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Altius

Design & engineering studio — Denver, CO

Websites and software that move your business.

We design, build, and run custom websites, web apps, and integrations for growing businesses — then stay on to keep them fast, secure, and getting better.

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A working slice of the kind of client portal we build — dashboards, project tracking, reporting, and admin, all in one place.

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Good morning, Alex

Here’s what moved across your projects this week.

Revenue (MTD)

$148.2k

+12.4%vs. last month

Active clients

24

+3vs. last month

Avg. cycle time

6.4 wk

−8%faster delivery

Client NPS

71

+4past quarter

Revenue

$1.13M

last 12 months

0$40k$80k$120k$160kJanAprJulOct$148k

Waiting on you

3 pending
  • Design sign-off

    Member app — onboarding flow

    Velka Fitness · 1d ago

  • Change order

    Inventory dashboard — CSV export

    Quarvel Logistics · 3d ago

  • Invoice

    Listings CMS — milestone 2 of 3

    Corwick Realty · 4d ago

Recent activity

  • Customer portal deployed to production

    Ferrowby Brewing · 2h ago

  • Invoice #1042 paid in full

    Quarvel Logistics · 5h ago

  • Design review signed off

    Velka Fitness · Yesterday

  • Kickoff call scheduled

    Corwick Realty · 2d ago

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Problems we solve

Building software is hard. Finding the right partner shouldn’t be.

Most of our clients come to us at one of three moments. Recognize yours?

01 — New product

You have an idea, a deadline, and no engineering team.

We scope it down to what actually needs to ship first, design it, build it on a stack that scales, and put it in front of real users in weeks — with a clear path to the full product.

Launch my MVP

02 — Existing site

Your website looks older than your business.

Slow pages, a template you've outgrown, and a contact form nobody trusts. We redesign and rebuild it from scratch — fast, accessible, easy to update — without losing the search rankings you've earned.

Redesign my site

03 — Operations

Your team lives in five tools that don't talk to each other.

Leads re-typed into the CRM, invoices tracked in spreadsheets, reports built by hand every Friday. We connect your systems, or build the one tool that replaces them, so the data is right the first time.

Connect my systems

Services

End-to-end design, engineering, and support.

Whether you're launching something new, fixing what you have, or connecting the tools you run on — one team carries it from first call to long after launch.

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Selected work

Work we’re proud to put our name on.

Real products, running in production, for clients who still call us.

Golden Capital – a website, dealer portal and CRM for equipment financing

We designed and built Golden Capital's website, an invite-only portal where equipment dealers track their deals, and the internal CRM that carries each deal to funding.

Client
Golden Capital
Industry
Commercial equipment financing
Stack
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · shadcn/ui · PostgreSQL
  • Website, dealer portal and internal CRM, designed and built by Altius
  • Invite-only portal with multi-factor sign-in and a full audit log
  • OCR-first document intake, with AI only where OCR falls short
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Why Altius

A partner that’s still here next year.

01

You talk to the people building it

No account managers, no hand-offs. The engineer and designer on your first call are the ones writing the code and drawing the screens — and they're the ones who answer when something needs to change.

02

Built for you, not from a template

No page builders, no themes, no drag-and-drop. Every site and app is designed around how your business actually works, then built on a modern stack your next developer will be glad to inherit.

03

We stay after launch

Most agencies disappear at go-live. We host, monitor, patch, and keep improving what we build — which is why the average client has been with us for three years.

04

Clear scope before code

A written scope, a timeline, and a fixed price for defined builds before any work starts. Weekly check-ins and a staging link you can click through the whole way. No surprises, no fake urgency.

The team

Meet the people who’ll build it.

Altius is deliberately small. When you hire us, these are the people on your calls, in your Slack, and in your codebase.

Hunter May

Lead Software Engineer

Hunter owns the technical direction of every build — architecture, frontend, backend, integrations, and the production infrastructure we run for clients. He works across Next.js, TypeScript, Node, and Postgres.

huntermay@altiusapps.com
Portrait of Jake Gartenberg

Jake Gartenberg

Lead Design Engineer

Jake sits where design meets code. He brings six years of development experience from a Fortune 500 company and turns brand and UX intent into fast, accessible interfaces — making sure what we ship looks as considered as it works.

jake@altiusapps.com

How we work

From first call to launch — and after.

  1. 01

    Scope & strategy

    A discovery call, then a short working session to map goals, users, and the systems you already run. You get a written scope, timeline, and price.

    • Discovery call
    • Requirements & user flows
    • Fixed-scope proposal
  2. 02

    Design & architecture

    Wireframes, then high-fidelity designs you can click through. In parallel we design the data model, integrations, and hosting so nothing is improvised later.

    • Wireframes & prototypes
    • Design system
    • Technical architecture
  3. 03

    Build & integrate

    Weekly demos on a live staging link. We build, connect your CRM, payments, and tools, and test against real data before anything touches production.

    • Weekly demos
    • Integrations & data migration
    • QA on real data
  4. 04

    Launch & support

    A coordinated go-live, documentation, and training for your team. Then we stay on: hosting, monitoring, security patches, and the next round of improvements.

    • Launch & redirects
    • Team training
    • Managed hosting & support

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly.

01How long does a typical project take?

Most projects launch in 4–10 weeks, depending on scope, integrations, and how ready your content is. Simple marketing sites can be faster; larger applications run longer. You'll get a timeline in writing before any work starts.

02How much does a project cost?

Every project is scoped individually. Defined builds — a marketing site, an MVP, an integration — are priced as a fixed scope, and ongoing development and managed hosting run on a monthly retainer. Share a rough budget range on our contact form and we'll come back within 24 hours with a scoped estimate.

03Do you only build websites, or full applications too?

Both. We build marketing sites, customer and partner portals, internal tools, dashboards, mobile app designs, and full-stack applications with databases, payments, and integrations.

04Can you work with the tools we already use?

Yes. We regularly integrate with CRMs like HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, and Go High Level, plus payments, email, accounting, and custom APIs — so your team keeps the workflows that work and loses the double entry.

05What happens after launch?

We stay on. Managed clients get hosting, monitoring, backups, security patching, and ongoing support, plus a team that already knows the code when you're ready for the next feature.

06Do you work with startups or established businesses?

Both. We build MVPs for early-stage founders and production systems for established small and mid-size businesses. If a project isn't a fit, we'll tell you on the first call and point you somewhere good.