What you get on the program
Now in its ninth year, the Hogan Lovells FinTech Mentor program can provide your company with up to £25,000 of free legal and consultancy services, innovative tools to help you move forward, and access to our network of industry participants and bodies so you can leverage the experiences of others in the sector.
Members of previous and current cohorts
Our FMP members and alumni include some of the most innovative start-up companies in the UK, such as Banked, Updraft, Floww, and WeCovr. Our membership is diverse and helps us stay committed to empowering women in FinTech and encouraging financial inclusion.
Our January 2025 cohort includes:
Serene Health
AI, behavioural analytics and Open Banking platform designed to allow firms to identify, predict and support vulnerable customers. Aims to support Consumer Duty compliance and manage vulnerability through a number of different tools.
Reveal AI
AI tool to generate custom agentic systems for financial service firms.
Savea
Creates scalable, regulated investment products with tokenized physical assets, starting with fine wine, and plans to expand into other passion assets like whisky, watches, and cars, along with diversifying investment options.
Stay Liquid
Offers businesses a high-yield savings account for Pounds and Euros, transforming idle cash into passive income without sacrificing liquidity. By leveraging DeFi technology enhanced with AI, StayLiquid enables businesses to earn significantly more than traditional savings, all through a user-friendly, neobank-style interface.
Our September 2024 cohort includes:
ESG Stream
A platform addressing the increasingly complex ESG requirements for institutional investors.
Hello Flute
A self-driving money platform that automates personal finance decisions, offering customers access to the best financial products effortlessly.
Deriskly
An AI company focused on developing safe and compliant GenAI solutions for financial services firms.
This is Penny
A platform revolutionizing how private pensions are purchased by women, aimed at ensuring women are aware of and can mitigate the risks of poverty in retirement.
Our application process
We are onboarding up to 10 applicants a year, with five in January and five in July:
November/May | Applications open |
December/June | Applications close |
January/July | Successful applicants are informed |
The end of January/July | The program kicks off |
Applications are now open.
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