Pickel Fintech builds products, advisory work and research that turn noisy information into clearer decisions.
Built for investors, investment teams, founders, operators and information-heavy organizations.
Start from the question on your desk. Each route is a different tool, built for a different job.
"My portfolio feels diversified, but I don't know where it breaks."
Souppe · Investment CompassSouppe suggests the specific securities that fix a portfolio's weak spots, one at a time, with the exact impact shown before you act. Every suggestion is grounded in a deep, 8-dimension understanding of how the holdings behave together.
Get your suggestions"I want to see what institutional investors are actually doing."
The 13F · Institutional IntelligenceThe 13F turns dense SEC filings into readable intelligence: what 8,600+ institutional managers own, what they bought and sold and where capital is moving across the market.
Follow the capital"Our comment section is collapsing into spam and toxicity."
SentiSift · Comment IntelligenceSentiSift moderates comments in real time, reveals what the crowd is actually saying and helps publishers raise the quality of discussion at scale.
Improve the discussion"I'm facing a specific investment or data decision and want a clear answer."
Advisory · Direct WorkScoped engagements that end in a concrete deliverable: a valuation, an alternative investment analysis, a decision memo or a working data system.
Bring the decisionThe products, the advisory and the research come from the same hands and the same standards.
Pickel Fintech is run by Tom Pickel, CAIA: 12+ years analyzing alternative investments for institutional investors and 7+ years building in Python and data (FDP). The thinking behind the work is published in the research.
The starting point is usually a question, not a finished scope.
Send a short note describing the question, the portfolio, the market issue or the product you want to use.
We define what would make the work useful and decide whether the right fit is product access, advisory or a smaller next step.
The result is concrete: product access, a report, a model, a data pipeline or a clear decision about what to do next.
Getting to know new people is often the best part.
I take time to understand what a founder, investor or business owner is working on. Then I help where my experience fits, whether the topic is alternative investments, markets or data. Some of these conversations lead to projects. Others become lasting relationships, and I value those just as much. If you are working on something interesting, I would like to hear about it. You can say hello any time.
Send a short note. You will get a clear next step: product access, an advisory project or a focused recommendation.
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