Welcome to the Team: Sammie & Nathan

Meet Sammie Hasen and Nathan Musso, TechNexus's newest Venture & Strategy Analysts. From Georgia Tech biomedical engineering to venture analysis, learn how two different backgrounds converge at the intersection of corporate innovation and startup investing.

Our team continues to grow! In Q4 last year, we hired two Venture & Strategy Analysts: Sammie Hasen and Nathan Musso . Get to know them a little better and why they were both such obvious additions to our team in this Q&A: Tell me a bit about your background and how you got here. Sammie : I graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. Throughout college, I was the founder of a femtech startup, so entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem as a whole have always been a passion of mine. I began my career at Marcus by Goldman Sachs as a product manager but transitioned to TechNexus to pursue my passion for helping founders collaborate with corporations. Nathan : I grew up in a military family that moved around a bunch, but eventually settled in Memphis to go to Rhodes College where I studied Philosophy & Political Economy. When I graduated in 2020, I started an alcohol delivery platform out of a startup studio where I had my hands in a little bit of everything. The most enjoyable parts of that time were the nights we spent wireframing products or delivering orders ourselves, and I grew to really appreciate the building process. I eventually realized that I’d much rather be learning about many different problems at once than tackling one, so I started applying to every job in venture capital I could find. I was lucky enough to get a message from Paula (our Head of People) to begin the interview process, and the rest is history! Why were you interested in joining TechNexus Venture Collaborative? Sammie : Throughout my journey as a founder, I had three different interactions with large enterprises in hopes of a partnership or collaboration. It was very challenging to navigate that myself without any other support, so I was drawn to the TechNexus model of bridging the gap between founders and corporations. I love the startup ecosystem, and I was so excited to be a part of it as an investor. Nathan : It’s a meme at this point for venture