01 · PROFILES AND POSTS
Members can create profiles and share relevant posts about what they offer, what they need and opportunities to collaborate.
Ventures
Digital Towns® Ltd, a UK company registered in May 2025, and its platform TownsConnect™, launched in September 2026. Before that, alphaEats, an Irish start-up founded in 2020.
AGENT.MATCH
I need → I can help, across towns
Illustrative. Not live member data.
TIMELINE
- 2020 · IRELANDalphaEats founded
- 2023 · IRELANDNew Frontiers first prize
- MAY 2025 · UKDigital Towns® Ltd registered
- SEP 2025 · UKMSc Applied AI begins, Teesside University
- AUG 2026 · UKDissertation submitted
- SEP 2026 · UK · NOWTownsConnect™ launched
01FEATURED VENTURE
LIVE · LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 2026A PROJECT OF DIGITAL TOWNS® LTD
TownsConnect™
TownsConnect™ is a platform we are building to connect businesses, professionals, students, graduates, universities and local communities.
Its core theme is “I need / I can help”: turning people's needs, skills and knowledge into practical connections and opportunities.
See how a match works →
WHO IT CONNECTS
BusinessesProfessionalsStudentsGraduatesUniversitiesLocal communities
THE AMBITION
To help people form teams, develop ventures, access expertise and strengthen local economies.
We are starting in Tees Valley, with a vision to connect towns, universities and business communities more widely.
Members sign in at www.townsconnect.com.
WHAT MEMBERS CAN DO
02 · NETWORKING
Networking brings people together within their towns and across regions, through both online and in-person connections.
03 · EVENTS
Events include business introductions, networking meetups, learning workshops, industry discussions and founder gatherings.
04 · LIVE ROOMS
Live rooms enable real-time video conversations, introductions, knowledge sharing and discussions with multiple participants.
05 · STUDENTS AND GRADUATES
Students and graduates can explain their skills, connect with employers and find opportunities to apply their education to real business problems.
06 · INNOVATION EXCHANGECONCEPT
Our Innovation Exchange concept connects business challenges with student talent, university knowledge and entrepreneurial ideas.
How it links to Classroom to Company →02THE COMPANY
Digital Towns® Ltd
A registered limited company since May 2025, and the company behind TownsConnect™.
REGISTEREDMay 2025 · United Kingdom
FOUNDERAnwar Malik
PROJECTTownsConnect™ · launched September 2026
STARTING INTees Valley
03TRACK RECORD
IRISH START-UP · FOUNDED 2020
A food ordering platform. Selected for Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers programme on a scholarship, where alphaEats won first prize.
FOUNDED
2020, Ireland
NEW FRONTIERS
First prize, 2023
CLIENT REVENUE
Over €1M generated
[PLACEHOLDER] alphaEats app screenshot or award photo
Build with TownsConnect™
route → businesses
Join as a business
Share what you offer and what you need, and meet people in your town and across the region.
Join TownsConnect →route → universities
Partner as a university
Help shape the proposed Innovation Exchange, so student projects meet real business challenges.
Talk to Anwar →route → events
Hear the story
From an Irish start-up to a UK platform, told as a keynote, workshop or fireside chat.
Invite Anwar to speak →