Chase Bonhag is the CEO of FirstIgnite an AI powered IP commercialization tool used by over 100 universities on 5 continents. Prior to FirstIgnite, Chase worked for the University of Illinois system, helping invest in and commercialize the most promising technologies out of their $700M/year research portfolio. Later he joined TechNexus, a venture capital fund focused on making seed stage investments on behalf of corporations where he focused on investing in deep tech aligned with our corporate partners strategy.
