The world's most successful growth market
- 800+: In 1995, AIM launched with ten companies valued at £82m. Today, AIM is home to around 850 companies with a combined market cap of £104bn.
- £115bn+: Since 1995, over 3,865 companies have raised over £115bn on AIM.
- £21.4m: The average amount of money raised during the first five years of AIM was £2.8m. During the past five years it has been £21.4m.
- 2.4bn: In its first full year of trading, the daily volume of trades of AIM companies averaged 21.9m. In the current year, it’s 2.4bn.
London Stock Exchange's market for small and medium size growth companies
- AIM provides companies from a wide range of countries and sectors with access to a diverse set of investors and a supportive advisory community, who understand the needs of entrepreneurial businesses.
- AIM launched 25 years ago with just ten companies and an aggregate value of £82m. More than two decades on, AIM has developed into the world’s most successful and established market for dynamic high-growth companies supported by a remarkable community of companies, advisors and investors.
- AIM helps founders and entrepreneurs fulfil their growth ambitions and potential.
Why join AIM?
- A diverse and highly knowledgeable investor base keen to provide capital to support growing companies. AIM companies have access to a range of institutional investors, a vibrant cohort of retail investors and, thanks to London’s unique status, an unparalleled pool of international capital.
- Promotion of the company's image and brand on an international scale.
- A network of advisors and liquidity providers who understand the needs of growing companies and are able to support them throughout their journey as a public company.
- A regulatory approach that is specifically tailored to the needs of growing companies.
- A market where companies can use shares as currency, to make acquisitions and grow the business.
- The opportunity for companies to improve employee commitment by using shares as an incentive to encourage their long-term motivation.
- A market where founders and management can run their business with the support of a wide range of investors.
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London Stock Exchange welcomes 4basebio UK Societas to AIM
London Stock Exchange welcomes 4basebio UK Societas (“4basebio”, “4bb” or the “Company”) to AIM today. The Cambridge-based Company’s Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading at 8.00am on Wednesday 17th February 2021.
The Company’s TIDM is 4BB.LON and at the Admission price of 118p, has a market capitalisation of £14.53m. No new equity has been raised.
On 8 Dece
London Stock Exchange welcomes Cornish Metals Inc. to AIM
London Stock Exchange welcomes Cornish Metals, a mineral exploration and development company focused on its mining projects in Cornwall, United Kingdom, to the Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) under the ticker “CUSN” after it raised gross proceeds of £8.2 million through an oversubscribed placing.
A discovery of near-surface, high grade copper–tin mineralisation at the Company’s
London Stock Exchange welcomes Supreme plc to AIM
Supreme plc has achieved a market capitalisation of over £156 million by successfully raising £67.5 million in an oversubscribed placing, as it joined AIM on Monday, 1 February 2021.
As a leading manufacturer, supplier and brand owner of fast-moving consumer products, Supreme has myriad capabilities spanning from product development and manufacturing through to its extensive ret
London Stock Exchange welcomes Intuitive Investments Group plc to AIM
London Stock Exchange today welcomes Intuitive Investments Group plc (‘Intuitive’, the ‘Company’ or ‘Group’), an investing company focussed on gaining exposure to Life Sciences businesses, to celebrate the listing of the Company's public shares onto AIM, under the ticker "IIG".
The Company is a newly established investing company, seeking to provide investors in the Company with expos
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