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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.

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Rocket, Meet Fuel.

Are you the next medtech startup to join the mHUB Accelerator? mHUB has already made 46 high-growth hardtech startup investments in companies building disruptive solutions that align with industry needs. By partnering with industry leaders on each accelerator cohort, market demands are identified 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
Reimbursement
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

mHUB 2023 MedTech Accelerator - Cohort II - 2023 Demo Day

mHUB's Hands-on Venture Investment

mHUB Ventures through the mHUB Product Impact Fund support the acceleration of early stage hardtech innovation in the U.S. mHUB Ventures invests $200,000 initial investment, which includes $142,500 cash and $60,000 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

mHUB Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder,
and Managing Partner, mHUB Product Impact Fund

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Melissa Lederer

mHUB Chief Experience Officer, and Managing Partner, mHUB Product Impact Fund

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Bill Fienup

mHUB Co-Founder and VP of Innovation Services

Monica Vajani, Executive Director, mHUB 2025 MedTech Accelerator

Monica Vajani

Executive Director, mHUB MedTech Accelerator

Ahmad Hammad, mHUB 2025 MedTech Accelerator Program Manager

Ahmad Hammad
Program Manager, mHUB MedTech Accelerator

 

John (Jay) Hill, VP Advanced Technology, GE Healthcare

Jay Hill
Vice President, Advanced Technology, GE Healthcare

Industry Partner 

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Justin Brueck
System Vice President, Innovation and Research, Endeavor Health

Industry Partner

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Brad Bennett
System Assistant Vice President, Venture Partnerships and Funding,
Endeavor Health

Industry Partner

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Steve Daley
Sr. Director of Business Development and Strategy, Baxter International Inc.

Industry Partner

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Eric Helms
Sr. Director, Business Development & Strategy, Baxter International Inc.

Industry Partner

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John Ranz
Sr. Director, Corporate Strategy, Baxter International Inc.


Mentor

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Alexandra Goldman Pasch
Director of Business Development, Baxter International Inc.

Industry Partner

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Jessica Tam
Associate Director, Patient Monitoring, Baxter International Inc.

Industry Partner

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Evan Mosley
Senior Manager, Business Development & Licensing, Baxter International Inc.

Industry Partner 

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Ken Bahk
Co-Founder, Chicago ARC

Mentor

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Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS
Founder & CEO, KeyCare

Mentor

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Karthik Chandramouli
Supply Chain Expert in Residence, mHUB
Mentor

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

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Brian Clark
CEO
Beacon Health

Mentor

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Ed Coleman
Founding President and CEO, West Side Forward

Advisor

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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

Rich-Ganz

Rich Ganz
Executive Chairman
Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc.
Mentor

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Dimitra Georganopoulou, PhD
General Partner,
Qral Ventures
Mentor

Eugene-Greenstein

Eugene Greenstein
Director of Electrophysiology, Duly Health and Care

Mentor

Christian-Habib

Christian Habib
Sr. Manager, Merck

Mentor

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Nancy Hedlund
Founder and Managing Director, MedNavigate LLC

Mentor

Tom-Hill

Tom Hill
CEO, MarketLab

Selection Committee & Mentor

Geoff Hutchins, IntuiTap Medical

Geoffrey Hutchins
Operations & Development, IntuiTap Medical, Inc.

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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Jason Kunreuther
mHUB Expert in Residence, Business Strategy & Finance

Mentor

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Suzanne Lebold, Ph.D.
Life Sciences Executive
Mentor

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David Leonard
CAO / Head of Corporate Development at Endpoint Health, Inc.
Mentor

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Scott Lewis
Director, Clinical Research, Inari Medical

Mentor

Dan-Marini

Donald Marini
President at Gamut Run Partners, COO at Action Face
Mentor

Steve-McPhilliamy

Steve McPhillamy
Design Director
NEMERA
Mentor

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Alexei Mlodinow
Co-founder, Surgical Innovation Associates (SIA), and Surgical Resident at Northwestern University

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

Nancy Sullivan

Nancy Sullivan
CEO and Managing Director Illinois Ventures & Illini Angels
Selection Committee & Mentor

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

Priya-Vajani

Priya Vajani
Director, Business Development, Resonetics


Mentor

Heather Walsh

Heather Walsh
Executive Director, Head of New Business Opportunities, Rx+ Business Accelerator, Astellas Pharma

Mentor

Lilli-Zakarija

Lilli Zakarija
President
EdgeOne Medical
Mentor

Victoria Zellmer

Victoria Zellmer, Ph.D.
Business Development Manager at MaxCyte
Selection Support Committee

MedTech Portfolio Teams

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Kwema
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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, 

Ping

"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 

Apply Now

MedTech startups, complete the form below to start the application process. Applications close September 12, 2024.