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What is Financial Industry Technology?

F.I.T. investing encompasses technologies that drive the success of financial services companies and their clients. 

  • 100+ years combined knowledge, constitutes a distinctive view of the street ¹

  • Leading views of the financial industry and its needs

  • 18 Somerset’s extensive connections and expert knowledge offer differentiated access to the development of newfound technologies

  • A defined approach that offers a chance to test products and services

We strive to improve the system.

¹Combined career experience denotes all members of the 18 Somerset team

  • Address critical challenges within organizations

  • Conduct proprietary, fundamental analysis

  • Optimize information flow laterally among our constituents

  • A defined approach that offers a chance to test products and services

Our extensive knowledge and sector expertise positions us to discover creative ventures.

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  • 18 Somerset’s thematic framework is built to deliver desired and critical enhancements

  • We evaluate how financial industry technology can fulfill goals and integrate within established platforms

  • We strive to facilitate the needs of our partners

  • We advise on strategy and execution

We believe in-depth research and expertise yield deeper insights into F.I.T. dynamics.

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We will identify, define, iterate, and test in ways generally not available to the traditional PE & VC community.

  • We seek to understand nuanced success factors others may not incorporate into their analysis.

  • We will leverage our proprietary research, subject matter expertise and insights to help shape the future of F.I.T.

We believe a greater opportunity exists to jumpstart innovation and solve significant challenges.

Utilize our specialized experience, strategic insights, and extensive networks to identify companies that solve critical challenges and help shape the future of the financial industry technology.

Our Focus

  • To bring strategic perspectives and a variety of F.I.T. innovators to the table

Our Edge

  • Extensive connections, expert knowledge, and deep relationships that offer differentiated access to both providers and users of new technology

  • Proven ability deploying new technologies within established firms

  • An inventive approach; offering portfolio companies the opportunity to test products & services with their target audience

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We seek to uncover latent opportunities that solve challenges, unlocking scalable solutions.