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Last week, mHUB board member and NuCurrent CEO, Jacob Babcock, testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. He shared his experience with the U.S. patent system and how policy over the past two decades has given advantages to infringers, making it difficult for innovators to rely on IP and for investors to accurately evaluate risk. Thank you, Jacob, for advocating to strengthen the U.S. patent system on behalf of the mHUB community and all innovators who drive American competitiveness. Watch the full testimony here: https://hubs.la/Q030xGM_0 #IntellectualProperty #IP #patents #innovation #mHUBMemberMilestones

🎉 New Year, Same Mission: Celebrating Innovation! As we head into 2025, let’s keep the momentum of 2024 going strong! 🚀 Nominations for the Fourth Revolution Awards are still OPEN—don’t miss your chance to recognize the region's top trailblazers driving digital transformation in manufacturing and hardtech innovation. Whether it’s you or someone you know—this is your opportunity to celebrate the leaders shaping Industry 4.0. 🗓️ Submit your nomination by 11:59 PM on Sunday, January 19th, 2025. Nominate today and help elevate the changemakers driving our future! 💥 👉 Submit here: https://hubs.la/Q030nbP80

Amid another challenging year for venture capital, Artificial Intelligence stands resilient and the life of the party. Digital applications will unlock massive wealth-generating opportunities. Yet, from efficiency and sustainability to AI-powered devices and infrastructure, AI has gotten very physical, very fast. mHUB’s 2024 Investor Report, Hardware: AI's Great Enabler, explores the explosion of AI as a hardware revolution and focuses on three main domains of innovation including vertical applications and infrastructure. Explore these themes alongside data and reporting from mHUB companies. Download the full report and gain exclusive insights into what’s next for hardware-powered AI innovation. 👉 Complete the form to download: https://hubs.ly/Q0305y_Z0 #AI #Innovation #VentureCapital #HardwareRevolution

One year ago today, mHUB celebrated the Grand Opening of its new home on Chicago's Near West Side. Positioned between an industrial west and a tech-centered east, the clock tower on Fulton was brought back to life by the mHUB community. Since celebrating its Grand Opening last year, mHUB has achieved incredible engagement with the help of its community and partners: 💡 400+ new members onboarded 👥 Over 12,000 visitors and event attendees welcomed 📚 124+ workshops, classes, and community events hosted 🚀 5 cohort-based programs launched ⚡ 2 new programs introduced for clean-energy founders Yes. Innovation is alive and thriving at mHUB with impacts that will be chronicled in the mHUB Annual Report to be published in 2025. Thank you to the project and finance team that made this new home a reality: State of Illinois; City of Chicago; Illinois Finance Authority/Climate Bank; IFF (CDFI); Cabrera Capital Markets; Nuveen, a TIAA company; Fifth Third Bank; Baker Tilly; SCORE; Midwest Renewable; First Pathways; Eversheds Sutherland; Gensler; Executive Construction Inc. Thank you to the leaders who helped celebrate this momentous occasion last December: JB Pritzker; Brad Henderson; O. Victoria("Vickie") Lakes-Battle; Martin Cabrera; walter burnett; Kevin Willer; Ciere Boatright; Michael Fassnacht 📽️ Relive the excitement of the Grand Opening—watch the video below! #mHUB #Innovation #ChicagoTech #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Hardtech

It's time to recognize the trailblazers driving digital transformation in manufacturing and hardtech innovation. Nominations for the Fourth Revolution Awards are now OPEN! From manufacturers to startups to community organizations, the Fourth Revolution Awards take place in Chicago every year and honor the leaders shaping Industry 4.0 from the Midwest and beyond. Are you (or someone you know) leading the charge in digital transformation? Nominations are OPEN now! 🗓️ Submit by 11:59 PM on Sunday, January 19th, 2025. Don’t miss this chance to elevate your impact! 💥 Learn more and submit your nomination here 👇 https://hubs.la/Q02_jYhQ0 psst - stay tuned for a ceremony date (hint: March or April)

