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Alta’s Approach to Investing Alta Ventures Mexico is an early-stage venture
capital fund. Based in Monterrey Mexico we
provide seed, venture and growth capital to
companies targeting high-growth markets. The
Alta team has directly founded startups and
as investors helped launch more than 80 companies.

Through our network of partners entrepreneurs
will gain access to customer introductions,
recruiting key management members as well as
guidance on risk mitigation and growth strategies.
Mexico’s Venture Capital Industry Achieves Lift-off More than 400 people gathered at the
Monterrey Venture Capital Conference
(MVCC) held at the EGADE business school
of the Tec de Monterrey. At the summit
Mexico’s leading entrepreneurs, innovators,
captains of industry, investors,
policymakers and economists joined
together to launch Mexico’s venture
capital industry. Organized by the
Tecnologico de Monterrey, the U.S.
Consulate in Monterrey, and Alta
Ventures Mexico.
Alta Ventures Mexico Nominated for US State Departments ACE Award Alta Ventures Mexico was named one of twelve
global finalists for the U.S. State Departments
2010 Corporate Excellence Award (ACE)
.
Since 1999, the Department of State has used
the ACE to recognize American companies who
are global leaders in corporate social
responsibility. U.S. businesses are nominated
by U.S. ambassadors on every continent.
The E | 100 Launched by Alta Ventures Mexico In conjunction with the MVCC and as part
of its mission to support entrepreneurship
in Mexico, Alta Ventures Mexico announced
the launch of the E|100 program.

In 2010 the E|100 program identified and
recognized the region's top 100 entrepreneurs.
The members of the E|100 were selected by
the community in response to the question,
“Who are the entrepreneurs most likely to
build a great company in the next 2 or 3 years?”
Venture Capital Takes Off in Mexico

Mexico VC strategist Paul Ahlstrom of Alta Ventures Mexico was interviewed for the Marketplace Morning Report by Jeff Tyler.

March 30, 2011 - "Ahlstrom runs the venture capital firm Alta Ventures Mexico. Mexican pension funds have only recently been allowed to invest in private equity. The country hosted its first venture capital conference last May. Ahlstrom says the number of new Mexico VC firms is taking off."
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Listen to the Report: http://marketplace.publicradio.org

 
Alta Ventures Mexico Nominated for the US State Departments Corporate Excellence Award

September 4, 2010 - Today Alta Ventures Mexico was named one of twelve global finalists for the U.S. State Departments 2010 Corporate Excellence Award (ACE). Since 1999, the Department of State has used the ACE to recognize American companies who are global leaders in corporate social responsibility. U.S. businesses are nominated by U.S. ambassadors on every continent. Read More

Watch the Video: http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/ace/

 
Alta Ventures in the News

Alta Ventures co-founder Paul Ahlstrom's new book, Nail It Then Scale It, receives good reviews by readers on Amazon.com. The Nail It Then Scale It process has been used to transform new ventures from struggling startups to outperform all their competitors combined, beat sales forecasts in the first quarter of a recession, and transform a broken sales process into a 100% close rate. The fast startup book