Francesca de Quesada Covey is a venture capital partner at TheVentureCity who uniquely combines early-stage investing experience with senior civic roles, including Chief Innovation & Economic Development Officer for Miami-Dade County and VP of Community Impact at Knight Foundation, giving her both operator-VC and systems-level civic perspectives on how startups integrate with local economies and public infrastructure. She co-founded the Miami-Dade Innovation Authority, a public-private partnership that pays startups to pilot government solutions, providing her hands-on experience with procurement and municipal priorities that informs her investment approach, particularly for companies serving public or quasi-public customers.