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NatWest Accelerator Pitch Panel/Demo Day
Hosted by Manchester NatWest Accelerator
When
Wednesday 11 November 2026
2:00pm
Where
Natwest Accelerator Manchester Hub
1 Spinningfields Square, Manchester, M3 3AP
Price
free
about this room
A demo day run inside NatWest's Manchester Accelerator hub, where a hand-picked group of entrepreneurs pitch to a panel drawn from the Manchester ecosystem, NatWest's own team and founders who have raised before.
The panel gives live feedback on each pitch: structure, delivery, the questions that get asked and the ones that trip people up. The afternoon runs 14:00 to 17:30 at the hub on Spinningfields Square, with networking during and after. Free, and open beyond the pitching cohort, so you can come to watch.
watching four or five founders get picked apart kindly, in order, teaches you more about your own deck than a week of reading will. Best for pre-seed and seed founders in Greater Manchester about to start raising, and anyone who wants to see what investors in this city actually ask.
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Natwest Accelerator Manchester Hub, 1 Spinningfields Square, Manchester, M3 3AP
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Date & Time
Wednesday 11 November 2026
2:00pm
Location
Natwest Accelerator Manchester Hub
1 Spinningfields Square, Manchester, M3 3AP
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Organiser
Manchester NatWest Accelerator
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