The mHUB 2025 Annual Report reflects on the impacts of commercialization and the founders, partners, and resources that make it possible. In 2025, mHUB supported more than 320 startups building across energy, healthcare, sustainability, and smart manufacturing. Together, the mHUB community generated $290.2M in revenue, raised $308M in capital, launched 150 products, and added 442 new jobs. Explore the full report for a closer look at what makes the mHUB community tick and how far it has come: hubs.la/Q04fSYBS0 #mHUB #AnnualReport #HardTech #InnovationCenter

mHUB and Current announce the 2025 Sustainable Water Tech Accelerator Cohort, supporting 7 startups driving industrial water innovation and efficiency. Meet the cohort: Amplify Dynamics, FloNergia, Grapherry, Nano Gas, Noah System, Rhoic, and Spacedrip. Read more about the 2025 cohort: hubs.la/Q03Nv4yz0

mHUB Ventures announces the first close of its second venture fund — Spark Fund II, targeting $20M to invest in 65 early-stage hardtech startups over the next four years. Building on the success of Spark Fund I, the new fund continues mHUB’s mission of commercializing innovation in energy, health, and smart and sustainable manufacturing. Spark Fund II will deploy capital in conjunction with eight new accelerator cohorts. Read the full announcement: hubs.la/Q03M-HdV0

"The world has massively changed in just the last few years... bringing AI to the physical world is what's next." Joe Mullenbach, Co-founder and CEO of Fluid Reality, shares how their breakthrough haptics technology is unlocking the sense of touch in robotics. Read the full article here: hubs.la/Q03z46Zg0

mHUB has been awarded $590,200 to build 4,000 SF of additional lab space for advanced research and development. The Deep Tech Innovation Lab is made possible by the Illinois DCEO Tech Incubator Enhancement Grants program. To fill a current infrastructure gap in the affordable, controlled environments needed by startups working in quantum, energy, life sciences, microelectronics, and med tech, construction will commence immediately and is expected to be complete before the end of the year. “Illinois has long been a hub for technological breakthroughs, but a persistent gap remains in access to the specialized facilities deep tech startups need to develop, test, and scale their technologies,” said Manas Mehandru, mHUB Chief Operating Officer. “mHUB thanks the State of Illinois for recognizing this need and investing in the spaces required to ensure deep tech startups have everything necessary to scale, without having to leave Illinois.” Read mHUB's full announcement here: hubs.la/Q03xhyQv0 #mHUB #Chicago #funding #hadtech #Illinois

⏳ Only 2 weeks left to apply The Sustainable Water Tech Accelerator supports early-stage startups developing water-based solutions for industrial applications. This program is led by mHUB and Current in partnership with: 🔹 National Science Foundation (NSF) 🔹 Great Lakes ReNEW And is supported by major industry partners offering pilot opportunities, technical support, and market access: 🔸 Marmon 🔸 Exelon 🔸 Ingredion 🔸 Sentry 🚀 If you're building breakthrough solutions in water tech, this is your opportunity to scale with industry. 🔗 Apply now: hubs.la/Q03wP1Ty0 📅 Deadline to apply: July 23, 2025

mHUB welcomes 8 #MedTech startups to it #accelerator program, selected by mHUB Ventures for investment & to participate in a 6-month journey supported by @baxter_intl, @EndeavorHlth and @GEHealthCare hubs.la/Q02YgDXH0

IntuiTap Medical, an mHUB member company, announced that their innovative medical device, VerTouch, has received FDA clearance. Learn more about this incredible achievement: hubs.la/Q02kx1900 #mHUBMemberMilestones #medtech #healthtech #FDAclearance #epidurals #healthcare

It's been two weeks since mHUB opened the doors of its expanded facility at 1623 W. Fulton Street. Read the full story and get a sneak peek of mHUB's new facility inside. 🔗 hubs.la/Q025G23B0 #QOZ #opportunityzone #HUBZone #startup #entrepreneurship #hardtech #innovation

mHUB has released its 2023 Investor Report, "Uncovering High Points Within the Venture Capital Downturn," focusing on opportunities for growth in #cleanenergy, #healthtech, #smartmanufacturing, and #quantumcomputing. Access mHUB's 2023 Investor Report ➡️ hubs.la/Q024-JT80

Congratulations to the six finalist teams who will be pitching at the Virtual mHUB Climate and EnergyTech Pitch Competition for Women Founders and Founders of Color! To watch the finalists pitch their innovative climate and energy technologies and compete for cash prizes totaling $8,500 this Tuesday, June 27th at 4:30 PM CT, register here: hubs.la/Q01VwMgC0 The six finalists are: 🌱 Active Surfaces Inc. - Commercializing an ultra-thin film solar technology that can unlock terrawatts of dual land use next generation deployment. 🌱 Aerovec Inc. - Designing a compact, integrated, portable wind turbine, which is patented and designed to work in conjunction with other renewable technologies to make clean and reliable energy available 24/7. 🌱 Amaterra Tech- Building and designing stable, cheap, advanced, and clean microgrids and implementing the control systems onto the grid components. 🌱 Magnetrics Energy Solutions LLC - Creating a novel Electromagnetic Propulsion Drive Unit to be a universal clean energy technology that is reliable, scalable, and efficient. 🌱 TerraFixing Inc. - Developing a Direct Air Carbon Capture (DAC) technology for capturing CO₂ in cold dry climates, with the goal of fixing global warming. 🌱 Tikal Industries - Specializing in water quality testing products and services with a hardware system that utilizes a machine learning-powered RAMAN spectroscopy technique to detect contaminants in water. #mhubpitchcompetition #climatetech #energytech #solartechnology #solarpower #windturbine #windtechnology #renewabletechnology #microgrids #electromagnetic #carboncapture #globalwarming #watercontamination

Applications for the 2023 mHUB Climate and EnergyTech Accelerator are now open. The cohort is supported industry partners @InvenergyLLC and @ConstellationEG, as well as community partners @evergreen_inno and @PerkinsCoieLLP. Learn more and apply: hubs.la/Q01PY6Dr0