mHUB combines venture capital with a hardtech innovation center that includes a 6-month accelerator, prototyping labs, pilot support, and supply-chain help, built up over roughly a decade before the fund launched, and it invests at the pre-seed stage for startups still working out manufacturability, pilot deployment, and supply-chain problems. It also connects founders directly to industrial and healthcare partners like GE HealthCare, Baxter, and Invenergy, and its Chicago roots tie the fund to Illinois' large manufacturing base for sourcing, prototyping, and production support.