A Mission Driven Venture Studio · Blowing Rock, North Carolina
We Champion Technology That Makes The World A Safer Place
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May 2026 — Emirates Safer Internet Society and Algorethics sign MOU to explore RoseShield™ for UAE children May 2025 — TPG and Native Brigade announce strategic partnership for tribal and federal public safety technology March 2025 — Digital Child Safe Ecosystem™ launches Phase 1 with CODAZIM programmatic authority in Zimbabwe May 2026 — Emirates Safer Internet Society and Algorethics sign MOU to explore RoseShield™ for UAE children May 2025 — TPG and Native Brigade announce strategic partnership for tribal and federal public safety technology March 2025 — Digital Child Safe Ecosystem™ launches Phase 1 with CODAZIM programmatic authority in Zimbabwe
Our Charge

We build companies that make the world a safer place for children.

The Proudfoot Group
The Mission

Build the companies the world needs — for the children most at risk.

Faith demands action on behalf of the vulnerable.

I · Governance

The Company

Governance, equity architecture, IP strategy, licensing frameworks, regulatory compliance. The structural foundation that makes a company investable, contractable, and operable in regulated markets where most studios won't go.

II · Access

The Market

Federal agency outreach, defense and intelligence engagement, state and municipal procurement, tribal authority relationships, NGO and multilateral access. SDVOSB and woman-owned status open doors. We know how to walk through them.

III · Operations

The System

Training infrastructure, certification pathways, white-labeled portals, BD networks, partner channels. The operational systems that turn a product into recurring revenue and a company into something that compounds.

Melissa Ehlers
J.D. · Marine Judge Advocate
Chief Executive Officer
Attorney and operator. Leads federal engagement, governance architecture, and BD strategy across the TPG portfolio. SDVOSB and woman-owned principal.
Dr. G. Loy Ehlers III
J.D. · Marine Judge Advocate
Chief Operating Officer
Attorney, educator, and author. Architects the legal, governance, and educational infrastructure for TPG-operated companies. Founder of the AI-Powered Professional Series and AIPPA Academy.
Engagement

Three ways to work with TPG.

TPG structures every engagement to align our incentives with yours.

Model 01

Equity Partnership

For early-stage companies where cash is limited but the opportunity is real. TPG takes an equity position and revenue share in exchange for full company-building services — governance, GTM, BD, training infrastructure, and ongoing operational support.

Best forPre-seed to Series A companies with a validated product and a regulated-market opportunity. Current examples include ChildSafe.dev and Native Brigade.
Model 02

Project-Based

Defined scope, defined deliverable, defined fee. For companies that need specific infrastructure built — a governance framework, a training system, a government sales strategy, a licensing architecture — without a long-term commitment.

Best forCompanies with specific gaps that need filling. Typical projects range from a single governance document to a full training platform deployment.
Model 03

Retained Partner

Ongoing monthly retainer for companies that need continuous BD, market development, and operational support. TPG functions as your embedded business development and operations team — without the overhead of building one.

Best forGrowth-stage companies that have product-market fit and need consistent, professional BD and government / institutional channel development.
Federal

Certified. Experienced. Ready to team.

TPG's SDVOSB and WOSB certifications are procurement advantages — not just identity badges. We are actively available to team, joint venture, and prime on federal contracts in AI governance, child safety technology, and national security. If you're building a proposal and need a qualified small business partner, let's talk.

Teaming 01

Subcontractor

TPG brings domain expertise in AI governance, child safety technology, and ethical technology — alongside SDVOSB and WOSB certifications that satisfy small business participation requirements on set-aside and full-and-open federal contracts.

Best forLarge primes and systems integrators seeking a qualifying SDVOSB / WOSB sub with substantive technology and compliance expertise — not just a pass-through.
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Teaming 02

Joint Venture

TPG is structured for JV arrangements on SBIR / STTR opportunities, mentor-protégé programs, and larger contract vehicles where both parties share operational responsibility, risk, and reward. Our legal and governance background makes us an unusually capable JV partner.

Best forPartners pursuing set-aside vehicles, 8(a) mentor-protégé arrangements, or multi-award contract vehicles requiring substantive small business participation.
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Teaming 03

Prime Contractor

TPG primes on child safety technology, AI governance, and public safety contracts — with ChildSafe.dev / RoseShield™, Algorethics.ai, and Native Brigade as the technical solution layer. Our partner portfolio is purpose-built for federal and state agency deployment.

Best forAgency opportunities in child digital safety, AI ethics enforcement, law enforcement technology, and tribal community public safety — where TPG's partner platforms are the right technical solution.
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Federal Profile The Proudfoot Group, LLC Registered · Certified · Active
Certifications SDVOSB · WOSB · VOSB
CAGE Code 7KNB5
UEI JNKMY9G1SMC3
NAICS Codes 541512 · 541690 · 541990 · 541330 · 541511
Leadership

Founded by Marines. Driven by Mission.

Both founders are Marine Corps veterans and former Judge Advocates — with careers spanning national security, higher education leadership, and corporate governance. That background isn't decorative. The institutions we came up in taught us the same thing: faith without action isn't faith, and law without enforcement isn't justice.

We don't write the code. The founders do that. We handle everything else: governance, federal sales channel, licensing, training, BD, legal architecture, operating discipline. The product is theirs. The company is ours. The people who can ship a product are rarely the people who can run a company — and a product without a company doesn't ship, doesn't scale, and doesn't last long enough to matter.

We started Proudfoot because the work in front of us was too important to wait for someone else to do it. AI is reshaping regulated industries faster than the rules can catch up. The people most at risk are children, vulnerable communities, and anyone the system was already failing. They are at the front of the line for the harm and the back of the line for the protection.

Partnership May 2026

Emirates Safer Internet Society and Algorethics Sign MOU to Explore RoseShield™ for UAE Children

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Appointment April 2026

TPG Co-Founder Loy Ehlers Appointed to Founding Governance Council of International Child Safety Standards Body

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Partnership May 2025

TPG and Native Brigade Announce Strategic Partnership for Public Safety Technology

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Launch March 2025

Digital Child Safe Ecosystem™ Launches Phase 1 with CODAZIM Programmatic Authority in Zimbabwe

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Work With Us

Ready to build
something real?

TPG works with a small number of companies at any given time — by design. Every partnership gets full attention, not a slice of it. If you have a technology that deserves better infrastructure, better market access, and a team that's built companies before, let's talk.

info@theproudfootgroup.com
Location
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Contact
info@theproudfootgroup.com