Tim Tebow Joins GOVO Venture Partners
June 24 2024 - 10:25AM
Business Wire
Tim Tebow has joined GOVO Venture Partners as a Partner. Tebow
is a two-time collegiate national football champion quarterback,
Heisman Trophy winner, first-round NFL draft pick, and a former
professional baseball player. He is also a five-time New York Times
best-selling author, speaker and football analyst. He is well-known
for the passion and effort he has put into establishing and growing
the Tim Tebow Foundation, a charitable organization that has
provided help to some of the most vulnerable people in nearly
ninety countries in the areas of Anti-Human Trafficking and Child
Exploitation, Orphan Care and Prevention, Profound Medical Needs,
and Special Needs Ministry.
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Founded by fund general partners Rob Panepinto, Jonathan Kilman,
Brian D’Ambrosio, and 1858 Capital Partners, GOVO Venture Partners
launched its first venture fund, GOVO Fund I in January 2023. The
fund focuses on investing in early-stage companies that are
engaging in business with governmental entities or navigating
government regulation as an important aspect of growth. By
leveraging their expertise and network, GOVO aims to support and
optimize the success of promising ventures that have the potential
to make a meaningful impact for people across Florida, America, and
beyond.
Tebow said, “I am excited to partner and invest in GOVO because
they care about purpose and people.” As a Partner in GOVO, Tebow
and his Florida-headquartered team will support the growth of the
fund’s portfolio companies. To date, GOVO has invested in seven
portfolio companies in areas including cloud clinic healthcare,
data-supported traffic management, 3-D printed seawalls that
enhance sustainability and resilience, AI-powered voice
identification for fraud and theft prevention, precision medicine
management for patients facing cancer and complex/rare diseases,
connected vehicle commerce, and cybersecurity.
Panepinto, GOVO’s Managing Partner, commented, “We are excited
and honored to have Tim join us as a Partner. Throughout his career
as an athlete and businessman, and in his mission-driven work, Tim
has demonstrated an extraordinary work ethic and unsurpassed
integrity. As we explored this partnership, the alignment between
Tim’s talent and values and the work we are doing at GOVO became
clear. Our portfolio companies are often solving problems that make
the world a better, safer place in areas such as environmental
technologies, fraud and theft prevention, and the modernization of
healthcare. Through his creativity, relationships and energy, we
are confident that Tim will help accelerate the growth of our
portfolio companies. We also believe that some of our current, and
likely future portfolio companies can be helpful in supporting the
vulnerable people that the Tim Tebow Foundation is fighting
for.”
GOVO General Partner Jonathan Kilman noted, “As a fellow
University of Florida Gator, I’ve cheered Tim on and watched his
extraordinary career unfold. He is as well-known and respected as
any Floridian can be. We anticipate that in addition to his other
efforts, Tim will magnify GOVO’s capacity to attract the best
Florida-based investment opportunities and support portfolio
company goals. Perhaps what has impressed me most is that he never
wavers from his mission, whether as an athlete on a field or as the
founder and leader of a global charity. Tim’s example will inspire
the founders of our portfolio companies, and we look forward to
working with him.”
ABOUT GOVO VENTURE PARTNERS
GOVO Venture Partners is a Winter Park, Florida based
company. GOVO Fund I is a venture fund that invests, seed round
through series A, in early-stage companies for which doing business
with government or navigating government regulations is an
important success factor. For more information, please visit
www.govovp.com.
ABOUT TIM TEBOW
Tim Tebow is a professional sports analyst, former
professional football and baseball player, and two-time college
national football champion quarterback. He is also the founder of
the Tim Tebow Foundation. For more information, please visit
www.timtebowfoundation.org.
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