Bring a deal

Invest in private opportunities with your IRA

Looking to invest in a startup or private business opportunity? With an Alto self-directed IRA, you can put tax-advantaged retirement capital to work in investments you source yourself.

Your retirement capital. Your terms. Expand what's possible with a self-directed IRA.

Private investment opportunities often come through your network: a startup introduced by a friend, a local real estate fund, a business you are building or a cause you care about.

Pre-seed companies

Back early-stage innovation

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Your own fund or business

Put your retirement capital behind what you're building

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Local real estate investments

ESG, farmland, impact funds, and more

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Passion investing

ESG, farmland, impact funds, and more

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Network-driven opportunities

Support ventures sourced through your community

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Learn more about how you can invest using SDIRAs

Self-directed investing

How Alto’s self-directed IRA platform works

Tedious paperwork? Not here. We streamline the process so you can focus on finding the right opportunities.
Investor actions
Open and fund your IRA
Set up your account and add funds.
Connect your issuer
We coordinate with the issuer and collect the documents.
Review and confirm
Sign to finalize your investment.
Investment
in motion
Issuer actions
Set up the offering
Create a free Alto issuer account and upload the required documents.
Invite the investor
Send the investment invitation through Alto once the offering is ready.
Track the investment
Monitor funding status and manage documentation within the platform.
Investment in motion

Alto makes it easy to invest in private deals

This short video walks through the steps your issuer takes on Alto's platform to review the deal, complete onboarding, and get everything set up so you can invest with your IRA.

Benefits of self-directed IRAs for private investments

Flexibility to invest in what you want

Use your self-directed IRA to invest in private companies, funds, real estate, and other alternative opportunities you source independently.

Tax-advantaged alternative investing

Invest through an IRA structure designed to support tax-advantaged growth, depending on your account type.

Built for private transactions

Use your self-directed IRA to invest in private companies, funds, real estate, and other alternative opportunities you source independently.

Simple digital experience

Open and fund an IRA, submit investment details, and manage your account in a streamlined online experience with support from Alto’s team whenever you need it.

Want to learn more about self-directed IRAs?

Access educational resources to understand which type of self-directed IRA is right for you and how to get started.
Using an SDIRA
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Comparing IRA types
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Opening an SDIRA
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Funding an SDIRA
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Investing with an SDIRA
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The complete guide to
self-directed IRAs
Everything you need to know to get started investing
in private opportunities with a self-directed IRA.