NuvoNexus operates a focused portfolio of deep-tech businesses serving U.S. defense and industrial customers. Each company has its own technical leadership, customer base, and contracting infrastructure — backed by holding-company capital allocation and operating oversight.
Defense materials R&D and prototype systems. MacroVation moves mission-critical material behavior from formulation through prototype demonstration — building the chemistry, delivery hardware, and performance evidence that take a material effect into transition-relevant product. Headquartered in Fairlawn, VA with a 9,000 sq ft lab and four active funded programs across USMC, NAVSEA, and ONR.
U.S.-developed defense electronics for counter-drone, electronic warfare, and signals applications. Helicon Defense is in the formation phase — standing up trademark, ITAR registration, and customer-engagement infrastructure ahead of first-customer engagements. Information available under non-disclosure to qualified U.S. government and prime-contractor partners.
Industrial equipment recovery and resale. Phoenix Asset Recovery (PARREF) turns surplus deep-tech and process-industry assets into deployable capability for the next operator — reactors, instruments, and process equipment moved through structured channels rather than scrap.
David Sherrer is an advisor to Phase Shift Ventures, a deep-tech venture fund focused on the Florida Space Coast and adjacent technology corridors. The advisory role brings two-time-exit operating experience to early-stage deep-tech founders.