Welcome to the best of the Alts Community.
So much going on this week
As always, do your own research, nothing here is financial advice, and stay safe out there, kids.
Let’s go
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💼 Live Deals
While most Altea investments are through our own SPVs, we also get a number of member-submitted opportunities. If you’re not checking in on this, you could be missing out.
Two current favourites:
🧑🚀 Spacetech is the mostexciting sector in venture right now, and our friends at Balerion Space Ventures have four opportunities to co-invest alongside them. – View the opportunities
🍹 House of Rare lets you invest in premium tequila. This isn’t another tequila brand with a celebrity name attached. This is premium, 100% Agave tequila, sourced straight from Jalisco, Mexico — the heart of it all. Check out the stats
⚖️ Litigation Finance Secured Notes
We’re putting together a new SPV with Fenchurch Legal, a UK-based litigation financier that turns small legal claims into secured private credit.
This is a fixed-income play — not a bet on court outcomes. Fenchurch lends to law firms, not plaintiffs, and uses ATE insurance + layered security to protect investor capital. Win or lose, capital + interest is repaid.
We have arranged for special, exclusive terms on these notes for Altea members.
Growth Notes have a higher interest rate with interest accumulated and paid in full at maturity.
3-year: 13%14%
🎤 K-Pop I
We’ll have legal docs for this one early next week.
Deal Basics
- Minimum: $10k
- Term: 6 years with up to 2× 1-year extensions.
- Altea fees:
- Gateway: 2% annual management fee, 20% carry (on profits above 8%)
- Base: 1% management, 20% carry (on profits above 8%)
- Black: 0% management, 15% carry (on profits above 8%)
- Placement fee: 1% upfront for Gateway; waived for Base & Black
- Exit fee: 1% sale/disposition fee at exit for running the sale
This is open to Altea members only. Make sure to pop into the community for everything you need to decide whether or not you’d like to invest.
👋 New Members
Welcome to the 16 new members this week
A few notable members..
🥬 Milan Žikić is the founder of the Walnut Fund, which we featured a few months ago. His new venture is the Salad Fund, which connects investors with high-tech greenhouses producing baby-leaf salads.
🇺🇸 Ellis Hammond is the VP of Capital at Aspen Funds, a private real estate / credit fund manager based in Overland Park, Kansas.
🥂 New Meetups
🦸♂️ NYC: Collectibles Showcase @ Comic Con week (October 8th)
Join Altea members and friends for a special event diving deep into the world of pop culture collectibles — from rare trading cards and comic book art to investment-grade memorabilia and emerging cultural assets.
Coinciding with New York Comic Con, this event brings together serious collectors, niche investors, and industry insiders from the worlds of cards, comics, collectibles and digital platforms.
We’ll meet at a private Midtown Manhattan location for networking then participate in the main event — an intimate collectibles showcase and educational session focused on grading, evaluation, and understanding how to value these assets.
What to expect:
- Grading Collectibles 101 – Learn how the pros authenticate and grade high-value items
- Live Evaluation – Watch a yet-to-be-graded asset evaluated in real time
- Collector Showcase – See rare treasures from private collections, shared exclusively with Altea guests
Details
- Date: Wed, Oct 8th, 5:30–7:30pm
- Location: Midtown Manhattan (register to see location)
- Hosts: Altea NYC City Captains Kaylock & Valerie, with friends from the collectibles world
- Cost: Altea members: Free | Guests & non-members: $99 — includes a month of Altea
🏎️ Altea LA Meetup: Hollywood Classic Cars + Dinner (Oct 14)
We’ve reserved Hollywood Classic Cars, a 12,000 square foot industrial space just west of Downtown LA.
This sprawling venue features more than 30 classic and collectible vehicles, along with rotating additions that span decades of automotive design and culture.
A guided tour will walk us through the collection, sharing stories and pointing out some of the hidden gems inside this one-of-a-kind garage.
This isn’t a museum. It’s a hands-on experience. You’ll be able to feel the interiors, sit behind the wheels, and explore the space freely.
Details
- Date: Tuesday, October 14
- Time:
- 4–6pm: Meetup, tour and cocktails at Hollywood Classic Cars
- 7–9pm: Dinner at El Cholo (Western Ave location)
- Cost: Free for Altea members | $99 for guests & non-members. Includes all drinks & food.
- Hosts: Stefan von Imhof and the Altea SoCal crew: James Creech and Morgan Keim
🥢 Hong Kong Meetup: Cantonese Dinner + Whisky (Oct 8)
We’re heading to Hong Kong for an exclusive night of whisky, Cantonese cuisine, and capital conversations.
This is a sit-down dinner with thoughtfully paired vintage whiskies and a curated Cantonese menu.
Hong Kong City Captain Adrian Fu will be hosting the event, and a friend of Altea has arranged the menu directly with the head chef.
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👕 Merch Store is live!
We’ve curated a selection of high-quality swag through a company called Printful.
Many items feature embroidered logos, and prices are surprisingly low.
Grab some swag and show off your Alts pride!
👉 Check it out: alts.printful.me
🏆 Weekly Leaderboard
Each week we reward the community member at the top of the Leaderboard.
This week’s winner is…
🎉 Adrian Fu 🎉
Adrian will be hosting an Altea event in Hong Kong next month. If you’re in HK, join us for Cantonese dinner and whisky.
As a reward, Adrian gets a shiny new Alts Mug.
How are points earned?
Points are earned through a top-secret combination of posts, comments, and other activity. Go to your profile to see your current points.
💬 New Discussions
- Adrian Fu makes a case for why blockchain is the answer to royalty payout inequities in the music industry.
- Florian dismisses Cathie Wood’s $300m crypto bet on football business Brera as a buzzword-fueled pump-and-dump scheme
- Brian argues that AI music like Xania Monet risks flooding the music market, making it harder for humans to stand out. Stefan notes that pop has already been formulaic for years.
“I don’t think it’s as dire as it seems. Pop music has been productized for years. Over the past decade…most mainstream tracks have come out of the same production sausage factories.
Yes, this is likely the final stage in the “factory-ification” of pop. But that might actually open up new doors for humans who are creative and musically inclined, but can’t sing for shit.” – Stefan
- Gerry Hayes expresses skepticism about the attractiveness and liquidity of pre-IPO shares compared to public stocks.
“I just don’t understand the attraction personally. Take OpenAI for example. They went from an undetermined valuation to a $500Billion Valuation in just a few years (determined by closed door negotiations).
OpenAI is losing billions every year, and the stock is illiquid. Microsoft is earning tens of billions every year and the stock is liquid. And, Microsoft basically owns half of OpenAI.
Why would anyone opt for OpenAI stock over Microsoft is beyond me.” – Gerry Hayes
🤑 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.
How it works:
- 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
