As the CEO of AltoIRA, Eric and his team are making alternative asset investment opportunities available to individuals using long term retirement savings for long term investments. A serial entrepreneur and former investment banker, Eric worked for DLJ/Credit Suisse First Boston before co-founding Currenex (acquired by State Street for $564M), Plumgood Food, and Tennessee Community Ventures. Eric served on the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 2015-2018, and he teaches an entrepreneurship class to high school students. Eric holds a BA from Amherst College and calls Nashville, TN, home.
Alto gives individual investors the ability to access and execute alternative asset investments with their retirement funds. Alto provides custody for a wide array of alternative assets, including private companies, real estate, cryptocurrency, loans and securitized collectibles. Alto's cost-effective and hassle-free platform streamlines the process for companies, funds, and SEC-registered investment platforms to include IRA investors in their offerings. Some of Alto's current investment partners include: AngelList, AcreTrader, Coinbase, EquityZen, Masterworks, Republic and Wefunder. Launched in 2018, the Nashville-based firm provides investors with an opportunity to achieve true asset diversification in their portfolios while maintaining the tax advantages of investing with their retirement funds.