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    TechNexus Venture Collaborative

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2007

    TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based venture firm that connects Fortune 1000 corporations with high-growth early-stage startups through co-investment, operational support, and strategic partnerships. Since 2007, it has built a portfolio of 150+ companies using a collaborative model that pairs corporate capital with startup execution.

    Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.8M (across 35 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    34

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    JR

    John Ramirez

    Venture Partner, Cofounder ForgeX

    Fred Hoch

    Fred Hoch

    Founder & General Partner

    Andy Annacone

    Andy Annacone

    Managing Director

    IG

    Ian Greenblatt

    Venture Partner

    JK

    Jason Krantz

    Venture Partner

    Steve Sanger

    Steve Sanger

    Venture Partner

    Ellie Schweska

    Ellie Schweska

    Director, Venture Operations

    Jim Dallke

    Jim Dallke

    Director, Communications

    Madelyn Rutter

    Madelyn Rutter

    Sr. Director, Collaboration

    Matt Meyers

    Matt Meyers

    Director, Strategy & Venture

    Taylor Kinsella

    Taylor Kinsella

    Director, Operations

    Andrew Loulousis

    Andrew Loulousis

    Vice President, Strategy & Venture

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    37 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    HHarbingerSeries B$100MJan 2025
    H3X Technologies logoH3X TechnologiesSeries A$20MAug 2024
    Partium logoPartiumSeries A$15MJan 2024
    Harbinger Motors logoHarbinger MotorsSeries A$60MSep 2023
    Kanarys logoKanarysSeries A$5MFeb 2023
    NanoGraf logoNanoGrafSeries B$65MFeb 2023
    Invert Robotics logoInvert RoboticsSeries A$8.8MJan 2023
    NanoGraf logoNanoGrafSeries B$65MJan 2023
    Geomiq logoGeomiqSeries A$8.5MJul 2022
    Captain Experiences logoCaptain ExperiencesSeed$2MFeb 2022
    CCabana (company)Seed$1MJan 2022
    SSounderSeries A$7.7MJan 2022
    Native Voice logoNative VoiceSeed$14MJul 2021
    Using Miles logoUsing MilesSeries A$12.5MJul 2021
    Rollick logoRollickUnknown$8.5MMar 2021
    Rollick logoRollickSeed$8.5MMar 2021
    Ocient logoOcientSeries B$40MJan 2021
    Mesh++ logoMesh++Seed$4.9MJan 2021
    Ocient logoOcientSeed—Jan 2020
    Trint logoTrintSeries A$4.5MApr 2019
    Miles logoMilesSeries A—Mar 2019
    Podfund logoPodfundSeed$2.3MJan 2019
    Losant logoLosantSeries A$5.2MJan 2018
    MaverickX logoMaverickXUnknown$19M—
    Natrion logoNatrionSeed$2M—
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026