11 Tribes Ventures believes that founder health and resilience directly drive business success and profitability. Their foundational philosophy centers on the conviction that ‘healthy founders lead to healthy returns without compromising vision or profitability.’ They view the founder as the key asset of any business and believe in allocating real capital and genuine care toward founder outcomes, not just company metrics. This approach is rooted in founder Mark Phillips’ personal experience with entrepreneurial failure and the identity crisis that followed, motivating him to build a firm where ‘capital and care are focused on the founder.’