Thomas Hendrix
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Decisive Point, a venture capital and strategic advisory firm investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure; also founder and Executive Chairman of nuclear fuel manufacturer Standard Nuclear.
Thomas "Tommy" Hendrix is co-founder and Managing Partner of Decisive Point, a venture capital and strategic advisory firm he founded in 2018 investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure. He previously served about a decade in the U.S. Army as an Infantry and Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, including command of a counter-terrorism crisis-response force in Iraq, before working at Blackstone. In 2024 he also founded Standard Nuclear, an advanced nuclear fuel (TRISO/HALEU) manufacturer built on assets from Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation's bankruptcy; it emerged from stealth in 2025 with Decisive Point backing, raised a Series A in early 2026, and made Hendrix Executive Chairman. He holds degrees from West Point, Columbia Business School, and George Washington University Law School.
Overview
- Role
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner
- Based in
- Beacon, New York, USA
- Prior experience
- U.S. Army; Blackstone; Standard Nuclear
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- Who is Thomas Hendrix?
- Thomas "Tommy" Hendrix is co-founder and Managing Partner of Decisive Point, a venture capital and strategic advisory firm he founded in 2018 investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure. He previously served about a decade in the U.S. Army as an Infantry and Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, including command of a counter-terrorism crisis-response force in Iraq, before working at Blackstone. In 2024 he also founded Standard Nuclear, an advanced nuclear fuel (TRISO/HALEU) manufacturer built on assets from Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation's bankruptcy; it emerged from stealth in 2025 with Decisive Point backing, raised a Series A in early 2026, and made Hendrix Executive Chairman. He holds degrees from West Point, Columbia Business School, and George Washington University Law School.
- What is Thomas Hendrix's role?
- Thomas Hendrix is Co-Founder and Managing Partner, based in Beacon, New York, USA.
- Where did Thomas Hendrix work before?
- Thomas Hendrix's prior roles include U.S. Army; Blackstone; Standard Nuclear.
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Thomas Hendrix co-founded Decisive Point and previously served as a U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer before working at Blackstone
Decisive Point: Thomas Hendrix — TeamVerified2026-08-11 - 2
Thomas Hendrix's own first-person account: in 2018 started a venture capital and strategic advisory firm after leaving the Army and working at Blackstone; earned an MSL in Government Procurement Law at GW Law, class of 2021
GWU Law: Thomas Hendrix — Government Procurement MSL '21Verified2026-08-09 - 3
Thomas Hendrix served as a Ranger, Green Beret, and commander of a counter-terrorism crisis response force with operations in Iraq and duty protecting U.S. diplomatic facilities across the Middle East and North Africa
NYU Courant RiskEcon Lab: Thomas Hendrix — Research AssociatesReported2026-08-11 - 4
Standard Nuclear, founded by Kurt Terrani and Tommy Hendrix, emerged from stealth with forty-two million dollars in funding led by Decisive Point
BusinessWire: Standard Nuclear Emerges from Stealth with $42 Million in Funding to Secure the Domestic Advanced Nuclear Fuel Supply ChainVerified2025-06-10 - 5
Standard Nuclear raised a one-hundred-forty-million-dollar Series A round led by Decisive Point and began production of advanced HALEU fuel
BusinessWire: Standard Nuclear Begins Production of Advanced HALEU Fuel and Raises $140 Million in Series A FundingVerified2026-01-26