AIIM Partners

About The Fund

AiiM Partners is an investment fund that focuses on supporting industry leaders in their early stages, before they become mainstream players. They specialize in investing in companies that are developing differentiated technologies and gaining market traction at a faster pace than their competitors. AiiM Partners' investment strategy centers on the intersection of four key areas: energy transition, alternative materials, agriculture & food systems, and data & digitalization. They boast a portfolio with an emphasis on companies that address the challenges of energy independence, efficient resource utilization, and data solutions to reduce environmental impact. AiiM Partners offers follow-on funding to their portfolio companies and reports that 80% of their portfolio companies are post-revenue with a number of successful exits. Notably, their investment approach seeks to target market niches that are at an inflection point, leveraging a team with over a decade of experience in various industries to identify investment opportunities and scale climate technology companies. AiiM targets top quartile financial performance while simultaneously aiming to create quality jobs in low and middle-income (LMI) communities. Their investment team consists of seasoned professionals like Shally Shanker, who has experience managing global portfolios and has been involved with the board of numerous companies, notably within sectors such as applied AI, autonomous data collection, and alternative protein. Moreover, AiiM Partners takes pride in a 'deep bench' of experts, including investors, operators, and entrepreneurs with deep networks, to assist portfolio companies to grow effectively. Their website highlights specific investments in energy transition, alternative materials, Ag & Food Systems, and Data & Digitalization, and showcases news about their portfolio companies' achievements and milestones. The fund's minimum investment size is $250,000, with a maximum investment size of $10,000,000, and a 'sweet spot' investment size of around $5,100,000. With assets under management amounting to $3,000,000, AiiM Partners actively participates in Series A, Seed, and Series B round investments, aligning their financial prowess with impactful outcomes in oft-overlooked sectors.