Expand your impact with your IRA: the tax-savvy way to invest in innovation

Join a growing community of angel investors leveraging their tax advantaged retirement accounts to invest in private companies and startups.
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A new pathway to startup access, tax benefits included

Angel investing doesn’t have to be limited to your cash funds. By adding a self-directed IRA to your startup investing toolkit, you can broaden the capital you have available for deployment and enjoy tax-deferred or tax-free growth. As an added benefit, the multi-year horizon of startup investments often aligns well with the timeframe of retirement accounts.

Alto makes the process simple, and the upsides speak for themselves:
Flexibility to invest in deals you believe in
Opportunity for tax-advantaged returns
Greater diversification in your retirement portfolio
Act quickly on exciting deals with an additional source of funds

With Alto, using an IRA for angel investing is simple and quick

Tedious paperwork? Not here.
We streamline the process so you can focus on finding the right opportunities.
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Open or transfer your IRA
to Alto

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Explore deals via partner networks or
bring your own

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Invest with a few clicks

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Interested in backing someone's vision with your retirement funds? Learn how here.

Trusted by Leading Angel Investors

Hundreds of angel investors and angel groups trust Alto to make it easy to use retirement dollars to invest in startups.
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Ready to power your next deal—and keep more of what you earn?

It takes just minutes to open an Alto IRA. Whether you invest through our network or bring your own deal, we make the process easy.Tax-efficient innovation is at your fingertips.
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