NuvoNexus, LLC is a privately held holding company. We build, own, and operate deep-tech businesses serving U.S. defense and industrial customers — from controlled material systems to counter-drone electronics. Our operating model is grounded in a two-time successful deep-tech exit pattern: technical depth, program execution, and transition to scale.
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 operating companies, fund their early execution, and stay in the work long enough to make sure the transition actually happens.
Each operating company has its own technical leadership, customer base, and contracting infrastructure. NuvoNexus provides the holding-company spine: capital allocation, executive oversight, and the operating discipline that turns funded R&D into transitioned product.
Defense materials R&D and prototype systems. Four funded programs across USMC, NAVSEA, and ONR — from non-lethal stand-off immobilization systems to additive composite tooling and warfighter recovery materials.
Visit macrovation.com →U.S.-integrated defense electronics — counter-drone, electronic warfare, and signals capability. Engaging qualified U.S. government program offices, prime contractors, and integration partners under non-disclosure.
Learn more →Industrial equipment recovery and resale — turning surplus deep-tech and process-industry assets into deployable capability for the next operator. Radford, VA.
Learn more →David Sherrer is an advisor to Phase Shift Ventures, a deep-tech venture fund focused on the Florida Space Coast and adjacent technology corridors.
Learn more →The deep-tech operator’s job has always been to manage scarce attention against an expanding pile of programs, contracts, technical evidence, customer touchpoints, regulatory obligations, and team handoffs.
The NuvoNexus operating model is built on modern technical infrastructure for research, documentation, program coordination, and institutional memory across our portfolio companies. The goal is not to build or sell AI systems — it is to operate hard-technology companies with better technical recall, faster coordination, and tighter evidence capture than the median deep-tech small business.
Public detail is limited because the operating layer touches controlled documentation, customer technical data, and active compliance programs.
NuvoNexus operates on a pattern proven twice before — building deep-tech companies through invention, customer development, and acquisition by larger defense and materials primes.
Founded by David Sherrer in 2006. Built PolyStrata 3D-microfabricated millimeter-wave components for U.S. defense and aerospace customers. Acquired by Cubic Corporation in 2019.
Defense electronics · 13-year buildFounded as ACT MicroDevices in 1996. Re-incorporated as Haleos. Acquired by Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials in 2003, where the IP became the seed of the PolyStrata platform.
Materials · 6-year buildActive operating companies in defense materials, defense electronics, and industrial asset recovery. 125+ patents across the leadership team. Headquartered in Cocoa Beach, FL with operating sites in Fairlawn, VA.
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