The local angel networks, SEIS/EIS funds and accelerators a founder can actually go to — with a link straight to each one. We point you their way; we don't gatekeep the intro.
Raising, or know a route we've missed? Tell us →
The real local routes to investment. Angels don't post deadlines — so this is a map of where to go, not a feed to scroll.
Local angel network — typically SEIS/EIS cheques of £50k–£250k.
Visit →South West angel investor network, run quarterly.
Visit →Bristol investors backing local high-growth companies.
Visit →British Business Bank — equity and debt finance for the South West.
Visit →Regional signposting to accelerators, investor readiness and support.
Visit →One of the UK's most active seed investors, deploying an SEIS/EIS fund into early-stage UK companies, with a 2026/27 deployment deadline of 31 July 2026.
Closes 31 Jul · 6 days left · checked 25 Jul
The Raise is information and signposting for founders, not financial promotion or advice. Bristol Spring is not authorised by the FCA and does not arrange, broker or promote investments — deal directly with the organisations listed, and take your own advice.
Bristol Spring is the online community behind these tools — around 135 Bristol founders who, between them, have been through nearly every workspace and accelerator in the city, now helping each other across all of them. Saying where they're working from today, asking for intros, answering each other with real names attached. The only thing missing is you. Two minutes to join, nothing to pay, leave any time.
Email newsletter · weekly
Funding in your inbox.
New opportunities and closing-soon alerts from across Bristol — one field, unsubscribe any time.
No spam, one-click unsubscribe.
Next First Friday: Fri 4 Sep, 8:30–11am · Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Rd
Our monthly coffee — founders meeting as friends. No sign-up, just come.
A Bristol/South West and South Wales angel network of 50+ SEIS/EIS investors, backing the strongest one or two of the 30–40 applications it reviews each month.
Opens in rounds through the year · checked 25 Jul
A place-based investment vehicle backing impact-driven organisations tackling inequality and environmental challenges in Bristol.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
A leading South West angel network running pitch rounds through the year — not a grant, but the room where regional raises start.
Opens in rounds through the year · checked 25 Jul
A 90+ member South West angel network (MAINstream and MAINstream Cheltenham) running pitch events through the year, favouring South West–based or –tied companies.
Opens in rounds through the year · checked 25 Jul
A Bristol-based deep-tech venture capital firm investing in South West innovation, and a partner in the SETsquared university-spinout vehicle.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
A Bristol deep-tech and science venture fund with a University of Bristol partnership, paired with the Science Creates incubators.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
A £300m vehicle backing spinouts from the six SETsquared universities, aimed at the seed gap South West spinouts face.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
Seed and growth capital for early-stage science and technology companies spun out of or linked to the Universities of Bristol and Southampton.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
The UK's first female-focused angel network's EIS fund, investing in tech companies with at least one woman founder.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
The route for community-benefit societies to raise withdrawable share capital from their community — relevant to Bristol's strong co-op scene.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
An FCA-regulated equity crowdfunding platform, founded in the South West, where founders raise from the crowd.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
An SEIS/EIS-friendly equity crowdfunding platform for raising investment from the crowd.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul
An EIS fund that builds diversified 30+ company portfolios by co-investing alongside the UK's top-performing angels.
Open now · no deadline · checked 25 Jul