Bristol · entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs do better with friends.

A community of Bristol entrepreneurs helping each other out: useful tools, a monthly coffee, and people who've been there.

Who it's for: anyone starting something in Bristol — a startup, a small business, a creative practice, freelance work or a social enterprise. Idea stage counts.

Come to First Friday →

First Friday is just coffee: no booking, no pitch, find a friendly face.

Bristol's Entrepreneur CalendarThe weekly list of events for Bristol's entrepreneurs.
05
Nov
Catalyst Event: The UK Policy Pulse: What Business Leaders Need To Know Now
Natwest Accelerator Hub · community
free
05
Nov
Grow Your Sales: Unlock Your Data
NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator · community
free
05
Nov
Pitch Club: How to talk about your business and make people care
NatWest Accelerator · pitch
free
05
Nov
Setting up as a Sole Trader or Limited Company: 1-to-1 Information Clinic
Bristol Central Library · training
free
05
Nov
Start-up Business and IP Information Clinic @ Bristol Central Library
Bristol Central Library · training
free
06
Nov
FinTech West Conference 2026
We The Curious · conference
freeSee all 56 events this month →Updated early every morning

Live in Bristol right now · updated early every morning

19grants for entrepreneurs
13fundraising opportunities
56startup events this month
For the whole city

Tools for everyone building something in Bristol.

A small team with the right tools can now build things that used to need a whole company. So we're building useful tools and giving them to the city.

The anchor tool · live now

Bristol's Entrepreneur Calendar

The weekly list of events for Bristol's entrepreneurs.

Open the calendar →
Apply for a grantFunding a Bristol entrepreneur could actually win, with real deadlines.19 grants open nowRaising investment for your startup?The local angel networks and SEIS/EIS funds, mapped.13 ways to raise, open nowLooking for an office or desk?Desks and studios that won't sink a young company.Real desks, real pricesJoining an incubator or accelerator?Every Bristol programme, side by side — cost, stage and equity.6 programmes, compared

A new tool for the city, roughly every month — See all tools.

In person, every month

The community runs on real life.

No programme, no curriculum. Just entrepreneurs who have been in the arena helping others step into it. Friends who notice when you go quiet.

Monthly · first Friday

First Friday

Coffee and an honest hour — bring the win, the worry, or just the need for a friendly face.

Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Road · next: Fri 6 Nov

Small groups · monthly

Springboards

Five or six entrepreneurs; half an hour of undivided attention each.

Evenings, every so often

Burger & Pint Night

Real stories of the build — the parts nobody puts on LinkedIn.

The Gloucester Old Spot — the pub where Burger & Pint Night happensThe Gloucester Old Spot

Between gatherings, entrepreneurs ask each other for an intro, an hour, a tester. See what's being asked →

More about the community →

Who we are, and how Bristol Spring began.

Our story →

The door is open. Just come.

There is no membership and nothing to sign. Both ways in are easy to leave again.

An invitation to Bristol's Entrepreneurs

Come to a First Friday

8:30–11am, Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Road. No booking, no pitch. Find a friendly face and say you saw the website.

Boston Tea Party

Next one: Fri 6 Nov, 8:30–11am →

No need to book, just turn up. Privacy notice

There's also a WhatsApp group — that's where the community talks day to day. It's for people who've become part of Bristol Spring, and the way in is a conversation at First Friday, not a form.