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Appalachian Investors Alliance

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About Appalachian Investors Alliance

Investor type

Angel group

First check

$100k to $500k

Lead

Never

Themes

genAI
utilities
space tech
advanced manufacturing
smart factory
aerospace aviation manufacturing
productivity tools
subscription
industry 4.0
rocketship
geospatial
smart manufacturing
IIoT
smartgrid
AI energy
GPS
oil
SaaS
renewable
solar
3d-printing
clean energy
batteries
neural network
renewables
3d printing
industrial revolution
gas
robotics
software
smart grids
deep learning
generative AI
LLM
collaboration tools
industrial
machine learning
smart grid
industrial IoT
space
additive manufacturing
agents
computer vision
grid
artificial intelligence
ML
satellites
spacetech
battery
machine vision
newspace
photovoltaic
space-tech
smartgrids
industry 4
wind
recurring
big data
data science
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Funding Stages

2. Prototype3. Early Revenue4. Scaling5. Growth
6. Pre-IPO

Countries of investment

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Who we are

AIA is a nonprofit educational foundation and fund-administration group, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Funding Requirements

We invest in early-stage, high-growth potential companies — especially those in sectors aligned with “Fourth Industrial Revolution” technologies such as advanced manufacturing, clean energy, aerospace, robotics, software, and AI.
Our focus is regionally oriented: investing primarily in the Appalachian region.

Value add

Capital aggregation & access: AIA enables accredited investors in small and mid-sized communities to pool their capital into angel and micro-venture funds — which many could not do on their own.

Professional fund management & deal support: Providing shared technical & education services — due diligence, deal structuring, valuation, closings, portfolio curation, bookkeeping — allowing funds to operate with professionalism and reducing overhead for small funds.

Locations

234 Morrell Rd, Knoxville, TN 37919 HQ

Appalachian Investors Alliance Team

Erik Bergvin

Erik Bergvin

Analyst

"I invest in Appalachian based startups"

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