Not just a lab. Not just a network. A launchpad for the physical future.
Connecting entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and capital in one purpose-built space.
Building what the world needs next
The United States is entering an era where manufacturing-based innovation isn’t just about building a rocket or weapons arsenal. It’s about powering every-day hardware, manufacturing, and infrastructure solutions that enable emerging technologies, improve lives, grow economies and wealth, and help the U.S. stay competitive. mHUB obsesses over accelerating progress in the physical world the way others obsess over the digital. To mHUB, one is more dependent on the other.
mHUB removes barriers for HardTech founders and manufacturers
Every year, over 300 startups call mHUB home as they work to commercialize new physical products. Innovators have access to state-of-the-art prototyping labs and a micro-factory. mHUB facilitates connections with mentors and investors as well as the opportunity to co-develop and pilot alongside industry.
With the singular purpose of giving hardware and manufacturing their due recognition as major drivers for prosperity and transforming the world, mHUB has built a community over 60,000 strong. From contractors and startups to corporates and philanthropists, mHUB has become a major force in consulting not just startups but industry and investors on their own hardware and manufacturing initiatives.
See how it all works in the most recent mHUB Annual Report.
Located in Chicago, mHUB is embedded within the most diversified manufacturing economy in the U.S. with over 12,000+ local manufacturers that generate annually $103 billion and employ over 565,000 people. Chicago has led R&D breakthroughs in advanced technologies including batteries, quantum and edge computing, electronics and sensors, cybersecurity, nanotechnology, Agtech, and MedTech.
In October 2023, mHUB completed the$50M acquisitionand build-out ofa new innovation centerfor developing critical technologies in energy, healthcare, sustainability, and more. The building is located on Chicago’s near west side within a designatedOpportunity Zone, HUBZone, and Planned Manufacturing Districton a 2-acre site that increased mHUB’s prototyping and testing facilities to become the largest independent manufacturing innovation center in the country.
Learn more why startups and companies choose to locate in Chicago.
mHUB named to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators 2025
mHUB was named to Fast Company’s 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators list, recognizing the impact of an ecosystem that has supported hundreds of entrepreneurs since 2017, helping startups collectively raise more than $2B in capital, launch breakthrough technologies, and connect into U.S. manufacturing.
