Altea Update: Aug 15

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As always, do your own research, nothing here is financial advice, and stay safe out there, kids.

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👋 New Members

Welcome to the 198 new members this week!

Notable new members:

🏖️ ​Bryan Walley​ is the co-founder and CEO of ​Forward Inheritance​, which allows the next generation to access their inheritance today, tax free, through Home Equity Investments. (Read Brian’s Deep Dive)

🇬🇧 ​Louisa Klouda​ is the founder & CEO of ​Fenchurch Legal​, a UK-based litigation funding business providing secured, insurance-backed alternative credit to law firms.

🇬🇧 ​Garett Stanhope​ has a background in private wealth around South-East Asia, India, and GCC. He’s now in London giving access to UK private credit through ​Shojin​.

🇦🇺 ​Dr Andrew Pratley​ is a statistics expert who loves to diligence deals and absolutely shred BS assumptions.

💰 Live Deals

🧬 Vow Foods

Summary

Last week, we got a private tour of ​Vow Foods​, the Sydney-based biotech startup engineering entirely new categories of meat without touching a live animal.

They just got legal approval to sell their cultured meat in Australia, so the team is ramping up production capacity and getting ready to scale.

But Vow’s future could go far beyond retail. At its core, Vow seems less of a food company, and more of a well-oiled biotech engineering/manufacturing firm.

They’ve raised $74m to date, have a completely custom-built facility, world-leading expertise, and world-class talent (after all, the CEO has successfully recruited employees from SpaceX).

Stefan, ​Peter​, and the Sydney crew had a blast last week.

Vow is currently raising a funding round to scale their growth. We’re planning to open an SPV so Altea members can invest alongside Vow as it embarks on a global rollout.

We don’t have the deal terms, or a full deal memo yet. But can express interest now.

💳 Blockchain I

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Summary

We’re now well oversubscribed for this one, and I’ll be in touch with docs on / about 16 August.

  • We will prioritize allocation requests by ​Altea membership tier​ (Black, Base, Gateway)
  • You can upgrade your membership today to guarantee an allocation. Just hit reply, and I’ll get you set up.

If you’d like priority access to the next round, I’ll create a waitlist for the next allocation, which is expected to occur in early 2026.

Deal Basics

  • Facility type: Blockchain receivables finance
  • Total Raise: $250,000 allocation of $1,000,000 total
  • Tenor: 36 months
  • Management fee: 2% of contributed capital
  • Carry: 20% of distributed capital
  • Minimum investment: $10k

🌎 Regional Groups

We’ve created 5 new ​Regional Groups​ designed to make the community feel closer and more relevant.

🆕 New Groups:

Side note: Changi Airport in Singapore is undefeated

Remember: anyone may join any Regional Group. More coming soon.

🧑‍✈️ Altea City Captains

We are also looking for ​City Captains​ in the following regions: UK, France, Spain, UAE, and Singapore.

Interested? Just smash reply and tell us a bit about yourself.

💬 New Discussions

🙏 New Asks & Offers

  • Mandar has an investment opportunity at a ​Medicare broker agency​ a rapidly growing company dedicated to helping seniors across the country navigate their healthcare options.

🤑 Altea Affiliate Program

Earn 30% commission by helping grow our community.

Our new ​affiliate program​ rewards you with 30% commission for every person who joins Altea through your referral link.

Do you love Alts? Are you a bridge builder? Let’s get you paid for it.

How it works:

  • ​Apply to join​
  • We give you a unique referral link
  • You can share your link anywhere; email, social media, private chats, etc.
  • Every time someone joins Altea via your link, you get paid 30% of fees. (Payouts range from $200 – $3,300)
  • This is not just for City Captains — anyone can participate.

See you next week,
Wyatt

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Wyatt Cavalier

With a background in finance & intelligence analysis, Wyatt has an unhealthy obsession with finding the best blue chip investment opportunities. His previous newsletter, Fractional, resonated deeply with subscribers, bringing actionable insights and unconventional trading strategies. His rare book collection specializes in banned editions. He currently lives in Spain with his beautiful wife, three young boys, and dog Monty.
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