Whiskey Tango FM

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. 

What is Whiskey Tango FM?

Whiskey Tango FM is a veteran-led show about the military-to-civilian transition. The tradeoffs, risks, and work of figuring out who you are again as you build a deliberate life after service.

It’s about what the transition really looks like behind the curtain. Career decisions, reinvention, leadership in civilian spaces, and the stuff nobody brings up in separation briefs.

A Rompus Media production.
© 2026 Rompus LLC. All rights reserved.