One of the UK’s largest startup workspace providers has opened its second Bristol hub in 18 months, in response to a tech boom in the South West of England.
Natasha Guerra, Runway East’s CEO, said: “London is still a great place for startups, but with the Bristol’s index of unicorns-to-startups now outstripping the capital, it really has huge momentum behind it.
“Since opening our first 600-person space, it quickly filled up with some of the best startups in the city. Bristol’s combination of young, ambitious entrepreneurs and its highly-skilled workforce – not to mention what’s on offer in terms of lifestyle – meant we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to open our second space so soon after the first.
“Our mission is to bring together entrepreneurs, innovators, dreamers and doers from all corners of the city to build the best space for startups.”
David Fogel, of Accelerated Digital Ventures, which connects large investors with promising early-stage companies, hailed the Bristol and the South West’s “rich history of building global tech companies” – citing success stories of Xmos and Graphcore.
He said: “Runway East creates a strong bridge across UK entrepreneurs, investors and talent, enabling them to tap into expertise to enhance member startup’s scaling journey. This is great news for the ecosystem.”
Runway East launched its first Bristol site in July 2018, attracting a cluster of rapidly growing companies, including Deliveroo and gift-sharing platform Huggg, named by Forbes as a startup to watch in 2019.
Gareth Williams, the CEO of YellowDog said that Runway East was the “best place to scale a business in Bristol.”
He added: “The most important thing for us was being part of a thriving startup community, where you’re working in close proximity with some really inspiring entrepreneurs. Beyond that, you can’t beat the location and the staff really look after our team.”
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