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Stories from the grind. Founder journeys, lessons learned, event recaps, and insights from the Plugged community.
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From Side Project to £2M Raise: How Community Changed Everything
By Founder Name • January 15, 2026 • 8 min read
When I joined Plugged, I was building alone in my bedroom. Six months later, I'd found a co-founder, closed my seed round, and moved into the workspace full-time. Here's what actually happened.
what you’ll find here
Member Stories
Deep dives into our members' journeys — the wins, the pivots, and the lessons learned.
Event Recaps
Highlights and takeaways from House Parties, Labs programmes, and other Plugged events.
Founder Resources
Guides, frameworks, and tools to help you build better and faster.
Community Updates
News, milestones, and announcements from the Plugged team and community
where we’re going
The future of work for founders isn't corporate co-working or lonely bedrooms. It's communities built on real relationships.
We're building a global network of founder communities — in every city that matters to startups. Places where you can walk in knowing no one and leave with co-founders, investors, and friends.
We started in London.
But this isn't a London thing.
Meet the team
Kieza Silveira De Sousa
Co-Founder
Kieza brings a passion for building genuine communities and creating spaces where ambitious founders can thrive. His journey through the startup ecosystem showed him what was missing - and he set out to build it.
Josh Tulloch
Co-Founder
Josh's networking marathon through London's founder events revealed a truth: they were all boring and low-signal. So he threw a house party instead. That party became Plugged.
Lucy
Community Manager
Seyi
Partnerships Manager
Kush
Content Executive
the community today
96%
Member Retention
£50k+
Partner Perks
100+
Events Hosted
24/7
Workspace Access
what we’ve built together
Legendary House Parties
From intimate dinners to legendary Residentials, we've created spaces for founders to connect authentically.
Notable Partnerships
Working with brands like Notion, Fiverr, HSBC, and Identity VC to bring value to our community.
Member Success
Watching our members raise rounds, hire teams, and scale their companies alongside their peers.
Workspace Launch
Opening our physical space where founders build side-by-side every day. Thursday lunches included.
Labs Programmes
Launching accountability programmes like The Raise and Growth Lab to help founders tackle their biggest challenges.
Community Growth
Growing from a handful of founders to a thriving community of ambitious builders across industries.
Founders Building at Plugged
Founder Name
Company
"The community here isn't just supportive — it's transformative. The connections I've made have directly impacted my ability to raise and scale."
Founder Name
Company
"The community here isn't just supportive — it's transformative. The connections I've made have directly impacted my ability to raise and scale."
Founder Name
Company
"The community here isn't just supportive — it's transformative. The connections I've made have directly impacted my ability to raise and scale."
Founder Name
Company
"The community here isn't just supportive — it's transformative. The connections I've made have directly impacted my ability to raise and scale."
where it all happens
Plugged Founders
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
London, [Postcode]
Getting Here
[Nearest tube] — 5 min walk
Bus routes [X, Y, Z]
Bike storage available
Limited street parking
ready to build with us?
Whether you're just starting out or scaling fast, there's a place for you at Plugged. Join a community that actually gets it.
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