Altair Capital is an international venture company founded by a Russian serial angel investor Igor Ryabenkiy. The company invests in startups in the US, Israel, and Europe.^[1][2][3][4]

With assets totaling $600M under its management, Altair Capital has invested in 300+ tech startups, working in Productivity Tools, Fintech, InsureTech, Future of Work, Digital health.^[5][6][7][8]

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]

Altair Capital Fund I began in 2012 with $20 mln 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]

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]

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]