# Bristol City Funds

> Bristol City Funds is a VC fund in Bristol backing Training, Education and Health Care. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bristol-city-funds
- Website: https://x.com/CityFundBristol
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BristolCityFunds

Bristol City Funds is an investment fund that brings together investment, grants, and local authority support to strengthen organizations.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Training | 2 | 13% |
| Education | 2 | 13% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |
| Green Building | 2 | 13% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 13% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 38% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 38% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 81% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yuup | Yuup is a marketplace for experiences. It's designed to help curious people discover, book and gift brilliant things to do and ambitious individuals and enterprises create and market experiences. We all love to discover and share experiences, but our vision for Yuup came from a passionate belief in local communities and the role that localpeople and enterprises have in helping them thrive. | $311.2K | Seed | May 19, 2023 |  |
| AutonoMe | AutonoMe works across the UK Public Sector to combine our personalised Educational Technology platform with one-to-one support to deliver Learning Disability and Autism outcomes in Education, Employment and Social Care settings | $377.1K | Seed | May 03, 2023 |  |
| boomsatsuma | Creative training provider in the West of England | $601.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| Bristol Digital Radio | Community digital radio multiplex operator for Bristol | $85.3K | Seed | Dec 05, 2022 |  |
| Albion Technologies |  | $444K | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Yumello | Yumello is a producer and distributor of Sustainable Nut Butter. | $306.4K | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Service Robotics | Service Robotics is a robotics company. | $245.1K | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| FRANK Water | FRANK Water is a small Bristol based team of ethical entrepreneurs, researchers and field workers that funds sustainable clean water projects in developing countries across the world. Since we started in 2005 we have funded 104 village projects. | $188.5K | Venture - Series Unknown | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Big Issue eBikes | eBike schemes are coming to local communities across the UK soon. | $611.9K | Pre-Seed | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| WeCanMake | Community land trust and neighbourhood test-space, imagining and making new ways to create homes at the point of need | $142.1K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bristol & Bath Regional Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bristol-and-bath-regional-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Power to Change](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/power-to-change) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ufi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ufi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bristol City Funds invest in?

Bristol City Funds invests primarily in Training, Education and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bristol City Funds last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bristol City Funds closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 16 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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