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Sima is a founder and principal of Aethlon Capital, a private investment bank that offers a broad range of financing, M&A and strategic advisory services.
She has over 20 years experience in financial markets - raising in excess of $300 million in private equity capital. In addition to equity capital raising activities, Sima provides advice on corporate partnering and strategic alliances. She also assists clients in building their management teams and Board of Directors.
She founded and was President of Griffith Levi Capital, an investment bank she formed in 1989. Previously, Sima was Vice president of D. F. King & Co., Inc., a Wall Street firm specializing in investor relations, proxy solicitation, and merger related advisory services.
Sima was the recipient of 2005 Women on Boards "Not for Profit" Director of the Year and the National Association of Women Business Owners (Minnesota chapter) 2003 Vision award. "Finance and Commerce" newspaper named Sima one of the "Top Women in Finance" for 2003 and "The Business Journal" selected her as one of the Twin Cities "Women to Watch" in 2002. She served as a judge for the 2005 and 2006 Minnesota Cup, a statewide contest for Minnesota's newest and most innovative business ideas and was also a judge for the 2003 and 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.
Sima is currently on the Board of Children's Hospitals and Clinics, the largest pediatric health care organization in the Upper-Midwest. She is also on the Board of the Minneapolis Foundation, a statewide center for philanthropy and, on the Board of Advisors of PACER, a non-profit organization serving families of children and young adults with disabilities. Sima served on the Board of Governors of the Children's Theater Company, one of the world's foremost theaters for young people from 1999 - 2005. Sima was on the Board of Directors of the Investor Relations Section of the Public Relations Society of America and on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Business Communicators of New York.
Ms. Griffith has been featured in the "Star Tribune," "St. Paul Pioneer Press," "TwinCities Business Monthly," "Minneapolis, St. Paul Business Journal," and "Upsize" magazine, and has spoken before various groups on issues and trends in venture capital. She appears in "Who's Who of American Women" and "Who's Who in Finance." She served as Co-Chair of Women-to-Women, an investment group dedicated to helping finance women-owned businesses. Sima is a Board member of the Minnesota's Women's Economic Roundtable a forum for high-profile women leaders.
She is a graduate of Amherst College and has served as Vice President of the Amherst Alumni Association of Minnesota. Sima is a registered Principal with the NASD and holds Series 7, 24, and 63.
