Post by Deodosia C.

The NatWest Group 2026 fintech programme is officially live! Excited to work with a fantastic group of innovative AI-driven startups reshaping the future of customer experience in financial services 🚀 We kicked off with our Chairman, Rick Haythornthwaite, followed by a brilliant session on partnership readiness that unpacked what it really takes to work effectively with a large financial institution. Big thanks to our hosts at IBM Steve Bogan for an inspiring setting with some of the coolest 'toys' around...from a techy foosball table to a quantum computer!! (that terrace view did not disappoint too 😎 ) Huge congratulations to the final 8 selected through a rigorous process: Galveston Group | Murphy AI | Aveni | Gradient Labs | DeepFlow | Condukt | Round Treasury | empath_AI Hear from our Chairman on why learning from founders building the future matters: https://lnkd.in/e5SsYx_4 and the many ways founders can be supported from idea, scale to exit: https://lnkd.in/e-_UjGfK Melissa Dunbar David Grunwald Danielle Sheerin Nicole Alston Natalie O. Jessica Stoff Dave Starling Julie Cooper Rhys Cooper Borja Solé Fauria Paloma Aldeguer Joseph Twigg 🚀 Neal Lathia Alastair Moore Bhasker R. Pac O'Shea Oliver Joyce Hayyaan Ahmad Ralph Tucker David Basson Jacob Matthews Sophie Butler Leah-Mei Shanks Golde Eliot Avellano-Khan Liam Fernando