Altura Capital is an investment management firm that provides institutional investors and strategic partners the opportunity to invest in and scale high-performing small and diverse investment firms and businesses, that supply value added goods and services to Corporate America. SBCC is an SBIC Impact fund with $147 million under management that provides debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies with $1 million plus Ebitda, focusing on women and minority owned firms and entrepreneurs located in LMI communities.
SBCC and Altura are playing a pivotal role in developing an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, investors, advisors and corporations working together to harness opportunities in these markets.
During the last recession, under the leadership of Monika, Altura provided valuable asset management, manager of manager and programmatic architecture, which included participation in the creation and overseeing of the CPP and PPIP programs, in facilities that managed north of $5.4 billion dollars, for both government and institutional investors. Lessons from management in turbulent market conditions led to Monika’s conviction that small and diverse businesses needed much stronger financial solutions and market architecture including ecosystems and access to corporate markets, which led to the creation of Small Business Community Capital, one of the very few Latina led SBIC funds in the country.
Monika and the firms she leads have won numerous awards for their work building financial capacity and strong and scalable businesses in minority and underserved communities. In multiple years, Latino Leaders Magazine recognized her as one of the 101 Most Influential Leaders in Hispanic U.S.A. and one of the Top 15 Latinos in Finance. In 2010 she became the first Latina to ever receive the HHF Award in Business, the highest honor for Latinos by Latinos.
Monika sits on the Board of Directors for private companies Pasteleria Cidrines and Coastal Painting Company. She also serves on the Board of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI), the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC), the USHCC Foundation, which she Chairs, and the Capital Advisory Board for the Billion Dollar Roundtable (BDR).
Monika has an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, J.D. from the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.