The Student Founders Club
Built for students actively running real businesses. Connect with ambitious founders across the UK based on what you build, not where you study.
University shouldn't define your network.
Most student communities form around a single campus. The people you meet are shaped by the postcode you study in, not the company you're building.
The Student Founders Club connects student founders nationally, by industry, ambition, and the businesses they're actually building. It complements, rather than replaces, the community around your own university.
Built for Builders.
We don't limit the kind of business you can run. If it's real, and it's beyond the idea stage, it belongs here.
Any industry, if it's real
Welcome- SaaS
- Ecommerce & DTC
- AI & ML
- Marketplaces
- Consumer apps
- Fintech
- Healthtech
- Edtech
- Creative agencies
- Content & media
- Creator businesses
- Freelancers earning real revenue
The list is illustrative, not exhaustive. What matters is that real customers, users, or revenue exist today.
Not for
Reserved- People with ideas only
- Pre-launch, pre-revenue, pre-users
- People looking to “get into startups”
- People wanting another networking society
Membership is reserved for students actively building.
A simple path to the network.
Every member is reviewed manually. Once accepted, you step straight into a national community of student founders.
Apply
A short application. Every member runs a business. The bar is real revenue, real users, real work.
Verification
We manually review each application to confirm you're actively running a business beyond the idea stage.
Join the Club
Step into the national community. Meet founders across the UK, connect by industry, share advice, hire talent, find cofounders, build real friendships.
A year of industry leaders in the room.
Over the coming academic year we'll be inviting founders, investors and operators from across the UK to speak directly with members. Sessions are private, held in small settings, and built to create real access, not audience.
Speakers and sessions announced privately to members throughout the year.
Applications for the 2026 / 2027 academic year are open.
If you're actively running a real business, we'd rather see your application early than late. Applications are considered on a rolling basis until the cohort is full.