The Advantage Technology Fund

The Advantage Technology Fund is a venture capital fund set up to invest in early stage technology companies based in certain areas of West Midlands. Its investments include Appliansys, Protech and Scout7.

Catatrac Limited

The Catatrac product is a hand held cataract detection device which is smaller, simpler to use and significantly less expensive than the conventional competition (ophthalmascope). The simple construction with few parts also make it portable and robust in hostile environments and ideal for use in developing countries. A patent has been applied for in the US and Europe (for use of LED's in opthalmoscope).

CIO Connect Limited

CIO Connect serves many FTSE 350 CIOs and their public sector equivalents. It facilitates face-to-face and online networking, offers acclaimed development and consulting services and also provides suppor to IT vendors.  

CreditCall Limited

CreditCall specialises in the processing of credit and debit card payments. Its three principal areas of business are card payments at unattended machines (parking, ticketing, vending and kiosks), card payments over the internet (buying online, e-commerce) and card payments software (Chip and Pin, magnetic stripe). CreditCall works with all the major banks and credit card companies to offer a fully integrated service and provide a complete business solution.

Data Encryption Systems Limited

Data Encryption Systems is a leading producer of software and data protection devices that are sold through distributors and OEMs. Its DESlock+ encryption product offers users significant advantages over conventional solutions to the problem of lost or stolen data.

Dexam International (Holdings) Limited

Dexam sources and supplies a wide range of top quality,innovative kitchenware and cookware to the UK market. From simple, everyday tools and gadgets like potato peelers and wooden spoons, to hi-tech kitchen knives and cutting-edge cookware concepts, sourced from around 100 factories in 25 countries with the continual aim of finding unique and advanced products with the correct mix of quality and price.

Episys Group Limited

Episys Group is a global information technology solutions and services company serving the retail, manufacturing, healthcare and other industries. Episys provides expertise, products, services and support for signage, labelling and mobile systems. Customers include major retailers in the UK and US, such as Tesco and Sears.

Esprit Capital 1
Esprit Capital 1 is a venture capital fund focusing on emerging European venture capital companies.

Lewmar Marine Limited

Lewmar Marine is a market leader in rigging and deck equipment for yachts and powerboats.

Macalla Software Limited

Macalla Software - headquartered in Ireland, Macalla is an award winning supplier of mobile, financial and payment software.  It provides remittance, payment, banking, wallet, top-up and other services via mobile phone and other electronic channels across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean.

Macalla was sold to Roamware in August 2009.

Murley Limited

Murley has two active trading subsidiaries: Murley Auto which operates franchised motor dealerships for Citroen, Hyundai and Nissan, and a Toyota after sales centre: Murley Agricultural Supplies which operates the New Holland, Manitou, Vaderstad and other allied agricultural equipment franchises together with a construction equipment division representing Doosan and a garden machinery business.

Nanosight Limited

Nanosight develops, manufactures and supplies a unique family of instruments for the visualisation and sizing of nanoparticles. Based on laser light scattering microscopy, its Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) technology is an exciting new capability that offers significant advantages over existing light scattering techniques for the characterisation of polydispersed populations of nano-scale particles.

OmPrompt Limited

OmPrompt has developed a highly secure and award-winning business-to-business connectivity platform enabling all members of supply chain communities to exchange business transactions in whatever format suits their individual needs. Its customers simply send what they have, in the way they want and receive what they need, in the way they need it.

Open Systems Management Limited

Open Systems develops and markets security, identity and systems management software for the UNIX environment. 

Pancredit Limited

Pancredit is a specialised supplier of consumer finance software and lending system solutions and software to the Financial Services industry. The company combines flexible technology, a highly experienced management team and a strong service orientation to deliver tailored integrated solutions. Its offering is particularly tailored to consumer, motor and asset finance organisations. Panintelligence has developed browser-based Rich Internet Applications that allow users to quickly access real-time data and present it in customisable and visually appealing Dashboard formats. The Dashboard creates and stores KPIs in reall time, enabling tracking of individual, team and corporate goals.

R Platnauer Limited

Platnauer was established in Birmingham in 1908 and today is among the UK's top ten jewellery manufacturers. The company operates from a large modern factory possessing all the latest equipment and machinery with its own in-house design team. It specialises in attractive presentation of products with over 3,000 lines in their current range including earrings, pendants, rings, zodiacs, charms, ingots, initials, celtic, claddagh, italian and corporate jewellery. Platnauer's products are featured in Argos, Index and all major mail order catologues in Britain and are distributed into high street suppliers.

Physiomics plc
Physiomics is an AIM-listed company that develops mathematical models of cancer, to help pharma companies increase efficiency and reduce development times of new cancer drugs.  The company also undertakes a number of other collaborative research projects including the EC funded Tempo project.

Richard Irvin Services Group

Richard Irvin is a provider of construction, engineering, maintenance & offshore safety services.

Roamware Inc.

Roamware is the global leader in voice and data roaming solutions, enhancing roaming experience for mobile users in more than 146 countries worldwide. Roamware's suite of solutions has helped over 400 customers including mobile operators, banks and financial services providers. With over 180 patent submissions and a wide range of accolades in the domain, Roamware's thought leadership has led to the introduction of products and services that have resulted in quantum shifts in the roaming landscape.

Scottish Exhibition Centre Limited

The Scottish Exhibition Centre promotes and manages the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre to stage exhibitions, conferences, concerts and special events.

Steve Vick International Limited

Steve Vick develops and markets techniques for the repair, replacement and decommissioning of underground pipes. These techniques are based on trenchless or "low-dig" principles and are used principally in the gas distribution, waste water and sewerage, nuclear power and facilities buildings management sector.

Stuarts Properties Limited

Stuarts Properties is a property investment company.

Tinglobal Limited

Tinglobal is in the global business-to-business market for refurbished and reconfigured midrange computer equipment, including servers, storage, parts and associated services and networking infrastructure.

Tissuemed Limited

Tissuemed is a medical device company focusing on the development of surgical sealants, culminating in Tissuepatch3 a unique surgical film with properties designed specifically to address the demands of surgeons needing to seal leakages of air, blood and other fluids.

TruTac Limited

TruTac supplies software and solutions to the road transport and haulage industry.  Trutac has used its market position as one of the UK's leading tachograph analysis companies to develop an integrated suite of software solutions deliver substantial labour and fuel-based cost savings.  

Tubex Limited

Tubex have been manufacturing tree shelters and vine shelters for over 20 years. They are globally recognised as the world's leading supplier of tree shelters and sell more than 20 million shelters every year. Their shelters are manufactured in the UK, ensuring the highest quality manufacturing methods are used. Their processes have been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO9001: 2000.