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…
The increasing dependence on technology and interconnected infrastructure—spanning transportation, communication, energy, and more—has amplified the importance of cybersecurity in ensuring national security. We witnessed a prime example of this in…
It’s no surprise that foreign investors play an active role in the US private capital market. However, their presence raises the question of whether nation-state actors can use their investment…
Over the past three years, founders and investors have navigated an astounding number of strategic shocks—a global pandemic, economic lockdown, the Ukraine crisis, rising interest rates, inflation, and more. Even…
This article was co-authored by TFX Industry Advisory Board members Chris Bollinger, Kyle Teamey and William Treseder. The relationship between the technology industry and foreign affairs, in particular the defense…
This article was co-authored by TFX Industry Advisory Board members Randy Caldejon, Peter Phillips and Mike Privette. Last year saw a massive total of $21.8 billion in venture capital invested…