Martin SFP Bryant

This is Derek's son, @MartinSFP. I'm sad to say that dad passed away on 17 January 2026. A tribute fund has been set up with @TheBHF. Donations welcome to honour a much-loved father, grandfather, uncle, friend... and prolific poster. tributefunds.bhf.org.uk/In-Memory/Dere…

We got our first official piece of press today about @usearro in @PreSeedNow 🥳 Thanks to @MartinSFP for the write up. He was the first to publish about Soundwave 10 years ago. It feels like an auspicious start for him write about our journey again! preseednow.com/p/arro

@ConnorPM @eamonncarey @paulhayesman Breaking my X non-usage to say this was a great event and I still talk about this one and the Austin one as examples for great startup-focused events.

Flashback to when we tried to wake the startup dead in Berlin with ⁦@MartinSFP⁩ and ⁦@eamonncarey⁩ in the family seats :) Under licence from Rev. ⁦@paulhayesman⁩ nymag.com/developing/201…

The most exciting startups this year... so far: PreSeed Now's roundup of the startups engaging our readers the most in 2023 preseednow.com/p/roundup-oct-…

Making clean electricity from dirty water: Pipeline Organics wants to turn wastewater into power for industry preseednow.com/p/pipeline-org…

A big vision to rethink science with nanotech: InvenireX has serious ambitions for a faster, easier way of analysing DNA and RNA preseednow.com/p/invenirex

How startups should think about A.I. pitches: The Ride Home AI Fund's founders on going beyond 'A.I. for X' preseednow.com/p/ride-home-ai…

@RachaelHesno Breaking my Twitter non-use to say congratulations - well deserved!

🚨 After almost two and a half years as a journalist at Prolific North, I’m excited to be taking on a new role as deputy editor 🎉

The startup helping you get away to get it done: Ashore targets ‘builders and deciders’ with productivity-boosting travel preseednow.com/p/ashore

An occasional reminder that I'm not really here anymore. Much more active over here 👉 @martinsfp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">threads.net/@martinsfp

@Ewan @Forbes So sad. I only met him once on a press trip to MWC organised by Eeva. Such a nice guy and he occasionally emailed me with opportunities he thought might be a good fit years later.

Debra Ainge, CEO, @iethico “Although governments report medicine shortages, really they just report the very top of the iceberg, the really big, national problems. There's a huge amount that is not recorded and not really seen...” HT @PreSeedNow bit.ly/45dzaJv #MEDTECH

Fresh thinking to fix global medicine shortages: iEthico wants to make new connections to help meds get to patients preseednow.com/p/iethico

Introducing: our first podcast! How to hire (and keep) great talent. Solid advice for founders planning a seed round, as @MartinSFP talks to Santa Monica Talent's Ellis Seder about what you should think about as you prepare to grow your team. preseednow.com/p/how-to-hire-…

A great write-up about what we're building at @spendlemon 🍋

Having it both ways with SaaS subscriptions: Lemon combines the convenience of monthly payments with the savings of annual preseednow.com/p/lemon

"Preseed Now, a trailblazing investment newsletter" lancasterguardian.co.uk/business/new-v… (If the Lancaster Guardian says it, you should definitely subscribe!)

Harnessing crowd energy to reinvent live music: As venues and acts struggle, @CastRoomsHQ thinks it has a solution. preseednow.com/p/castrooms

If you're curious about our vision for the future of live music online at @CastRoomsHQ - or if you just want to nose around what I've been up to for the last 18 months! - this is an exceptional writeup by @MartinSFP at @PreSeedNow 🔥🔥🔥🔈🔉🔊🕺🏾💃🏿🕺🏽💃🏻🕺🏿 preseednow.com/p/castrooms

Meet JUST: Access, a startup that knows generic transcription software isn't good enough for the legal profession... preseednow.com/p/just-access