Catapult BankTech Program: Depositary Banking Edition

Powered by the LHoFT and co-sponsored by ABBL, the first edition of Catapult: BankTech will give fintech companies operating in the depositary banking space the opportunity to fast-track their commercial presence in Luxembourg, one of the world’s premier financial centres and a global leader in the banking sector.

Tailored for Seed and Post-Seed fintech companies aiming to accelerate digital transformation in the banking sector, Catapult: BankTech special edition on depositary activities will offer you the opportunity to:

• Accelerate your growth trajectory, achieving new milestones at lightning speed.
• Expand your network in Luxembourg and beyond, unlocking new doors to funding and collaboration.

Catapult: BankTech is structured to optimise learning and development, encompassing classroom tutorials, expert talks, customer discovery sessions, challenges, personalised one-to-one meetings, pitching sessions, mentorship engagements, and networking events.

Key Pillars

• The 10 selected participants will present their innovative solutions addressing these key focus areas. At the conclusion of the program, they will deliver their final pitch to an esteemed panel of experts from the banking and finance sectors.
• Regulatory Compliance & Governance (RegTech)
  • Solution Focus: Automating regulatory processes, ensuring compliance, data governance, risk assessment and tailored controls implementation.
• Data acquisition & Process Automation Platforms
  • Solution Focus: Leveraging AI and automation to streamline data acquisition, processing, integration, and document handling across financial workflows.
• Secure Communication & Asset Servicing Ecosystem Integration
  • Solution Focus: Enabling seamless, secure, and standardised communication (data acquisition, integration and processing) between financial institutions and stakeholders, especially in asset servicing and fund management.

Eligibility Criteria

• Business fields: Companies must be active in the banking sector related to Depositary Banking activities – Custody & Safekeeping Services, Securities Settlement & Clearing, Corporate Actions Management, Fund Administration & NAV Services, Collateral Management, Regulatory Compliance & Reporting, Risk Management & Analytics, Investor Onboarding & KYC Solutions, Treasury & Cash Management, Digital Asset Custody & Tokenization, Proxy Voting & Shareholder Communications, Trade Lifecycle & Reconciliation, Automation & Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Secure Communication & Data Integration, Cybersecurity for Depositary Services
• Business location: Africa, Asia, Australia/NZ, Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America.
• Be: Incorporated or Registered.
• Business stage: Generating revenues, Paying Users, Users.
• Funding: Seed to Series A.
• Selected companies will have a product market fit and some paying clients or/and partnered with professional services.
• Companies will likely be in the post-seed stage of funding.
• Companies will submit all necessary information to the LHoFT in order to assess the viability of the project, company, background of owners and key shareholders to limit the risks of non-compliance or doubtful application of the program.
• Companies must agree and shall provide on-going performance metrics and business status for a period of three years post program completion to the LHoFT for the purpose of program evaluation.
• The selected companies must guarantee that a founding team member, typically the CEO, will attend the program for the duration of the two weeks.

For more information, visit The LHoFT.