Been to a First Friday? Come inside. Membership is the room behind the coffee. Bristol Spring connects founders from across Bristol's workspaces, accelerators and universities, at every stage of the journey. The tools are open to the whole city and are all about Founders supporting Founders.
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For founders, makers, and people building toward something. Your name, your email, a six-digit code — about a minute. No spam, and easy to leave again.
Bristol Spring is the room for people building their own companies across the city: founders, startups and business owners. Tell us which sounds like you and we'll send a 6-digit code.
Every tool we've built for Bristol founders — most open to all with no sign-up, and a few you unlock by joining.
Bring an ask — we sort them at First Friday and in the room.
1 real ask on Spring HelpFunding you could winReal grants Bristol founders can win, with live deadlines.
19 open · 1 closing soonRaise investmentAngels, SEIS/EIS funds and accelerators backing Bristol founders.
14 routes · SEIS/EIS, angelsWhat's onEvery Bristol founder event, found and refreshed 6am daily.
6 events this monthSomewhere to workDesks, studios and rooms across Bristol, at real prices.
23 spaces, real pricesMeet the roomFree monthly coffee morning — just turn up, no sign-up.
Next: Fri 4 Sep, 8:30–11amWorking today?See which café founders are working from right now.
MembersYour small groupSmall regular groups by sector, stage or part of town.
MembersWho's building whatEvery founder who's joined — find them, be found yourself.
MembersWhat we're building next, with the community. Tell us what you'd use — it moves it up the list.
Founder rates and offers from Bristol businesses that back the community — we're lining them up now.
List a role, fill a role. Hire from people who already get it.
Bristol Spring grew out of the city's churches, and that heritage shapes how we care for founders. Everything here is for everyone. And if you're ever curious about the faith side of our story, ask any of us over a coffee — that's how the best conversations happen anyway.