Altus Wealth Group

Altus relies on syndicate relationships with established venture capital firms and regional networks along the Colorado Front Range and in coastal tech hubs. The firm evaluates deals brought through these co-investor channels and selects opportunities where it can offer its family office clients direct participation through single-purpose vehicles, rather than running an internal proprietary sourcing engine.

Altus operates as a multi-family office and registered investment advisor that offers venture co-investment as one component of a broader wealth management platform. It does not raise blind-pool venture funds. Each private company investment is structured as a separate SPV, and clients choose whether to participate on a deal-by-deal basis.

Altus's venture strategy is oriented around direct co-investment. While the firm may evaluate fund commitments as part of client portfolio construction, its known posture emphasizes direct cap table positions in individual companies, which allows families to avoid the double layer of management fees and carried interest associated with fund-of-funds or feeder structures.

Altus participates across venture capital and growth equity stages, with a tilt toward early-stage and growth-stage companies raising priced equity rounds. The firm co-invests alongside lead venture firms, meaning its entry points are determined by the syndicate dynamics and round structures of each specific deal rather than by a fixed stage mandate.

Compensation is tied to the individual SPV structure for each deal. Clients typically pay a management fee on their broader wealth management relationship with Altus, and may incur carried interest or placement fees on a per-deal basis depending on the terms of the specific investment vehicle. Altus's model avoids the standard 2-and-20 blind-pool fund structure in favor of bespoke economics on each transaction.