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Please enjoy TechNexus's monthly newsletter curated by our team of venture analysts and designed to keep you engaged with new perspectives from our growing ecosystem. We’ve incubated hundreds of ventures, spent years fostering collaborations between them and relevant corporations, and we’re now one of the most active venture investors in the country. We’ll share some of the things we’re learning with you each month in this newsletter.

If you’ve got feedback, we’d love to hear it. Please email Madelyn Rutter at madelyn@technexus.com.

Introducing TeamWorking, the next generation of office space with the post pandemic world in mind.

As we return, the workplace must adapt to meet the evolving needs of unique team dynamics. In today’s remote work paradigm, companies need a place to physically meet and collaborate in a safe, ready-made, integrated environment.

TeamWorking is collaborative, flexible, and hybrid – all the essentials for future work. Companies can make it a dedicated home base or use it as a regular meeting place for all or part of the team. Drop in a few days a week to step away from the home office or make it the regular gathering spot to collaborate.

“More than a decade ago, TechNexus pioneered the shared office experience for tech companies in Chicago. More than 650 companies joined us along the way and now thousands are part of our global ecosystem,” states Taylor Kinsella, Community Director, “Our core belief that collaboration is vital for growth and success has never wavered, but we recognize that what, how, and where you do it has evolved."

TeamWorking is much more than office space. It empowers entrepreneurs to build innovative ventures and accelerates growth for corporations through active venture collaboration. 

Read more about how you can incorporate the physical into your virtual. Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out to me (madelyn@technexus.com) and learn more.

Portfolio Companies Making Headlines

TechNexus Venture Collaborative has made more than 140 investments in great ventures. Here’s what a few have been up to.

The New Orleans Saints become the latest client for the 3D camera technology startup, Perch. (Sports Illustrated)

Kerning Cultures, the female-led podcast network is giving young Arabs a voice. The network currently has nine original shows, that range in genre from daily news, to fiction, to narrative documentaries on love, history, science, and more. (Harper's Bazaar Arabia)

Scan Band is the first augmented reality (AR) music app from Artiphon. It transforms your surroundings into an ensemble of virtual instruments. Exclusive to Snapchat. (2021 Snap Partner Summit | Download it here)

Portside, an aviation startup that is building a platform for managing the backend of a corporate flight department, flight charters, and other operations, raises $17 million in a new funding round. (TechCrunch)

Big News from the Big 12! The Big 12 Conference announces a new multiyear partnership with ShotTracker to install and operate its technology for all men’s and women’s basketball programs. (Big 12 Sports)

Malcolm Gladwell’s New Word Order: Audiobook First. The author’s company, Pushkin Industries, uses sound effects and original music to create highly produced “original” audiobooks. (WSJ)

Attention Content Creators: Giide recently opened up their Creator Beta. Go beyond just podcasts and videos by incorporating async audio-first content into your creator workflow. The tool offers interactive links, quotes, highlights, & more to help communicate ideas. (Join the Beta project)

Congrats to the team at Beam Health for their recent fundraise. We're thrilled to be a part of your journey at the forefront of transforming the healthcare industry. (TechNexus)

good-reads

Links we'd send you if you were in our team's Slack workspace.

• The Consumer Behaviors that Changed Forever (Coefficient Capital)
• How to Think Like an Entrepreneur, According to Reid Hoffman (Entrepreneur)
• Fastest-Growing States for VC Funding (Crunchbase)
• The ultimate guide to the creator economy (Antler)
• What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Valuations (Inc.)

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