Built by a team who understand your world
Glimzer is built by a team of developers and financial services professionals who know what advice firms actually need, because we've worked in them.
Presenting at the FRIL Innovation Call, alongside other leading fintech solutions
Founder & Director
Tom Matthieson
Tom has spent 10 years in financial services, six of those working in UK regulated financial advice across various roles including as an adviser. That experience gave him a deep understanding of how firms operate, where the bottlenecks are, and what actually matters when it comes to servicing clients and staying compliant.
He then spent four years in a senior role at a fast-growing technology company, where he learned what it takes to scale a product, build the right processes, and deliver on promises to customers.
Tom founded Glimzer after seeing the gap between what advice firms actually need and what the existing tools deliver, and has assembled a team that combines deep industry knowledge with strong engineering capability.
A team built for this problem
A dedicated team of engineers and financial services professionals building something that genuinely works for advice firms.
Engineering
Our developers build the platform end-to-end: front-end, back-end, infrastructure, and security. Every feature is built, tested, and shipped by the team.
Financial services
Real experience working inside advice firms shapes every decision we make, from workflows to compliance features and reporting.
Product & design
We design around how advisers actually work, not how software companies think they should. Every workflow is validated with real firms.
Our story so far
2023
Company founded
Glimzer was founded to help UK financial advice firms run their operations more effectively. We started by working directly with firms to understand their challenges and building bespoke software solutions to solve them.
2025
Glimzer platform development begins
After working closely with advice firms, we started building Glimzer as a purpose-built platform for pipeline, clients, and compliance.
2025/26
Selected for FRIL and invited to join FinTech Scotland
Glimzer was selected for the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab, a programme run in partnership with the FCA, and presented at the Innovation Call alongside other leading fintech solutions. We were also invited to join FinTech Scotland, the national fintech hub supporting innovation in financial services.
2026
Product launched and onboarding pilot customers
The first version of the Glimzer CRM is live and we are onboarding our first pilot customers. The product is stable, actively used, and improving every week based on real feedback from real firms.
Our commitments to you
We think trust is earned through actions, not words on a website. But here is what we stand behind.
No long-term lock-in
Month-to-month billing. If Glimzer stops being the right fit, you can leave. We would rather earn your business every month.
Your data is always yours
We will never hold your data hostage. Export is available on request, and we will help you move if you ever need to.
We actually listen
Every feature starts with a real conversation with a real firm. We don't guess what you need.
Honest about where we are
We are an early-stage company. We are upfront about what is ready, what is coming, and what we are still figuring out. No overselling.
Want to meet the team?
Book a call and we'll walk you through the product, answer your questions, and be honest about whether Glimzer is the right fit for your firm.