# NatWest Group

> NatWest Group is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Software. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/natwest-group/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nwg_jobs
- Website: https://jobs.natwestgroup.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NatWestGroupJobs/

NatWest Group is a VC fund in Edinburgh focused on Financial Services and Software. NatWest Group plc, is a majority state-owned British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, insurance and corporate finance.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 12 | 16% |
| Software | 9 | 12% |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 12% |
| Renewable Energy | 9 | 12% |
| FinTech | 8 | 10% |

105 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 29 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 13 | 17% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 7 | 9% |
| Corporate Round | 6 | 8% |
| Series A | 3 | 4% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 57 | 74% |
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| George Ross | Head of Speciality Finance \| Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-ross-769b |
| Kimberly Martin | Managing Director, Head of Venture Debt and Growth Finance | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kimberly-martin |
| Philip Hampton | Chairman of the Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-hampton |
| Andrew McLaughlin | IT Risk Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mclaughlin-f824 |
| Ben Narasin | Member Technology Advisory Board (TAB) | 41 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-narasin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Knights Plc | Knights is a fast-growing, regional legal and professional services business. Knights has specialists in all of the key areas of corporate and commercial law so that it can offer end-to-end support to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. The Company's main country of operation is the UK with a focus on secondary regional markets,offering 'big city' quality expertise from a regional cost base. | $213.9M | Debt Financing | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| Iliad Solutions | Iliad Solutions provides testing products and services for the payment industry. | $1M | Debt Financing | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Enviromena | Enviromena Power Systems designs, finances, installs, and operates solar power plants in the Middle East and North Africa. The company offers turnkey solar power solutions, such as solar system design, supply, solar installation, contracting, and long-term operations and maintenance, as well as consulting services, including LEED, energyefficiency, power purchase agreements, and solar irradiation. Its residential solar solutions include roof mounted or architecturally integrated solar power systems for conscious landlords and homeowners; and utility scale solar solutions consist of financing, design, installation, and operation of utility scale solar projects connected to the local power distribution grid to produce electricity for governments and utilities, and power developers | $707.1M | Debt Financing | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| NewRiver REIT | NewRiver REIT is a Real Estate Investment Trust specializing in buying, managing, developing and recycling convenience-led, community-focused retail and leisure assets throughout the UK. | $324.5M | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 17, 2026 |  |
| honey | Honey will create homes where smarter designers create more interesting spaces. | $106.4M | Debt Financing | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| egg Power | egg Power is the clean energy investment arm of telecoms group Liberty Global. | $535.3M | Debt Financing | Jan 16, 2026 |  |
| Bourn | Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital. | $4.6M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Berkhamsted School | Berkhamsted School is an independent day and boarding school that provides primary and secondary education to students. | $23.9M | Debt Financing | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| JS Group | JS Group is an platform for managing and distributing bursaries, scholarships, and vouchers with analytics |  | Corporate Round | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| FourTwoThree | FourTwoThree is an end-to-end, enterprise-grade solution for climate action and sustainable finance. |  | Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HSBC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsbc) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Barclays Corporate Banking](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-plc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Lloyds Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lloyds-bank-2) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ING Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ing-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [National Australia Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-australia-bank) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [3i Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3i-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does NatWest Group invest in?

NatWest Group invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact NatWest Group?

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### Who are the partners at NatWest Group?

The team at NatWest Group includes George Ross (Head of Speciality Finance | Managing Director), Kimberly Martin (Managing Director, Head of Venture Debt and Growth Finance) and Philip Hampton (Chairman of the Board), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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