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True North Venture Partners

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Chicago's True North Venture Partners invests in early stage businesses transforming global industries.

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01.01.2011

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Their mission is to identify talented entrepreneurs with the vision, drive and business potential to significantly improve the world and help them realize their dreams by providing capital and expertise. True North Venture Partners is focused on developing an interconnected and symbiotic set of innovative technologies and businesses that will reshape core industries and help the world transition to a clean and sustainable future, particularly in sectors such as energy, water, fuels and chemicals that require disruptive innovation to meet future demands.
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Michael J. Ahearn is a businessman from the United States who is the co-founder and chairman of First Solar as well as the founder and managing partner of True North Venture Partners. He graduated from Arizona State University with a BS in Finance and a JD. Ahearn co-founded True North Partners, LLC, an equity investment firm, with John T. Walton in 1996. Ahearn is currently Chairman and Managing Partner of True North Venture Partners, L.P., a venture capital firm he launched in 2011 to invest primarily in early stage companies in the energy, water, agriculture and waste sectors. Prior to First Solar, he was partner and president of an equity investment firm, JWMA (formerly True North Partners, L.L.C.). Prior to joining JWMA, Ahearn practiced law as a partner in the firm of Gallagher & Kennedy. Ahearn currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Cox Enterprises, Inc.; a member of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Global, Inc.; and a member of the Global Advisory Board of Beijing Climate Policy Initiative. Ahearn holds a B.A. in Finance and a J.D. from Arizona State University.

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