Larsen Jensen, a two-time Olympic medalist and former Navy SEAL, hands-on helps commercial infrastructure, security, and AI companies win government contracts—his portfolio has closed roughly $500M in such deals.

Taylor Sargent combines hands-on technical experience as lead scientist for satellite communications and ground-station modernization at NASA Goddard with DARPA program-management deploying ~$130M across aerospace, quantum sensing and advanced materials.

Bob Mason is an operator and former software engineer/CTO who helped take ATG and Brightcove public and steers founders toward focused verticals, practical AI wins, and clear product design.

Josh Manchester, a former U.S. Marine Corps officer and solo GP, backs technology protecting government by consent and the free world; he was an early backer of Palantir and Anduril.

Ethan Austin, a former GiveForward founder with fintech, healthcare and social-impact experience, champions underestimated, nontraditional founders—outsiders and extreme personalities with non‑linear life paths.

Philip Carson is a partner at a top Dallas VC fund, invests pre-seed–Series A in energy, defense and industrial tech—especially robotics, manufacturing, logistics and supply-chain/energy solutions—and is Moody Bible Institute and SMU Cox-trained.