Mike Shim - Founder & CEO @ True North Cos.

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Primary Job Title Founder & CEO
Primary Organization
True North Cos.

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Michael Shim

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Website www.truenorthcos.com
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True North Cos. is a private investment and advisory firm building valuable, enduring businesses in technology, financial services and consumer products. Founded in 2012 by Mike Shim, a corporate/M&A lawyer-turned tech executive, entrepreneur and venture investor based in Silicon Valley, True North Cos. works with world-beating leaders at

startups and Fortune 500 companies alike to build more purposeful companies. Purposeful companies share a common mission of improving the world through business, while delivering superior long-term returns to their employees, investors and the communities they serve.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Mike Shim

invested in

DigiSure

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. This investment -

Seed Round - DigiSure

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	DigiSure	—	Seed Round - DigiSure	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	DigiSure	Mike Shim	—	Seed Round - DigiSure	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Confirm	Cava Capital	Yes	Seed Round - Confirm	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Mike Shim

has

current jobs including

CEO & Co-Founder

DigiSure

Venture Partner

Nextury Ventures

, and

Founder & CEO

True North Cos.

. Additionally,

Mike Shim

has had

past jobs including

Managing Partner

Cava Capital

DigiSure CEO & Co-FounderJul 2018
Nextury Ventures Venture PartnerNov 2015
True North Cos. Founder & CEO

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Cava Capital	Managing Partner	—	Jan 1, 2017
AME Cloud Ventures	Executive-In-Residence	Dec 2015	Jul 2016
Ocean's Halo	Founder	—	Sep 2015

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Mike Shim

holds

board and advisor roles as

Investor & Advisor

Omaze

and

Co-President, Member of Board of Directors

Georgetown Tech Alliance

Omaze Investor & Advisor2014
Georgetown Tech Alliance Co-President, Member of Board of DirectorsApr 2012

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Ocean's Halo	Board Member	Dec 2011	Oct 2017
Pinterest	Advisor	2013	2014
ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbH	Digital Advisory Board Member	2013	2014
Fanatics	Advisor	2012	2013
Consumr	Advisor	2012	2013
Flint	Advisor	2013	2013
Zoove	Advisory Board Member	2012	2012
EveryScreenMedia	Advisory Board Member	2011	2011
Confirm	Advisory Board Member	Feb 2016	—

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