Bring the decision. Leave with an answer.

The hardest calls on your desk deserve more than a second opinion. Bring a valuation, an allocation, a portfolio risk or a stubborn data problem and walk away with a sharp, defensible answer and the working deliverable to act on it.

Pickel Fintech brings two disciplines under one roof: 12+ years analyzing alternative investments for institutions (CAIA) and 7+ years building production-grade data systems in Python (FDP). The judgment to see what matters and the engineering to build it.

Investment & decision work

Independent valuation, alternative investment analysis and portfolio judgment for investors, funds and investment committees. Every engagement ends in a written conclusion sharp enough to act on and solid enough to defend.

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Asset Valuation

For

You are buying, selling, financing or contesting a price and the number has to hold up under real scrutiny.

Output

A valuation you can put your name on: a transparent model (DCF, multiples and scenario analysis) with every assumption in the open, and a written conclusion that holds firm in front of a counterparty, an investment committee or an auditor.

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02

Alternative Investment Analysis

For

You are weighing a private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure or hedge fund allocation and you want an independent read on the strategy.

Output

An independent verdict on the strategy: where the returns come from, what the risks and fees cost you and how it fits your portfolio, ending in a clear call on whether and how to allocate.

Private investors

Offered a private deal and want a second opinion before you sign? See the independent review for private investors.

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Portfolio Consultancy

For

You want to see where the portfolio is concentrated and exposed: concentration, hidden overlap, downside sensitivity.

Output

A clear map of how your portfolio behaves: concentration, risk structure, downside sensitivity and the gaps in your diversification, with concrete moves to strengthen it that your team can execute now.

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04

Investment Decision Memo

For

You face one high-stakes call on a market, manager, sector, security or private deal and want an independent view before you commit capital.

Output

A focused decision memo: a clear thesis, the risks that matter, the assumptions that drive the outcome and the data behind them, ending in a firm recommendation and the next move.

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05

Institutional Positioning Report

For

You want to see what institutions are doing in your universe: who owns it, who is adding and who is selling.

Output

A written intelligence report built from SEC 13F filings: manager activity, capital flows, sector positioning and institutional sentiment across your holdings or watchlist, so you move on what institutions are actually doing, not the headlines.

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Data & engineering work

Engineering that turns slow, manual data work into systems that run themselves. For investment teams, operators and any business that runs on data.

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Investment Data Systems

For

Your team re-keys the same market, portfolio or financial data every week and the whole process lives in one person's head.

Output

A pipeline, dataset, dashboard or report that updates itself while your team does higher-value work, fully documented and owned by you.

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02

Operational Data & Process Systems

For

Your operations run on manual spreadsheets, copy-paste and memory and every report costs someone an afternoon.

Output

A system your team runs on its own: data pipelines, databases, dashboards and automated workflows that turn hours of manual work into a few clicks.

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Custom Data & Automation Engineering

For

What you need does not exist off the shelf: web data acquisition, an analytical engine, an automation pipeline, an integration or a custom funnel.

Output

A purpose-built system engineered around your exact problem, delivered ready to run and fully yours to keep.

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What you walk away with

  • A clear, defensible answer to the exact question on your desk
  • A working deliverable: a valuation model, an investment analysis, a portfolio review, a decision memo or a live data system
  • The confidence to act on it immediately

The edge

  • Two disciplines in one practice: institutional investment judgment and production engineering
  • Fully independent: no commissions and no agenda, just the answer that serves you
  • 12+ years inside institutional alternatives, 7+ years shipping data systems

How to start

  • Tell us what you are deciding
  • We shape the work together
  • You get the answer and the deliverable

Put your hardest decision on our desk.

You do not need a defined project to reach out. Bring a question, a half-formed idea or a decision you are weighing, and we will find the right next step together. You get a direct answer from a practice that has analyzed these calls for institutions for over a decade.

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