11 Tribes Ventures
Jeff Spanbauer is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in healthcare marketing and business management. Currently serving as a Venture Partner at 11 Tribes Ventures and an Advisory Board Member of the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Spanbauer also holds the positions of Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder at Relevate Health since 2007, successfully leading multiple acquisitions to establish the company as a leader in healthcare professional engagement. Previous roles include President at Healthcare Regional Marketing and various positions at Pfizer, where Spanbauer significantly enhanced product sales, as well as at Procter & Gamble, where leadership in brand management led to notable product launches. Educational qualifications include an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a BS in Agribusiness Management from North Carolina State University.
11 Tribes Ventures
11 Tribes Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that proactively invests in the resilience of entrepreneurs. We are radical in our allocation of resources to develop our founders, putting real dollars towards their mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Our approach is proving that healthy founders will lead to healthy returns without compromising mission or profitability. Furthermore, we invest in purpose-driven entrepreneurs disrupting legacy industries. Our firm provides innovative, founder-focused venture capital investment to early-stage technology companies in non-traditional technology hubs across the country. By rejecting the status quo of dollars-driven, people-indifferent investing and replacing it with an approach that centers around building businesses that are profitable and sustainable, 11 Tribes is changing the narrative of traditional venture from burnout to flourishing by redefining the ecosystem of support around each founder.