Tech Events by Rebel Meetups (Bristol)

**A brand new initiative from Rebellious Co – a run club for founders, freelancers, and professional rebels.** Established in Bristol in 2013, Rebellious Co has since grown into a global impact organisation, creating initiatives that enable entrepreneurial individuals to connect, share, learn, grow and ultimately enjoy the journey of building something outside the status quo. Community is at the heart of everything we do. And sometimes rebels just gotta run it out.

Rebel Meetups' first-Monday Bristol gathering at The Square Club, running since 2013 and free to attend. No agenda and no dress code; casual networking with occasional fireside chats from founders, creators and business owners, and drinks bought at the bar. Rebellious Co run it with volunteer hosts and techSPARK as local partner, and the Bristol group carries 4.8 across more than 400 Meetup reviews. 18:00 to 20:00 on Monday 7 December, which makes this the end-of-year edition. Why go: it is the least transactional of Bristol's regular founder and freelancer rooms, and in the first week of December it is one of very few things still running. Best for people early in something who want a conversation rather than a pitch queue.

A monthly run club for founders, freelancers and professional rebels, run by Rebellious Co from Hart's Bakery at Temple Meads. Second Wednesday of the month, 18:00 to 19:00, free. Same organiser as the Rebel Meetups networking series.

Rebel Meetups' monthly Bristol gathering, running since 2013 and now in partnership with techSPARK locally. Casual networking for founders, creators, freelancers and anyone adjacent, with an occasional fireside chat from a founder or business owner. No agenda and no dress code. Drinks at the bar. 18:00 to 20:00 at The Square Club, 15 Berkeley Square. Go in through the main reception of the Berkeley Square Hotel to sign in and they will send you downstairs. Free, underwritten by the venue and volunteer hosts. 24 people signed up, and the group carries a 4.8 rating across 421 reviews. Why go: a thirteen-year run and a techSPARK tie-in mean the room is reliably made of people who actually build things, which is not true of most free networking nights. Best for freelancers and early-stage founders who want a low-stakes first door into the Bristol scene.

**A brand new initiative from Rebellious Co – a run club for founders, freelancers, and professional rebels.** Established in Bristol in 2013, Rebellious Co has since grown into a global impact organisation, creating initiatives that enable entrepreneurial individuals to connect, share, learn, grow and ultimately enjoy the journey of building something outside the status quo. Community is at the heart of everything we do. And sometimes rebels just gotta run it out.

A paid half-day on building real professional relationships when everyone else is automating theirs. £75 via PayPal.

with Ash Phillips (Founder, Rebel Meetups / Rebellious Co)

Ash Phillips — 14 years building Rebel Meetups into a 23,000-member community across 30+ cities, angel investor and board member — on how deliberate network-building actually works when AI is flattening everything else. Half-day workshop, £75.

October edition of the Rebel Meetups gathering for founders, creators and freelancers.

Dr Matthew Jones on the tactics that keep founding teams working — role clarity, equity conversations and the disagreements worth having early. Online session from the Bristol Rebel Meetups community.

Lunchtime webinar with Paul King of Towards Better on how startup fundraising actually works behind the pitch deck. Online, run by the Bristol Rebel Meetups community.

An open evening for founders, creators and freelancers who would rather talk than pitch. Run by Rebellious Co as their regular Bristol gathering.