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Paimun Amini

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Investor at Leaps by Bayer · Board director at NuCicer · Board director at Sound Agriculture

St. Louis, Missouri

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Paimun Amini is VP of Venture Investments at Leaps by Bayer, focusing on agtech, climate tech, and food tech. He brings experience in strategy, information technology, and marketing, along with connections across agriculture, biotechnology, chemistry, and entrepreneurial communities. His background includes leading agile transformations and managing high-profile IT projects.

Board director at NuCicer

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NuCicer's investors · 8

Better Ventures Central LlcOakland · $500K – $1.5M checks · since 2022Blue Horizon CorporationZurich · since 2022Illumina VenturesFoster City · since 2022Leaps by BayerLeverkusen · since 2022Lever VCNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022Rhapsody Venture PartnersCambridge · $500K – $2M checks · since 2022Stray Dog CapitalLeawood · $100K – $1M checks · since 2022Trellis Road I Fund ABStockholm

Co-founders at NuCicer

KCKathryn Cook
Kathryn CookExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Sound Agriculture

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Sound Agriculture's investors · 9

Cavallo VenturesSan Francisco · since 2017Cultivian Sandbox VenturesChicago · $5M – $15M checks · since 2017Fall Line CapitalSan Mateo · since 2022FootPrint CoalitionLos Angeles · $50K – $1M checks · since 2022Leaps by BayerLeverkusen · since 2022Northpond VenturesBethesda · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022S2G InvestmentsChicago · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Sandbox IndustriesChicagoSyngenta Group VenturesDurham · $500K – $5M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Sound Agriculture

EDEric Davidson
Eric DavidsonDirector
TBTravis Bayer
Travis BayerDirector

Experience

  1. Leaps by BayerVP, Venture Investmentscurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Leaps by BayerSr. Director of Venture Investments, LEAPS2019 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. SabantoBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  4. NuCicerBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentDavis, California, United States
  5. Sound AgricultureBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentEmeryville, California, United States
  6. Fork & Goode Inc.Board Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. Grão DiretoBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
  8. RantizoBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  9. Apollo AgricultureBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  10. BayerDirector of Digital Partnerships & Innovation2018 — 2020Greater St. Louis
  11. Monsanto CompanyDirector of Digital Strategy & Partnerships2018Greater St. Louis
  12. Monsanto CompanyAg Productivity Digital Lead (Director)2015 — 2018Greater St. Louis
  13. Monsanto CompanyPartner Success Manager (R&D IT)2014 — 2015Greater St. Louis
  14. Monsanto CompanyProduct Support Coordinator2012 — 2014Greater St. Louis
  15. Monsanto CompanyScience Software Application Support Specialist2011 — 2012
  16. Clear to Launch Media Inc.Strategic & Marketing Director2014 — 2016Greater St. Louis
  17. USDAResearch Chemist2008 — 2010
  18. Washington University in St. LouisAssistant Manager of Arts & Sciences Computing Department2007 — 2010

Skills & more

Microsoft Office23Microsoft Excel11PowerPoint9Matlab5Microsoft Word4Analysis12Management13Strategic Planning2Strategy6Leadership4Public Speaking2Business Strategy15
+12 moreSoftware DocumentationData AnalysisMarketing StrategyProject ManagementIT StrategyResearchTroubleshootingGenomicsTrainingTechnical WritingAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProduction Support

Languages English · Farsi

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Colleagues at Leaps by Bayer

Brendan Kelly
Principal at Lightstone Ventures
David Dolby
CEO at Dolby Family Ventures
Derek Norman
Vice President at Leaps by Bayer
Naveen Krishnan
Investor at Leaps by Bayer
Rakhshita Dhar
Investor at Leaps by Bayer

Network2

Derek Norman
Vice President at Leaps by Bayer
Fabio Pucci
Partner at Arkin Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Paimun Amini?
Paimun Amini is VP of Venture Investments at Leaps by Bayer, focusing on agtech, climate tech, and food tech. He brings experience in strategy, information technology, and marketing, along with connections across agriculture, biotechnology, chemistry, and entrepreneurial communities. His background includes leading agile transformations and managing high-profile IT projects.
Where does Paimun Amini work?
Paimun Amini is Investor at Leaps by Bayer and Board director at NuCicer and Board director at Sound Agriculture.
What check size does Paimun Amini write?
Paimun Amini typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Paimun Amini invested in?
Investments tracked here include American Autonomy, NuCicer, Sabanto.
Where did Paimun Amini go to school?
Paimun Amini studied at Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Biology); Washington University in St. Louis (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management).

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