Welcome to Altura Ventures

Altura Ventures is an evangelist for the entrepreneurial approach to business. We believe that both the world's economy and everyone's quality of life will be best served when more motivated individuals (or small teams) tinkering in their garages or taking long brain-storming lunches away from their 9 to 5 jobs decide to take the plunge and start a company.

We specialize in helping not only budding entrepreneurs brimming with enthusiasm for their brand new idea/software/invention/product but also the seasoned professionals who have guided their business through the storms of adversity, helped them survive a few near death experiences and are now ready to transition their toddler or teenager businesses to their next level of success.

Attention Facebook Developers!

On July 4, 2007, Altura Ventures announced the Altura 1 Facebook Investment Fund becoming the world's first Facebook-only venture capital firm. The fund is focused exclusively on the Facebook social operating system, the F8 development platform, the growing number of facebook applications and the developers, advertisers and users that are participating in the Facebook eco-system.

The Altura 1 fund takes the approach of partnering with Facebook entrepreneurs to help them quickly launch their Facebook applications and to gain significant traction in the Facebook user community in a short period of time. Altura Ventures focuses on advising the entrepreneurs who are leading its Altura 1 portfolio companies as they go through the key transitions of their Facebook businesses from start-up, through fund-raising, to shipping their apps, to growing revenue and ultimately to a liquidity event.

For more information about the fund, join our group on Facebook.

The Altura Ventures Team

The Altura Ventures team has founded, funded and/or had fun running over 20 software start-ups and non-profit corporations. Several of these companies have grown to be significant players in their industries and been sold for multiple millions of dollars - thereby creating significant wealth for their founders and employees. We believe our team's 30+ year track record gives us a unique perspective on the special highs, lows and challenges that entrepreneurs deal with every day.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments about your entrepreneurial experiences and desire to take your business to the next level.