Capacity shouldn't be gated by working capital.
Hardware companies pay for components months before they invoice a customer, and suppliers carry the same gap in reverse. AIM Capital finances that gap with purchase-order funding, inventory positions, and supplier terms — underwritten against real production data flowing through the network, not just a balance sheet.
- PO-backed
- financing against confirmed network orders
- Component exchange
- inventory positions on long-lead parts
- Network data
- underwriting from actual build history
The order exists. The cash timing doesn't.
Component buys, tooling, and first-article runs all land ahead of revenue. Growth-stage hardware teams throttle production to protect runway, and independent shops decline work they could physically do — both because of timing, not demand.
- Long-lead components require deposits months before shipment.
- Suppliers demand prepay from customers without established credit history.
- Traditional lenders can't underwrite hardware work-in-process they can't see.
- Inventory buffers that would protect a schedule never get funded.
Order verified in-network
The purchase order, computed production route, and supplier commitments are already structured data inside the network.
Underwriting on production reality
Build history, supplier performance, and stage-level progress replace guesswork, letting capital price against observable risk.
Funded and repaid at delivery
AIM funds the component buy or the supplier's work-in-process, and settles against delivery and invoicing.
What AIM Capital delivers
Purchase-order financing
Fund the component and fabrication spend behind a confirmed order.
Inventory positions
AIM holds long-lead components so builds don't stall at one line item.
Supplier terms
Net terms extended to buyers while suppliers get paid on their own schedule.
Tooling finance
Amortize molds, fixtures, and test hardware across a production program.
Forecast-linked drawdowns
Capital released against the forecast schedule instead of one large upfront commitment.
Scale-up capital
Financing for the step from pilot volume to sustained production.
Case-by-case component prepay handled inside pilot engagements.
Standard PO financing product for network buyers with build history.
Component exchange inventory and supplier terms across the corridor.
Get in early on AIM Capital.
Early participants shape the network: category coverage, certification scope, and which suppliers get onboarded first. Our sourcing desk is already live if you need parts quoted today.
See the 90-day pilot