Ambitious founders start here.

The Founder Commons is a community for early-stage technology founders in North East England to unlock their ambition together, through peer support and access to experienced operators and investors.

Ambitious founders start here.

The Founder Commons is a community for early-stage technology founders in North East England to unlock their ambition together, through peer support and access to experienced operators and investors.

Ambitious founders start here.

The Founder Commons is a community for early-stage technology founders in North East England to unlock their ambition together, through peer support and access to experienced operators and investors.

Next workshop - How Startup Investment Really Works

Next workshop - How Startup Investment Really Works

​This free workshop is for universities, councils, support programmes, and community organisations that work with early-stage tech founders in the North East of England.

We'll explain exactly how a fundraising round works from both a founder and investor point-of-view, what investors really care about, and the honest questions founders need to ask themselves before they consider fundraising - all through practical, real-life examples.


​The aim of this workshop is to better equip those teams who support the tech community to have more informed conversations with founders about investment - so they can challenge assumptions, improve the support they provide, and help founders align their actions with their ambition.

Apply to Founder Circles

Apply to Founder Circles

Founder Circles is a light-touch programme for founders to build momentum in their execution, and learn from other founders, alongside regular coaching and access to expert operators and investors from outside the region. Apply by 3rd November.

Want to know more? Join us for Office Hours.

If you've got questions or need help, book a time to chat online here - find out if the events and programme are right for you, get advice about your startup, or anything else on your mind.

This Founder Commons is part of the Regional Tech Booster programme, funded by the UK

Government and supported by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, in

partnership with the UK Tech Cluster Group.

Want to know more?
Join us for Office Hours.

If you've got questions or need help, book a time to chat online here - find out if the events and programme are right for you, get advice about your startup, or anything else on your mind.

Funded by UK Government in partnership with UKTCG as part of the Regional Tech Booster programme supported by DSIT.

Want to know more? Join us for Office Hours.

If you've got questions or need help, book a time to chat online here - find out if the events and programme are right for you, get advice about your startup, or anything else on your mind.

Funded by UK Government in partnership with UKTCG as part of the Regional Tech

Booster programme supported by DSIT.

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