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What does Altira Group invest in?
Altira Group invests most often at Series A and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Oil, Smart Grids and Solar.
Altira Group highlights
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24 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Venture: 63% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $4.9M
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5 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Altira provides venture capital funding for energy technology products and advantaged service offerings.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- OilSmart GridsSolar
- Based in
- Denver, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first24 appearances
- 2015
1 round
- Aug
- 2012
2 rounds
- Sept
- Feb
- 2011
2 rounds
- Jul
- Feb
- 2009
4 rounds
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- 2008
4 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- 2007
3 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Jul
- 2006
1 round
- May
- 2005
3 rounds
- Dec
- Jul
- Mar
- 2004
1 round
- Feb
- 2003
3 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Aug
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named
CECarol Elizabeth McdermottMemberiForm ADV
DWDirk Wade McdermottManaging PartneriForm ADV
JPJohn Paul BaumanPartneriForm ADV
SASean Anthony EbertSenior PartneriForm ADV
We also hold 7 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$688Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Altira Group LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 160010
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
3 of 8 we have independently watched raise
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed5 in all
GridPointBought by Twenty First Century UtilitiesUndisclosedNov 2015
Southwest WindpowerBought by XZERESUndisclosedJul 2013
Energy and Power SolutionsListedUndisclosedMar 2010
SunEdisonBought by MEMC Electronic Materials$200MOct 2009
EnergyWindowBought by E SourceUndisclosedJul 2008
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.