This is Not a Charity — with Lisa Sutton Gunderson

Lisa Sutton Gunderson has never worn a uniform. But as a General Partner at The Veteran Fund — a seed-stage VC backing veteran-led critical technology companies in defense tech, autonomy, space, and AI — she might have more conviction about what veterans are capable of than most people who have. We get into why the "step down and start over" script handed to transitioning veterans is wrong, what an elite operator looks like when they bet on themselves, why her fund pairs veteran operators with technical co-founders, and why treating veterans as a charity case instead of a competitive advantage gets the whole thing backwards. The Veteran Fund: https://www.veteran.fund Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisasongsutton A Paralax production. © 2026 Paralax Media. All rights reserved.