# Arton Capital - Empowering Global Citizenship®

> Arton Capital is a privately held Montreal financial advisory firm that helps wealthy individuals pursue residence or citizenship through investment, equips professional partners to serve those clients, and advises governments designing investor programs. Its cleverest growth loop is informational: free tools such as Passport Index and program-comparison products turn an opaque, high-stakes purchase into something people can explore before they speak to an adviser.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Montreal, Canada
- **Founders:** Armand Arton (Founder, Chairman and CEO)
- **Team size:** 98 employees in the supplied company record; LinkedIn shows 99 employee profiles and a 51-200 company-size band.
- **Products:** Global Citizen advisory, Certified Partner network, Sovereign advisory, Passport Index, Program tools
- **Notable:** Founded in Canada in 2006 and expanded to operations across 19 locations, according to the company., Reports helping countries attract more than US$4 billion in foreign direct investment., Created Passport Index, a public real-time mobility ranking whose methodology covers 199 passports.

## Products & services

- **Global Citizen advisory** — Bespoke guidance for high-net-worth individuals and families pursuing residence or citizenship through investment, including program selection and application support.
- **Certified Partner network** — Tools, services and training for legal, financial and other professional advisers serving investment-migration clients.
- **Sovereign advisory** — Design, development, implementation and operation support for government investor residence and citizenship programs.
- **Passport Index** — A free, real-time passport ranking and mobility-intelligence platform covering 199 passports in its methodology.
- **Program tools** — Arton Index, Program Check, Program Cost, Program Map and Program Match help users compare investment-migration options.
- **Passport Index mobile app** — Mobile access to passport rankings, visa requirements and personal mobility tools on iOS and Android.

## Achievements

- Founded in Canada in 2006 and expanded to operations across 19 locations, according to the company.
- Reports helping countries attract more than US$4 billion in foreign direct investment.
- Created Passport Index, a public real-time mobility ranking whose methodology covers 199 passports.
- Founding member of the Global Investor Immigration Council and a founding participant in industry governance initiatives.
- Founder and curator of the Global Citizen Forum.
- Founder Armand Arton was appointed Special Economic Envoy to the GCC for Antigua and Barbuda in 2015.
- Acquired Sheppa Technologies in 2022 to expand its technology capability.
- Selected as strategic adviser to Botswana's proposed Impact Citizenship Program in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Altrata and Arton Capital published Global Citizens 2026, a report examining globally mobile wealthy individuals.
- **2025-11** — Arton said Botswana's proposed Impact Citizenship Program drew more than 1,000 expressions of interest from 99 nationalities in its first month; this was interest, not completed applications.
- **2025-10** — Arton Capital and the Government of Botswana unveiled the Impact Citizenship Program after signing a memorandum of understanding.
- **2025-04** — Latvia's residency-by-investment program was added to Arton's portfolio.
- **2024-12** — Arton became the exclusive partner outside Greater China for a licensed fund under Hungary's Guest Investor Program.

## Links

- Website: https://www.artoncapital.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arton-capital
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ArtonCapital
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtonCapital
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artoncapital/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Arton.Capital/

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Last updated: 2026-08-23