Decisive Point
US venture capital and strategic advisory firm investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure; participated in Orqa's €5.8M Seed round (Dec 2024) and in Scout AI's seed and $100M Series A.
Decisive Point is a US venture capital firm, founded in 2018, that invests in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure. It pairs early-stage capital with government market access, non-dilutive public R&D funding and government contracting expertise, and runs accelerators supporting DoD programs such as NSIN Propel. The firm is led by co-founder and Managing Partner Thomas 'Tommy' Hendrix, with General Partners Eric Horan and Andrew Price. Its disclosed fund, Decisive Point Ventures Fund I, L.P., held its initial close in January 2021 with a $10M target. Decisive Point participated in Orqa's €5.8M Seed round (Dec 2024) and in Scout AI's seed and $100M Series A (2025–2026).
Overview
- Firm
- Decisive Point
- Headquarters
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Founded
- 2018
- AUM
- Stages
- Seed, Series A
- Thesis
- Investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure — pairing early-stage capital with government market access and contracting expertise.
- Website
- www.decisivepoint.com/
Portfolio companies2
- CompanyOrqaCroatian FPV drone hardware maker (goggles, digital video transmission, and increasingly defense/security-oriented FPV drone electronics).
- CompanyScout AIBuilds Fury, a vision-language-action foundation model turning unmanned ground, air, sea, and space military systems into autonomous agents.
Partners3
- FounderThomas HendrixCo-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.
- FounderEric HoranCo-Founder and General Partner of Decisive Point, a venture capital and strategic advisory firm investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure; leads the firm's advisory practice helping startups and investors navigate federal markets.
- FounderAndrew PriceGeneral Partner at Decisive Point, directing the firm's business development and investor relations; co-founder of Unite Us, a social-determinants-of-health coordination platform.
Frequently asked
- What is Decisive Point?
- Investing in critical technologies for defense, energy and infrastructure — pairing early-stage capital with government market access and contracting expertise.
- What stages does Decisive Point invest at?
- Decisive Point invests at Seed, Series A.
Sources & citations7
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Decisive Point participated in Orqa's €5.8M Seed round (Dec 2024)
BusinessWire: Orqa Secures 5.8m€ in Seed Funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to Accelerate Development and Production of Next-Gen Autonomous Drone Solutions for Defense and Enterprise MarketsVerified2024-12-18 - 3
Decisive Point announced the initial close of its first venture capital fund ($10M, Jan 2021)
PR Newswire: Decisive Point Announces the Initial Close of First Venture Capital FundVerified2021-01-22 - 4
Decisive Point Ventures Fund I, L.P. Form D (filed 2021-01-26); principals Hendrix, Horan, Price; Beacon NY address at the time
SEC EDGAR: Decisive Point Ventures Fund I, L.P. — Form DVerified2021-01-26 - 5
Decisive Point Ventures participated in Scout AI's $15M seed round (Apr 2025)
Defense One: Robot maker emerges from stealth with 5M in seed capitalVerified2025-04-16 - 6
Decisive Point participated in Scout AI's $100M Series A (Apr 2026)
PR Newswire: Scout AI Raises 00M Series A to Build the AI Brain for Unmanned WarfareVerified2026-04-29 - 7
Thomas Hendrix's own first-person account: 'in 2018 started a venture capital and strategic advisory firm'
GWU Law: Thomas Hendrix — Government Procurement MSL '21Verified2026-08-09