# Finance Birmingham: portfolio, investments and team

> Finance Birmingham is a government based in United Kingdom. 6 investments on record, latest Sept 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/finance-birmingham (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Finance Birmingham

Last cheque observed Sep 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Government

Pre-seed Seed Series A Construction Transportation Automobile

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **4073** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$836K** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 100%**

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## Finance Birmingham highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 83% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $1.8M

## What they do

- **Type:** Government (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Construction Transportation Automobile
- **Based in:** Birmingham, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Takestock](https://millionrounds.com/company/takestock)** Seed **$461K** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Key Forensic Services](https://millionrounds.com/company/key-forensic-services)** Venture · GB **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[LED Light Sense](https://millionrounds.com/company/led-light-sense)** Venture · GB **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Concurrent Thinking](https://millionrounds.com/company/concurrent-thinking)** Venture · GB **$1.2M** With 4 others
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[The Learning Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-learning-lab)** Growth · GB · finsmes.com **$455K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Opinsta](https://millionrounds.com/company/opinsta)** Seed · GB **$418K** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **8 named**

AH **Andrew Healey** director i Company register since 2026

JM **John Martin Handley** director i Company register since 2010

PA **Pauline Anne Watson** secretary i Company register since 2011

SW **Suzanne Wendy Summers** director i Company register since 2010

AJ **Alison Jane Jarrett** director i Company register since 2010

GA **Guy Antony Olivant** director i Company register since 2024

MB **Mark Barrow** director i Company register since 2010

PD **Paul Dransfield** director i Company register since 2014

We also hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the UK company register, which it must file accurately by law

- **Companies House:** 07423867, since 2010

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$836K** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.8M**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2015

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *3*
- Seed said *2*
- Growth said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2013 2015

Often in the room with

- [Future Planet Capital Regional](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-planet-capital-regional) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Finance Birmingham. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Future Planet Capital Regional** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-planet-capital-regional)

## Quick answers about Finance Birmingham

### What does Finance Birmingham invest in?

Finance Birmingham invests most often at Venture and Seed (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Construction, Transportation and Automobile.

### How active is Finance Birmingham?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2015.

### How big are Finance Birmingham's cheques?

The median round it joins is $836K.

### Does Finance Birmingham lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Finance Birmingham invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (100%).

### Is Finance Birmingham investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2015.

### Who does Finance Birmingham invest alongside?

Most often Future Planet Capital Regional (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Finance Birmingham?

Finance Birmingham is a government based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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