each other.
Who's building what across Bristol, with a face and a name — and you, findable yourself.
Post what you need — an intro, a beta tester, a lawyer for an hour. Every reply comes with a real name.
Building alone? See where other founders have set up today — and pull up a chair.
Small groups around your sector, your stage, or your corner of the city — the same faces, often enough that they know where you're up to.
RSVP to member gatherings so we keep you a chair. First Friday stays open to everyone — members just never miss one.
A short note each Friday — what happened, what's coming, who's new. Written like a letter, not a newsletter.
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We're builders, creators, founders, startups — passionate about creating and building, and excited to see the city of Bristol flourish.
Faith stays exactly where it has always been — in how the work is done, and in why it is given away.
The Town Square is the members' room behind these tools — 130+ Bristol founders, the directory of who does what, asks and offers answered by people who've been there, and a wave from someone building alongside you. Two minutes to join, nothing to pay, leave any time.