First workshop in a six-part NatWest Accelerator Funding Accelerator series for Bristol founders. A practical session on aligning growth goals with the right funding strategy — clarifying objectives, understanding funding options, avoiding misaligned capital and building a concrete roadmap. Includes a Growth Lab follow-on session afterwards.
Monthly gathering of Bristol's AI ethics community. News roundup, keynote and Q&A on the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence — from bias and fairness to governance and societal impact. Hosted at Torchbox, a Bristol-based B Corp digital agency.
Monthly drinks and networking for Bristol’s freelance creative and digital community, hosted by Bristol Creative Industries. Free for BCI members; £5 + VAT for non-members. One of the best recurring rooms for digital freelancers, designers, developers, and agency folk.
CodeHub Bristol's twice-monthly hack night — bring a personal project or new idea and code alongside Bristol's developer community at DeskLodge House. All levels welcome; pizza and conversation.
An intimate 15-seat brunch for Bristol's creative founders and digital doers at Boston Tea Party in Clifton. Focus: creative ideas — what's working, what's stuck, what the group can help unstick. Hosted by Helena Traill of nooh Studio with ongoing WhatsApp community access included.
A free lunch-and-learn at Engine Shed for founders and innovators navigating intellectual property. Patent Attorneys Oliver Leason and Michael Blake cover how to protect, manage, and commercialise your IP — practical and actionable for any tech startup or scale-up.
With Mike Ahyow (Partner (Commercial), RWK Goodman)
SETsquared lunchtime briefing for AI founders and scale-ups. Mike Ahyow (Partner at RWK Goodman, 15 years advising tech businesses) walks through the legal, regulatory and strategic priorities that investors, funders and enterprise customers actually care about when assessing AI companies — and the risks that derail otherwise promising rounds. Online but hosted by SETsquared Bristol, one of the UK's top university accelerators.
Bristol’s leading AI networking meetup returns to Origin Workspace. Three talks cover building with LLMs, AI productivity tools, and AI’s broader societal impact — followed by pizza, drinks, and genuine networking with the city’s AI community. One of the best AI rooms in Bristol, and reliably a full house.
Monthly relaxed co-working jam night for Bristol's indie game and app developers at Replay, a board-game bar on Cheltenham Road. Three hours of pure jam time on personal projects with the community alongside — bring your own laptop.
Drake Music launches DMLab Bristol — a new workshop series bringing musicians and makers together to prototype accessible, DIY instruments for people who face barriers to music-making. Held at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, one of Bristol's key creative technology spaces. A distinctive niche for engineers, designers and accessibility technologists.
With Artemis Bear (Researcher, TBC)
Researcher Artemis Bear presents a lunchtime talk on why society should move away from major tech corporations and what realistic alternatives might look like. In-person at Pervasive Media Studio at Watershed, with a simultaneous YouTube livestream. A rare critical-lens event for Bristol's tech community.