Funding Support for Growing Businesses
Founder Catalyst quickly and professionally creates all of the legal paperwork and helps founders to manage investor engagement.
Focused for Business - Hatty Fawcett offers workshops, investment accelerator, and more.
Meet the Funder South West - Engine Shed and British Business Bank collaborate to share conversations with funders. Ed Tellwright is hosting a lot of these so connect with him.
techSPARK’s Investment Programme provides regular Pitch Me / Silicon Gorge events, reports and more. Silicon Gorge is open for applications.
TechSW Funding and Finance inc. AI Showcase, Investment Summit in Exeter etc.
I’ve featured Esme Verity’s Considered Capital previously - a great place to start if you’re interested in alternatives to equity funding.
British Business Bank’s Finance Finder tool is helpful to establish what types of funding are available to you.
Bristol Creative Industries keeps this guide up to date with details of local and national funding opportunities.
Shipshape.vc is a free investment search engine if you’re looking for equity investors.
Ada Ventures offers an AI-powered tool to help improve your pitch deck - deckgenius.ai
Towards Better offers a Raise Readiness Scorecard to help you assess how ready you are for an investment round.
The photo accompanying this blog is by Bobbi O’Gilvie at Balloon Fiesta 2026.