# Finance Birmingham

> Finance Birmingham is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Software. See 20 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/finance-birmingham/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/finance_bham
- Website: http://financebirmingham.com

Finance Birmingham is an Alternative Investment Fund Manager that provides existing SMEs around England with affordable and flexible finances to support potential business growth and development. Their committed and experienced team are here to support businesses within a variety of industry sectors, combining approachability with professionalismand ensuring they follow a flexible and straightforward process. Owned by Birmingham City Council, their well developed public-private partnership means they bring together the industry experience of private sector experts and the public sector support to drive innovation, job security and growth.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 35% |
| Software | 3 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 15% |
| Automotive | 2 | 10% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 10% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 13 | 65% |
| Seed | 4 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series D | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Glonek | Investment Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-glonek |
| John Handley | Non-Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-handley |
| Sue Summers | Chief Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sue-summers |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HelloDone | HelloDone automates digital messaging channels, like WhatsApp, for online retailers.HelloDone enables a transformational customer experience for retail brands by orchestrating automatic, natural conversations across any and all digital messaging channels. Our platform combines digital channel capabilities (chat-bots, skills, dynamic content etc),deep data/insight (client/3rd party/proprietary) alongside a single, rich view of the customer to orchestrate truly valuable dialog, enable real customer engagement and reduce service costs. Our platform should be considered the orchestration layer to ensure engagement, minimising "chat-bots silos" and enhancing customer value. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 22, 2019 | https://www.hellodone.ai |
| Perpetuum | Perpetuum offers condition monitoring solutions using self-powered wireless on board sensors for wheel, bearing, motors gearboxes and track. Established in 2004, Perpetuum started with the concept that mechanical vibration can be converted into electrical energy used to perpetually power autonomous, maintenance-free industrial wireless sensornodes.Backed by venture capital investors Environmental Technologies Fund, IP Group, Spark Ventures, Albion Ventures and Wyvern Fund; Perpetuum is a technology spin-off from the prestigious University of Southampton (UK).Perpetuum engineered, produced and commercialized the world's first practical electromagnetic vibration harvesting micro-generator delivering the power required to transmit large amounts of autonomous wireless sensor data reliably from remotely monitored assets.Today, Perpetuum is the global leader in vibration energy harvesting and a ready source of information for those interested in the practical application of this innovative technology. Perpetuum will continue to lead the industry toward realizing the full potential of vibration energy harvesting power solutions for wireless automation and rail transport. | $3.9M | Series D | Aug 08, 2018 | http://www.perpetuum.com/ |
| Cecence | CECENCE LIMITED is an award winning innovation and engineering consultancy specialising in composite lightweighting. He earned his bachelor's degree at Solent University. | $658.7K | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 15, 2017 | http://www.cecence.com/ |
| Trolex | Trolex a global supplier of gas and dust detection, connector solutions, strata monitoring and infotainment systems to the mining, hazardous industry and transportation markets. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 01, 2017 | https://www.trolex.com/ |
| Hills Numberplates | Hills Numberplates trades primarily as a manufacturer of number plate components. | $13.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 29, 2016 | https://www.hillsnumberplates.com/ |
| CoreLogic uk | CoreLogic UK helps clients to streamline operations, improve performance, make smarter decisions, and mitigate property related risk. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 05, 2016 | https://www.corelogic.uk |
| Chrysalis Solmotive | Chrysalis Solmotive is a technology company dedicated to providing industry-leading finance renewals software and solutions. | $975.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 24, 2016 | https://www.chrysalisloyalty.com/ |
| GiveVision | We develop a software for Smart Glasses to act as eyes for Blind and partially sighted people. Our technology acts as an intelligent companion with it's own eyes that can recognise text, people, places and objects; and provide relevant information to the user on demand – increasing their mobility and independence | $364.5K | Seed | Feb 04, 2016 | http://www.givevision.net/ |
| Formatzone | Formatzone (Format Zone Ltd) is a new fast-track platform to produce, broadcast, distribute and monetise video entertainment formats to and from the UK on TV and across social media. Formatzone works with new and established creative talent on a joint venture basis. | $567.6K | Seed | Jan 20, 2016 | http://formatzone.com/ |
| Cube Precision Engineering | Cube Precision Engineering to enable the company to produce new tooling for bumpers for the Land Rover Discovery. | $303.8K | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 20, 2015 | https://www.cubeprecision.com/ |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [The FSE Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finance-south-east) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Planet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midven) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Millhouse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/millhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Telefonica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telefonica) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Finance Birmingham invest in?

Finance Birmingham invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 20 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 Finance Birmingham?

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### Who are the partners at Finance Birmingham?

The team at Finance Birmingham includes Jack Glonek (Investment Director), John Handley (Non-Executive Director) and Sue Summers (Chief Executive). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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