Bespoke Partners Recruits CEO for Altvia
November 4, 2025 – San Diego, CA-headquartered Bespoke Partners has placed Ryan Keough as CEO of Altvia, a private capital platform purpose-built for the full fund lifecycle. Partner Katherine Baker and director Dakota Horn led the process. “We’re thrilled to welcome Ryan as Altvia’s CEO,” said Nathan Pingelton of Marlin Equity Partners. “Ryan’s extensive leadership history and industry expertise align perfectly with Altvia’s mission to be the leader in equipping alternative investment firms with cutting-edge products and insights.”
“Join us in celebrating Ryan Keough as the new chief executive officer at Altvia,” Bespoke said in a LinkedIn post. “Appreciation to Marlin Equity Partners for their trust in Bespoke’s CEO practice team to deliver on this pivotal leadership search. Congratulations, Ryan! We look forward to seeing your leadership at Altvia.”
A seasoned fintech executive with over 20 years of experience driving global SaaS growth and operational leadership, Mr. Keough will guide Altvia into its next phase of expansion and product innovation.
Mr. Keough brings a rich history of delivering exceptional client value and driving product innovation in the alternative investment community. Prior to joining Altvia, he held senior leadership roles at Allvue Systems, Finastra, and Misys, where he was instrumental in accelerating growth, enhancing product delivery, and strengthening customer success across global markets.
“I’m honored to lead Altvia at such a transformative moment for the industry,” said Mr. Keough. “Private capital firms are demanding smarter, faster, and more connected ways of working. Altvia’s technology is well positioned to meet that need. I’m excited to partner with our clients to drive innovation, expand our reach, and deliver exceptional value.”
Altvia, a platform powering private capital from raise to results, unifies fundraising, deal, and investor workflows into one intelligent operating system. With deep integrations across CRM, data, and analytics tools, Altvia enables private equity and venture capital firms to unlock greater transparency and efficiency throughout the investment lifecycle. The company is located in Broomfield, CO.
Bespoke Partners is an executive search and leadership advisory firm dedicated to partnering with top private equity firms, including Francisco Partners, Clearlake Capital, WCAS, Insight Partners, GI Partners, General Atlantic, CVC Capital Partners, and TA Associates, among many others, to recruit software talent and assess and evaluate teams at every stage of the investment lifecycle, from growth equity to buyout. Bespoke Partners is headquartered in San Diego, and operates other regional offices in Austin, TX, and Philadelphia.
The search firm has completed over 1,000 searches since its inception a decade ago. Its expertise includes all C-level searches across multiple functional domains, including financial officers, HR and people, marketing and technology, as well as board of directors and internal private equity operating partner searches. The firm’s expanding leadership advisory platform includes organizational due diligence as well as executive assessment and coaching. Successful searches include CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CHROs, board members, operating partners, vice presidents and many more. Bespoke-placed executives have orchestrated exits and more than 425 acquisitions by their companies, generating more than $145 billion in value.
Based in Bespoke’s San Diego office, Ms. Baker helps build the executive teams for private equity-backed software and technology companies. Prior to joining Bespoke in 2017, she spent four years focused on recruiting for the finance and accounting space across all industries including SaaS, biotech, energy, and defense from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups.
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Mr. Horn has spent his professional career connecting people. Prior to joining Bespoke, he spent three years within True Search’s CEO & board practice placing CEOs, presidents, COOs, and board members across a wide variety of private and publicly held technology companies. Prior to this, Mr. Horn spent time as a consultant with a top five recruitment firm in their San Francisco office, focusing primarily on GTM leadership searches for VC-backed startup companies.
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Bespoke Partners recently assisted in the recruitment of Tyler Davey as the new CEO of Toronto-based Gravity (IGM Technology Corporation), a cloud-based financial and disclosure management platform for state and local governments. Gravity is backed by Lead Edge Capital. The search was led by Kristie Nova and Jenny Gray.
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“Gravity is transforming how government agencies manage financial reporting, replacing outdated and manual processes with automation and efficiency,” said Dan Lynn, partner at Lead Edge Capital. “With Tyler’s leadership and deep expertise in scaling technology businesses, Gravity is well-positioned to accelerate its growth and continue delivering innovative solutions that enhance transparency and financial management for agencies throughout the U.S. We look forward to supporting Tyler and the Gravity team in this next phase.”
“Gravity has quickly established itself as a critical partner for government agencies, providing a platform that enhances financial transparency and operational efficiency,” said Paul Colangelo, chairman of the board at Gravity. “Under Tyler’s leadership, the company is well-positioned to scale its impact and bring its innovative solutions to even more agencies across North America. As financial reporting requirements continue to evolve, Gravity’s role in supporting governments with cutting-edge technology will only become more essential. I look forward to working with Tyler and the team to drive this next stage of growth.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
