Meet the winners of the Santander X UK Awards 2026 Partner Santander’s flagship entrepreneurship competition, the Santander X UK Awards, gives university ventures, startups and SMEs the chance to pitch for a share of £150,000 in equity-free funding. Some 90 businesses were shortlisted across three categories this year, before being narrowed down to nine finalists. The judging panel included Baroness Nicky Morgan, Google’s Adam Khalifa and [...]
MEET THE FINALISTS Meet the 2025 Santander X Awards finalists. These nine businesses will pitch live at the National Final at Unity Place, Santander UK’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, on 13 November. This year’s panel of judges includes Mike Regnier, Santander UK Chief Executive, Claire Williams, former Williams F1 boss, and Deborah Meaden, Businesswoman and Entrepreneur. PulpaTronics PulpaTronics [...]
Santander X – Ana Botin Partner At Banco Santander, in the past 10 years we have developed a global proposition focused on three core pillars: education, employability and entrepreneurship. We are truly committed to these goals in close partnership with universities, entrepreneurs and small businesses across the world. In 2024 alone, over 50,000 businesses engaged with Santander X Awards, our long-standing [...]