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mHUB MedTech Accelerator

6-month program fast-tracks high potential startups through hands-on product development in state-of-the-art prototyping facility supported by world-class corporate and venture investors.

Boost Your Startup

Get funding and prototyping resources from the nation’s leading hardtech innovation & product development center. mHUB’s unmatched resources help exceptional MedTech startups turn their product ideas into commercialized, scalable product businesses.

Express Interest

Rocket, Meet Fuel.

Are you the next medtech startup to join the mHUB Accelerator? mHUB’s investment portfolio already includes 46 high-growth hardtech startups who are building disruptive solutions that align with industry needs. By partnering with leaders of industry on each accelerator mHUB runs, we’re identifying market demand on the front end that leads to opportunities for pilots and investment on the backend.

Product + Business Acceleration

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Customer Discovery

Problem Validation
Customer Outreach & Development
Building Your Hypothesis
Validating Assumptions
Defining Your Value Proposition
Regulatory Aspects
Target Market

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Prototyping, Product & Manufacturing

Product Ideation
Proof of Concept
Prototype Development
Prototype Roadmap
Design for Manufacturing
Design for Sustainability
Supply Chain

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Business Viablity

Business Modeling
Financial Modeling
Unit Economics
Go to Market
Pilot Customers
Legal Structure
People and Leadership
Ethics

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Throughout

Mentor Matching
The Art of Pitching
Corporate Partner Access
Access to Investor Network
24 Month mHUB Membership
Access to Prototyping Facilities
Access to Industry Networking Events

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mHUB's Hands-on Venture Investment

The mHUB Product Impact Fund I is a $15M fund designed to support the acceleration of early stage hardtech innovation in the U.S. The Fund invests $175,000 initial investment, which includes $100,000 cash and $75,000 in-kind services for certain fees related to product development, resources, and programming during a six-month highly structured incubation (with two full years of support) in exchange for 6.5% equity in each startup. Approximately 30% of the fund’s capital is reserved for follow-on investments in a select set of our portfolio.

Read about investments into medtech startups, climate/energytech startups, and sustainable manufacturing startups.

Six Months of Deep Dive Incubation

The mHUB Accelerator is a fast-paced program that’s designed to take your startup from concept or prototype to the foundation of a profitable, scalable and sustainable business. The 6-month, hands-on program connects surrounds teams with product engineering expertise and a hose of market and business intelligence leaders. Teams continue to receive support for an additional 18 months of continued mHUB membership and access post program.

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Areas of Focus

mHUB is looking for breakthrough solutions focused in medicine delivery, remote patient monitoring, wearables, sensing and diagnostics, therapeutic devices, and more. mHUB is excited to hear where you see opportunity for disruption.

Chronic disease management tools
Solutions that address the needs of patients with chronic diseases to improve quality of life such as predictive tools, home-based diagnostics, noninvasive remote monitoring and wearables.

Connected therapeutic devices
Connected therapeutic devices and novel technologies that reduce total cost of care and/or increase patient access. 

Surgical instruments

Tools that improve the outcome, efficacy, or safety of a procedure or reduce cost. 

Detect acute or chronic conditions
Technologies that enable early detection and progression of organ injury or failure and life-threatening conditions. 

Minimally invasive monitoring
Minimally invasive technologies for measuring patient physiological states and driving toward more personalized delivery of therapy. 

Medical devices
Medical devices that aid in the prevention, mitigation, or cure of a disease

Robotic or automated healthcare devices
Robotic or automated devices that assist in a procedure, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure.

Improved drug delivery methods
Improved drug delivery methods including transdermal, IV, IV push, rapid infusion, and subcutaneous which reduce cost, control rate, accommodate variable doses, minimize or address required drug volumes, increase safety, and/or reduce patient discomfort 

Meet Your Acceleration Team

Startup teams benefit from the guidance of seasoned entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, and industry leaders who’ve built businesses, raised capital, and helped founders realize their full potential. 

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Haven Allen

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
mHUB

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Bill Fienup

Co-Founder, VP, Innovation Services and Executive Director, MedTech Accelerator, mHUB

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Melissa Lederer

Chief Experience Officer
mHUB

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Katie Maskel

Program Coordinator, MedTech Accelerator
mHUB

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Mel Cohen
Managing Director,
Edward-Elmhurst Health Venture Capital

Corporate Partner

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Meg Barron
Vice President, Digital Health Strategy
American Medical Association

Mentor

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Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS
Physician, Informaticist, Innovator, Entrepreneur, Telehealth Expert and Venture Investor

Mentor

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Vivek Bhargava
Senior Executive
MedEvolution, Inc.

Mentor

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Arun Bhatia
Principle,
BCE Consulting
Mentor

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Jian Cao
Director
Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation
Northwestern University
Advisor

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Hiral Chandrana
Global CEO | Strategic & Digital Advisor, Mastek
Mentor

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Ed Coleman
Founding President and CEO
West Side Forward

Advisor

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Todd Cruikshank
COO
Surgical Innovation Associates
Mentor

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Paul Cushman
Entrepreneur in Residence, mHUB
Mentor

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Bob Daniel-Wayman
Engineer in Residence, mHUB

Mentor

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Alan Feinerman
Chief Technology and Executive Officer
Cleaner Slate, LLC

Mentor

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Mark Fisher
Principal
Mission Product Developments
Mentor

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Rich Ganz
Executive Chairman
Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc.
Mentor

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Dimitra Georganopoulou, PhD
General Partner,
Qral Ventures
Mentor

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Jon Handler
Senior Fellow, Innovation
OSF Healthcare
Mentor

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Deepak Kaimal
Chief Technology Officer, ArrowStream
Selection Support Committee

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Karen Kerr
General Partner
Exposition Ventures
Selection Support Committee & Mentor

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Amy Kobe
Partner
InVivium Capital
Mentor

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Steven Kuemmerle
Executive Vice President of Operations
InspiroTec (Air Answers)
Mentor

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Suzanne Lebold, Ph.D.
Life Sciences Executive
Mentor

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Steven Lehmann
Director, Venture Operations
Portal Innovations
Mentor

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Jim Martucci
Medical Device Technology Consultant
Advisor

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Steve McPhillamy
Design Director
NEMERA
Mentor

William Nelson

William H. Nelson
CEO
Healthy Amplified
Mentor

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Maureen Rinkunas
Innovation & Ventures Strategist
Mentor

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Matthew Ross
President,
Sweeney Ford Consulting Group
Mentor

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Maryam Saleh
Executive Director
Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
Mentor

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Vikram Sharma
President
Crisp
Selection Support Committee

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Anna Lisa Somera
CEO
Rhaeos
Mentor

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Carson Thomas Ph.D.
Vice President of Strategy & Development
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.
Mentor

Jay-Walsh

Jay Walsh
Interim Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation
University of Illinois
Mentor

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Lilli Zakarija
President
EdgeOne Medical
Mentor

Victoria-Zellmer

Victoria Zellmer, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Sales Consultant at Harvard Bioscience
Selection Support Committee

MedTech Portfolio Teams

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Industry Partners

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What portfolio founders have to say: 

"Being here at mHUB has helped shape my business in two ways: one is on the business strategy side and the other is product development."

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Sean Liu

Founder, 

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"Being a part of the MedTech cohort at mHUB has enabled us to form a community of engineers, thought leaders, and inventors."

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Cathy Skinner

CEO,

NXgenPort

“The biggest value add has been working with other entrepreneurs who are at a relatively similar stage, plus the rapid prototyping has been a game-changer."

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Maanav Narula

Founder,

Equibands 

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