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mHUB Welcomes Jason Coleman as Executive Director to Lead Incubator Growth

mHUB — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

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2026 mHUB & Current Water Tech Demo Day

mHUB — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:00:08 GMT

On April 9, mHUB and Current came together for the Water Tech Demo Day, a showcase of the seven cohort teams driving smart and sustainable water solutions emerging from the Sustainable Water Tech Accelerator. Before an audience of industry leaders, investors, and sustainable manufacturing innovators, these startups demonstrated how far they've come and where they're headed.

Accelerating Hardware Innovation with Structured Workflows

mHUB — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:41:33 GMT

Hardware teams don’t struggle because of a lack of innovation. They struggle because the systems supporting that innovation can’t keep up.

As products become more complex and development cycles accelerate, the tools and workflows used to build hardware are increasingly becoming a constraint. What begins as a fast-moving prototyping phase often slows under the weight of fragmented systems, unclear processes, and inconsistent data. What once felt like flexibility becomes friction.

A recent mHUB workshop, Accelerating Hardware Innovation, led by Alex Nicolaou, Solutions Engineer at Boltline, explored this shift. The discussion pointed to a growing reality across the industry: speed alone is no longer enough. Without structure, speed does not scale.

From Pipes to Platforms: The Shift to Distributed Water Systems

Thierry Van Landegem — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT

The Evolution of the Global Water Sector: From Centralized Wastewater Treatment Plants to Distributed Systems

Across the global water sector, water utilities, municipal water systems, and industrial operators are rethinking how water distribution, wastewater management, and treatment facilities operate

Rockefeller Foundation Awards mHUB $1 Million Grant

mHUB — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:48:57 GMT

2026 Fourth Revolution Award Winners

mHUB — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:35:19 GMT

Celebrating Innovation and Leadership at the 9th Annual Fourth Revolution Awards

On March 5, mHUB hosted the 9th annual Fourth Revolution Awards, honoring the innovators, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers driving the technologies and businesses that define the future of industry. This premier event celebrated the bold ideas and hardtech breakthroughs fueling economic growth and shaping a more sustainable, connected, and advanced world.

2026 Fourth Revolution Award Winners

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Announcing Recipients of Honorary Industry Awards at the 2026 Fourth Revolution Awards

mHUB — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:48:40 GMT

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Tiles & Toasts - