NuvoNexus is a deep-tech holding company founded and led by David Sherrer — a two-time exit operator with 125+ issued patents and three decades of moving deep technology from invention to fielded product.
Most deep-tech companies fail somewhere between funded R&D and fieldable product. The science is real, the customer is real, and the team still runs out of runway, attention, or both. NuvoNexus exists because that pattern is avoidable when an operator who has already moved technology from invention to acquisition can stand behind the next one.
We build, own, and operate deep-tech businesses serving U.S. defense and industrial customers. Each operating company has its own technical leadership and customer base. NuvoNexus provides the holding-company spine: capital allocation, executive oversight, and the operating discipline that turns funded R&D into transitioned product.
We don’t spread thin. The portfolio is intentionally small — four active businesses today, each chosen because it fits an operating model we’ve already proven.
Headquarters in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Primary operating site for MacroVation in Fairlawn, Virginia — 9,000 sq ft of high-pressure reactor, materials characterization, and prototype-build infrastructure. Asset-recovery operations for PARREF run out of Radford, Virginia.
Technical depth. Every operating company is led by people who can build the thing themselves. No technology theater.
Funded execution. Customer-funded R&D where the customer actually exists — U.S. government and prime-contractor programs with real transition pull, not speculative roadmap.
Disciplined transition. Stay in the work long enough to make sure the program actually transitions. Two prior exits taught us that the last 20% is harder than the first 80%.
Quiet operation. Privately held. No public-market noise. Customer relationships and technical execution drive the business — not announcements.