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NatWest Group

Corporate

Portfolio

3

companies


Portfolio companies

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Bourn

Bourn provides a modern alternative to the business overdraft for growing enterprises.

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Serene

Serene builds artificial intelligence tools to help financial institutions identify and support vulnerable customers.

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Pollinate

Pollinate provides cloud-based software that helps banks modernise digital services for business customers.


Team

DG

David Grunwald

Director of Innovation and Partnerships

LG

Ladi Greenstreet

Head of Strategic Investments


Recent investments

Seed
£3.5M

The funding round includes a strategic minority investment from NatWest Group alongside other backers.

"2025 has been a year of validation, proving that SMEs and their funding partners need a more modern, data-driven approach to working capital. This investment round is a huge vote of confidence. It shows that established banks see the same opportunity we do: to bring liquidity closer to the point of need and help businesses fund growth more dynamically. Our goal is to reinvent the business overdraft for SMEs. When working capital flows easily, businesses invest, hire, and grow. That’s how we make finance work for the real economy again."
— Nick Tracey, Co-founder and CEO
Pre-Seed
£930K

The pre-seed round was led by Fuel Ventures with backing from NatWest Group and Oxford Seed Fund.

"At NatWest, we’re committed to anticipating and responding to customers’ changing needs. Platforms like Serene demonstrate how AI can enhance customer outcomes effectively and responsibly."
— David Grunwald, Director of Innovation and Partnerships
Series C
£35.9M

The London software business has closed a Series C round backed by Insight Partners and existing shareholders to fund international growth.

"At Insight Partners, we invest in fast-scaling software companies. The Pollinate platform creates white-labelled digital marketplaces for the business customers of the world’s largest banks"
— Emmet Keeffe III, Operating Partner at Insight Partners and Founder of Insight IGNITE