Firms

Ascension Investment Management

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Ascension Investment Management, LLC (AIM) is a St. Louis, Missouri-based SEC-registered investment adviser serving faith-based institutional investors under Catholic socially responsible investment guidelines. The Missouri LLC is wholly owned by Ascension Capital, LLC, which is wholly owned by nonprofit Catholic healthcare system Ascension. Its internal investment-office roots date to2009; it registered as an adviser and expanded services to outside institutions in2012. AIM provides outsourced CIO and selected-asset-class investment management across public markets, alternatives and private markets, including healthcare, climate and other impact investments. Its relevance to neuroscience includes its explicitly named participation in Cortica’s actual $40 million Series D extension in October2023, supporting autism and neurodevelopment care. AIM is distinct from both Ascension Ventures and the UK investor at ascension.vc. The current website publishes27 named team members and reports $40 billion of client assets under management for2025; this AUM is not a closed venture fund. Its earlier impact-program allocations are client strategy commitments, while actual named fund vehicles include Ascension Alpha Fund, LLC and the jointly developed Common Good Fund, whose first close was announced in August2026 with size undisclosed.

Founded: 2012
Type: Venture capital