High Reliability Organizations, Software Quality, and Secure by Design In the summer of July 2024, a few errant lines of code deployed to production without sufficient testing caused over $5…
The F Word What we’ve learned about Startup Founders in the past 10yrs? By Brandon Shelton (Founder & Managing Partner TFX Capital) INTRODUCTION In 2015, we launched TFX Capital to…
“A small leak will sink a great ship” — Benjamin Franklin We recently announced our latest investment into a company called LeakSignal out of Atlanta, GA. As their name suggests…
In the early morning hours of February 24th 2022 there was a cyber attack on ViaSat, a US-based multinational satellite provider. One hour later, the Russians invaded Ukraine. The attack,…
The Pandemic Looms In March 2020, the COVID lockdown had just begun and I was entering the most uncertain environment of my adult life along with the rest of the…
Callye Keen (Kform) talks with TFX Founder Brandon Shelton about the latest needs and trends in the defense industry and how startup companies are driving innovation and change. From concept…
Eight years ago this month in October 2015 we made our very first investment at TFX Capital: GoodUnited. While I didn’t fully understand the nuances of being a small, emerging…
22 Years of Technology, Innovation, Learning, Gaps, and Opportunities By: Brandon Shelton, Managing Partner On this 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 we give pause and reflect on…
According to the Small Business Administration, while Veterans make up only around 0.5% of the US population, they own and operate 10% of small businesses. In this episode, Bob Louthan…
For the past few years, we’ve heard the same criticism from institutional investors: Venture capital firms are too fast with their deployment of capital, often at the expense of diligence…