Every founder needs a buddy who knows the ecosystem. Programmes, funding, and everything in between.
PartnershipsBuddy.com is for founders in tech, AI, and any sector where innovation is the competitive edge. We track the UK's best programmes and funding, filter them based on your answers, and surface five relevant options.
"I talk to early-stage UK founders every day who are drowning in options. PartnershipsBuddy.com is the first thing I've seen that's actually curated and matched, not just a list. I send founders here before I send them anywhere else."
"PartnershipsBuddy.com is a really useful tool for founders and scalers. It is intuitive and helpful in navigating you to really interesting content, partners and funding options. A great resource."
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The moves that matter most, organised by where you are right now.
Idea to first customers. Building your foundation, validating fast, and not running out of runway.
→Revenue in, team expanding. Time to pour fuel on what's working and fix what isn't.
→Product-market fit confirmed. The challenge now is speed, structure, and not breaking what works.
→Idea to first customers. The goal is simple: prove it works before you run out of money.
Companies House registration takes 24 hours and costs £50. Do it before you start trading — it protects your name, gives you a legal entity for contracts, and is required for SEIS/EIS fundraising.
Read the guide →Keep your business and personal finances completely separate from day one. You'll need a business account before taking any revenue or investment — most can be set up online in under an hour.
Read the guide →You don't need an agency. A landing page that clearly explains what you do and captures email addresses is enough to start. Framer, Webflow or even Notion work fine at this stage.
Read the guide →Sort your company structure, shareholder agreement, and IP assignment before anything else. Mistakes here are expensive to unwind.
Read the guide →Get HMRC approval before you raise a penny. It makes your raise dramatically easier — investors get 50% income tax relief and it costs nothing to apply.
Read the guide →Don't build in the dark. Hotbed, Zinc VC and Entrepreneur First all offer structured programmes to help you validate fast with real users.
Read the guide →The loneliest mistake is building alone. YC's co-founder matching tool connects you with thousands of vetted technical and commercial founders globally.
Read the guide →Building before talking is the most expensive startup mistake. 15 to 20 structured conversations will tell you more than six months of building in the dark.
Read the guide →Not a 40-page homework assignment. A one-page plan forces clarity and you'll need it for bank accounts, grant applications, and early investor conversations.
Read the guide →Structured programmes, mentors, and a cohort of peers. The fastest way to compress 12 months of learning into 3.
Read the guide →Non-dilutive money exists and most founders don't look for it. Innovate UK alone distributes hundreds of millions a year to early-stage UK companies.
Read the guide →Working from home works for about a month. Then it slows you down. Coworking gives you focus, accountability, and other founders to learn from.
Read the guide →You've got something that works. Now it's about hiring right, finding more customers, and raising smarter.
Your first 5 hires define your culture permanently. Get the contracts, equity structure, and onboarding right from day one.
Read the guide →Accelerators and programmes like NatWest, Wayra, L Marks, and Eagle Labs have deep corporate networks and can be a good place to start.
Read the guide →You don't need to hire a CFO, CMO, or CTO full-time. Fractional operators give you senior expertise at a fraction of the cost — ideal when you're scaling but not yet at Series A.
Read the guide →Investors will ask for a P&L, runway projection, and unit economics before anything else. Maslows, Kruze, Accountancy Cloud, Ember, and Startup CFO all know the startup world.
Read the guide →The best growth teams run 10 experiments a week. GrowthMentor and Reforge both give you access to operators who've done it before at companies like Airbnb, Uber, and Monzo.
Read the guide →When you're ready to raise, preparation beats charm every time. Notion Capital, Seedcamp, and Techstars all have open applications — but an intro always beats a cold email.
Read the guide →Keeping customers is cheaper than finding new ones. High churn signals something fundamental isn't working — and investors will spot it before you do.
Read the guide →PMF confirmed. The hard part now is doing everything faster without losing what made you good.
At scale, your job is to hire people better than you. Spencer Stuart and Notion's talent network are both used by Series A+ founders specifically for exec hires.
Read the guide →The US is the obvious next market but it's littered with expensive mistakes. London & Partners and the Department for Business and Trade both offer free market entry support.
Read the guide →At scale, brand does the selling. Balderton's content playbook and tech-specialist PR agencies like Hotwire and Hard Numbers help you punch above your weight.
Read the guide →Hypergrowth breaks processes. Notion, Linear, and Rippling are the ops stack most Series A+ teams swear by — get them embedded before you hit 50 people.
Read the guide →The problems at scale are lonely ones. Helm (formerly The Supper Club) runs structured peer groups specifically for UK founders doing serious revenue — no consultants, no investors, just founders.
Read the guide →Series B is a different game — institutional investors, detailed due diligence, and 6–9 month processes. Index Ventures, Balderton, and Atomico are examples of tier-one European funds.
Read the guide →5 quick questions. We'll filter to loans, angel networks and investors based on your answers.