Our Story

Somers Investment Partners is a private investment firm based in Palm Beach, FL, New York and London. We are focused investors specializing in enterprise software and business services companies in the middle market.  Our heritage is in traditional private equity but we are not portfolio managers. We are engaged owner-operators that proactively build better businesses.

Our predecessor firm SV Investment Partners was founded by Nick Somers in 1999 as the US affiliate of Schroder Ventures, one of the world’s oldest and largest private equity groups. Schroder Ventures was formed in 1983 to be the private equity arm of Schroders plc, the UK financial institution, and grew to include teams covering the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Canada, APAC and the life sciences sector. These affiliated teams were all locally owned and worked independently under the Schroder Ventures banner following similar investment processes and disciplines.

In 2001, with the sale of Schroders plc’s investment banking division, Schroder Ventures terminated its partnership with Schroders plc, and became a completely independent private equity organization. Subsequently, all of the teams renamed themselves and ended their affiliation. Schroder Ventures US renamed itself SV Investment Partners to reflect its independence. Somers Investment Partners succeeded SVIP in 2012 as the principals sought to pursue investments directly through a private holding vehicle.