👏 for mHUB portfolio company, Farm to Flame Energy Inc., who recently won a Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition prize of 50k as part of the three month program. Farm to Flame is providing scalable, end-to-end electricity generation systems for communities in emerging markets by transforming biomass waste into clean energy. The startup has raised $3M and has closed $24.9M in contracts and completed the mHUB Accelerator program earlier this year. Mic drop Kwaku Jyamfi and team - keep it coming. #mHUBMemberMilestones #cleantech #cleantechstartups #climatetech #mHUBaccelerator #sustainability #startups #iiot #greentech #hardtech

mHUB congratulates Meredith O'Connor, named a Notable Nonprofit Board Leader by Crain's Chicago Business, for the profound impact she's had on the mHUB organization. Meredith, international director and executive managing director at JLL, became mHUB’s Board Chair in 2024 and has been an active board member since 2017. She led mHUB’s 2023 relocation and helped identify and secure funding for the $50.2 million transaction to acquire and renovate 1623 West Fulton Street. “Meredith has been essential to establishing mHUB as a national economic development institution,” said Haven Allen, CEO and Co-Founder, mHUB. “She has shown tremendous support and engagement of the mHUB mission since before it was even launched, and today she leads the board as the organization charts to further expand its impact and expertise in commercializing technologies that impact humanity. Meredith played a pivotal role in securing the long-term home of mHUB to ensure Chicago remains the premier destination for hardtech innovation, and I look forward to working side by side to further grow its reach and impact.” Thank you Meredith for all that you do. See the full list here: https://hubs.la/Q02-Ktst0

🚨 Big News! 🚨 mHUB is thrilled to announce our first Industry Disruptor of 2025! 🎉 Join us for a fireside chat with Matt Hulsizer and Jenny Just, co-founders and managing partners of PEAK6 Investments. 💼🔥 From turning a $1.5M startup into a multi-billion-dollar empire, Matt & Jenny will share: 💡 Insider advice for founders 💰 Insights on early-stage fundraising 📈 Perspectives on emerging market trends 📅 When: Thursday, February 13 📍 Where: mHUB | 1623 W. Fulton Street, Chicago, IL 60612 ✨ Special thanks to event sponsor: Bank of America 🚀 Whether you're a founder, investor, or tech enthusiast, this event is a must-attend! Don't miss the chance to learn from two pioneers shaping the future of business. 👉 Secure your spot now: https://hubs.la/Q02-Dh9x0 #IndustryDisruptors #TechLeadership #StartupSuccess #Innovation #ChicagoEvents #mHUB

📢 Check out these upcoming events and workshops happening in the mHUB ecosystem: ✔️ Winter Wonderland Event w/ Portal Innovations 📆 12/05 @ 4:30 PM ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02-B5-D0 ✔️ IMA Women Makers Series Happy Hour 📆 12/05 from 5PM - 7PM ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02-B5HZ0 ✔️ Blend:Talks 📆 12/11 from 3PM - 7PM ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02-B4yX0 ✔️Tackling Health Inequities Through Innovation 📆 12/12 from 12PM - 1PM ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02-B54L0 ✔️FinTech Lightning Talks 📆 12/17 @ 11AM ➡️https://hubs.la/Q02-B53N0 ✔️Founder Fireside Chat 📆 12/18 from 10:30AM - 11:30AM ➡️https://hubs.la/Q02-B53N0 ✔️Q&A w/ the Small Business Association 📆 12/19 @ 1PM ➡️https://hubs.la/Q02-BbdW0 #mHUBevents #EcosystemEvents #ChicagoEvents #ChicagoTech #innovation #entrepreneurship #founders #startups #solopreneurs #makers #innovators

Ascent Integrated Tech, an mHUB Ventures portfolio company, has been named winner of the Molex Creating Connections for Life Award at the 23rd Annual Chicago Innovation Awards! Their ground-breaking technologies in the fire industry such as location tracking and biometric alerts showcase the unique innovation Chicago is known for. Congratulations to the entire team at Ascent on all their major milestones. Ascent graduated from the mHUB Accelerator in November 2021, expanded to a 23-person team with their own office space down the street from the mHUB Innovation Center, and successfully raised a seed round in 2023. CEO & Co-founder, Paul Couston, recently took 3rd place at Unicorn Pitches US in August and won a RALLY 2024 IN-Prize pitch competition award in September. Read about how this awesome company got started: https://hubs.la/Q02ZDBD20 #mHUBventures #mHUBaccelerator #mHUBinnovation #mHUBmembermilestone #safety #iiot #smarttech #firesafety #innovation