Altair Capital

AltaIR Capital

Company type	Limited partnership
Industry	Venture capital / private equity
Founder	Igor Ryabenkiy
Headquarters	San Francisco , United States
Area served	North America, Europe, Israel
Services	venture capital
Website	www.altair.vc

AltaIR Capital, is an American venture capital company that was founded by Igor Ryabenkiy, a seasoned serial angel investor. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

As of 2021 ^[update] , the company had assets totaling $600M under management and had invested in 300+ tech startups, working in Productivity Tools, Fintech, InsureTech, Future of Work, Digital health. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

History

Igor Ryabenkiy founded AltaIR Capital in 2005. ^{[1] [8]}

In 2015, Ryabenkiy created AltaClub, a business angel club. AltaClub's portfolio was $120 million in 2020 and has grown to $650 million in 2021. ^[9]

Funds

AltaIR Capital Fund I began in 2012 with $20M in capital backing. The fund invested in the pre-seed and seed stages of SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, InsureTech, and D2C products and marketplaces. ^{[10] [11]}

In 2014 AltaIR Capital Fund II was founded with $100 million to support startups in their pre-seed and Series A rounds. ^[12]

Launched in 2019 with $200M in capital, AltaIR Capital Fund III, continues focusing on Productivity Tools, FinTech, InsureTech, Future of Work, Digital Health. ^[10]

In March 2021 AltaIR Capital launched the AltaIR ABO for 300 million. The entity works as an opportunity investor for late stage projects. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

In 2022 AltaIR Capital sponsored the Support Ukrainian Startups NOW program launched by the FREE Ukraine Foundation and the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA). ^[16]

Investments and exits

AltaIR Capital has invested in over 350 startups in early and growing stages. ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

Among them are unicorns in the early stages:

• Miro (online platform for visual collaboration) ^{[22] [23]}
• Deel (privately held payroll and compliance provider) ^{[24] [25] [26]}

• PandaDoc (software company that provides SaaS software) ^{[27] [26]}
• OpenWeb (social engagement platform) ^{[28] [29] [30]}
• Turing (service for evaluating the competence of IT professionals, recruiting them, and grouping them into remote teams) ^[31]

Other invested startups:

• Verbit AI (provider of cloud and AI-based natural language processing platform to develop speech recognition applications) ^[32]
• Sunbit (is a «buy now pay later» technology of local service providers and retailers) ^[33]
• Jeeves (fintech company that focuses on expense management and payments) ^[34]
• Babylist (marketplace and commerce destination for baby) ^[35]
• Lilibank (a startup building banking products) ^[36]
• EquityBee (an online platform for helping startup employees exercise their stock options and receive pre-IPO shares) ^[37]
• Squire (a small business management platform serving the men's grooming segment) ^[38]

Altair Capital has completed multiple successful returns. These include: ^{[39] [18]}

• FlexEngage (a service that helps retailers personalize the post-purchase period) ^[40]
• Gurushots (photography game) ^{[41] [42]}
• Klear (social intelligence platform) ^[43]
• This is L (social enterprise and public-benefit corporation that makes organic personal care products) ^[44]
• Unomy (sales & marketing intelligence platform) ^[45]
• Hometalk (online DIY publisher) ^[46]

Awards and recognition

In 2016, CB Insight recognized Altair Capital as the most active venture capital investor in Delaware. ^[47]

In 2019, and 2022 PitchBook Data ranked Altair Capital No. 2 among the most active VCs in the Israeli market. ^[34]

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