Brent Upshaw, Serial Entrepreneur, Founding Principal, current Chief Executive Officer/Chief Strategy Officer at Grind Enterprises (Private Equity/Venture Capital) & Grind Capital (Dual-Use Emerging Technologies Portfolio)
Background: Grind Enterprises is a Louisiana-based private equity and portfolio management firm making equity, convertible debt and leverage investments in Commercial & Residential Real Estate, Regulated Services & Technology companies, and Emerging Technologies/Technology Transfer for Dual-Use applications in the 16 Critical Infrastructure Sectors, to include the Dept of Defense.
Emerging Technology

Investment Thesis: Grind Capital is a US-based Venture Capital Firm focused on integrated and collaborative Technology Transfer & Commercialization investment fund making pre-Seed, Seed, Seed+ and Bridge investments in US-based companies and research teams developing emerging technologies and novel solutions with applicability to the Department of Defense and broad Federal Marketplace that can also be used commercially by the 16 Critical Infrastructure Sectors. 

Notable Commercial Partners: Lumen Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Radiance Technologies, Lacerta Life Sciences, Oracle, Unity, CAE/L3 Harris, BMW, Toyota, Shell, Exxon, AirBus
Federal Clients: US ARMY, USAF, NAVY, USSF, NASA, DHS, Dept of Energy, Dept of Commerce, NIH, NSF, Department of Agriculture IP Sources: Tier 1 Academic & Federal Labs, Fortune 100-500/Federal Primes, SBIR/STTR eligible small businesses/startups and
research teams

Current Portfolio: Additive Manufacturing/Advanced Materials, Reverse Engineering/Rapid Prototyping, Nanotech, BioMed/Biotech, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Quantum/Edge Computing, IoT/Sensors, Semiconductors, Digital Engineering, Agricultural Science, Biological & Life Sciences, Alternative Fuels, Hypersonics, Greentech