Venture-Enabled Innovation™

We don't just invest in growth.
We build it. Together.

The first-of-its-kind venture collaborative — pioneered in 2007, with 150+ portfolio companies and $4B+ in tracked portfolio value.

TechNexus partners with leading corporations and ambitious founders to invest in, build, and scale ventures that transform industries. Our insight comes from the connected entrepreneurial ecosystems. We have been mentoring, building and funding ventures since 2007, and putting our own capital and founder ethos to work alongside yours since 2017.

150+
Active Portfolio Investments
More than a Dozen
Corporate Partners
Two Decades
Curating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
$4B+
Follow-on Capital Raised by Portfolio Companies
What We Do
For Corporations

Build and scale your venture ecosystem

  • Co-investment: our fund writes a check alongside yours in every deal
  • Venture strategy through a startup & emerging-tech lens
  • Venture building — co-creating new companies from scratch
  • Turnarounds & CVC portfolio management
  • Corporate spinouts from dormant R&D and IP
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For Ventures

Strategic partners who actually get it

  • Strategic capital with real corporate demand behind it
  • Access to Fortune 1000 distribution & market channels
  • Hands-on operational support — not just a check
  • Founder community & peer network via TeamWorking
  • Go-to-market acceleration through ecosystem partnerships
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For Investors

Advantaged, de-risked opportunities

  • Sector-specific fund access (LP opportunities)
  • Deal flow de-risked by corporate demand signals
  • Co-investment opportunities alongside corporate partners
  • Diversified across AI, clean tech, mobility, industrial tech
  • Advantaged returns from ecosystem convergence
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Portfolio
Companies shaping what's next
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Clean Tech / EV

Harbinger: reinventing medium-duty commercial vehicles

Purpose-built electric platform for the $50B commercial vehicle market

AI / Sales Tech

Letter AI: generative AI for revenue enablement

The world's first AI-powered platform transforming how enterprise sales teams perform

Clean Tech / Mobility

Lightship: the all-electric recreational vehicle

Reinventing the RV with an all-electric platform and sustainable materials

News & Insights
Latest thinking
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TeamWorking by TechNexus
Rooted in Chicago — 20 Years of Collaboration

Where collaboration drives growth

For twenty years, TechNexus has been rooted in the belief that being physically around each other drives collaboration — and collaboration drives growth. What started as a single room of founders has become the center of Chicago's tech and innovation community.

TeamWorking by TechNexus has successfully incubated well over 600 startups. Today it's where portfolio founders, corporate partners, and innovators work side by side — sharing context, momentum, and the serendipity that only happens in person.

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Ready to build your venture ecosystem?

Whether you're a corporation exploring innovation, a startup seeking strategic partners, or an investor looking for differentiated deal flow — let's start a conversation.

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