AIM Summit Dubai 2025 to Gather Global Investment Leaders

Alternative Investment Management – AIM Summit Dubai 2025

The 19th edition of the Alternative Investment Management Summit (AIM Summit) will return to Dubai on 22–23 October 2025. It will bring together global leaders in venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, and digital assets. Hosted at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, the two-day event will serve as a key platform for investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to discuss the future of capital and innovation.

AIM Summit Key Speakers

Among the confirmed speakers is Julien Plouzeau, Senior Partner at Oraseya Capital, the venture capital arm of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ). Plouzeau leads Oraseya’s investment strategy and portfolio development, focusing on startups from pre-Seed to Series B stages. His participation highlights Dubai’s growing role in shaping the global venture ecosystem.

Other speakers include leading fund managers, institutional investors, and government representatives, underscoring AIM Summit’s reputation as the Middle East’s premier thought-leadership forum for alternative investments. Notable names confirmed for the 2025 edition include Mike Pompeo, former U.S. Secretary of State; Jim O’Neill, prominent economist and former Chair of Goldman Sachs Asset Management; Dr Robert Barnes, Co-CEO of BPX; and Jaspreet Randhawa, Managing Director & Head of Investments at Burkhan World Investments Ltd.

Since its launch in 2015, AIM Summit has grown into the region’s flagship gathering for alternative investments, attracting decision-makers from across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America. The 2025 agenda will spotlight critical themes such as:

Venture Capital & Startup Growth: Strategies for scaling early-stage companies in fast-changing markets. Venture capital remains a driving force of innovation worldwide. In 2024, global startups raised approximately $330 billion in venture funding, a 6% year-on-year increase, with more than half of the capital (53%) flowing into over $100 million mega-rounds. In the United States alone, 14,320 VC deals totalled $215.4 billion, while AI startups captured nearly $19 billion, accounting for 28% of all funding.

Private Equity & Cross-Border Deals: New dynamics shaping global mergers and acquisitions. Private equity continues to dominate global deal-making. In 2024, total PE and venture capital deal value surged 24.7% to $639 billion, even as the number of transactions fell. The year saw 18 megadeals above $5 billion, more than double the 2023 tally, highlighting the industry’s shift toward scale and consolidation. Private equity accounted for $398 billion in the Americas — roughly 22% of overall M&A volume. Cross-border activity is also rebounding, with deals making up 32% of global M&A in early 2025, up from 26% the previous year. Fewer but larger deals and increasingly international strategies define the new PE environment.

Digital Assets & Fintech: Opportunities and risks in blockchain, tokenisation, and AI-driven finance. Fintech and digital assets remain at the center of both opportunity and volatility. Global fintech investment reached $113.7 billion across 4,547 deals in 2023, though volumes dipped to $44.7 billion in the first half of 2025. In contrast, the blockchain segment is expanding exponentially: the global fintech blockchain market, valued at $2.1 billion in 2023, is projected to grow to $49.2 billion by 2030 (CAGR 56%).

Sustainability & Impact Investing: Aligning portfolios with long-term social and environmental goals. Impact and sustainability-linked investing have entered the financial mainstream. According to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), 3,907 organisations now manage a combined $1.57 trillion impact AUM, growing at a 21% CAGR since 2019. A 2024 Cambridge Associates survey found that 54% of institutional investors are active in sustainable and impact investing, with nearly one-third allocating over 25% of their portfolios to this segment.

Launched in 2015, AIM Summit is a platform for discussions on investment developments, global market conditions and latest trends. The only conference of its nature and magnitude organized and orchestrated by the industry in an intimate setup to encourage real debates on the best practices and know-hows.

AIM Summit acts as a bridge between the West and East through its global network base. It has created an ecosystem of 135,000 Fund managers, Institutional Investors, Family Offices, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financial Associations.

AIM Summit is a high-level forum inviting only key decision makers and C-level executives who are interested in the Alternative Investment space

About AIM Summit

Launched in 2015, AIM Summit is a platform for discussions on investment developments, global market conditions and latest trends. The only conference of its nature and magnitude organized and orchestrated by the industry in an intimate setup to encourage real debates on the best practices and know-hows.

AIM Summit acts as a bridge between the West and East through its global network base. It has created an ecosystem of 135,000 Fund managers, Institutional Investors, Family Offices, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financial Associations.

AIM Summit is a high-level forum inviting only key decision makers and C-level executives who are interested in the Alternative Investment space

Registration Open

With record attendance expected, AIM Summit Dubai 2025 provides a unique opportunity for networking, deal-making, and knowledge exchange in one of the world’s fastest-growing financial hubs.

📍 22–23 October 2025 | Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai
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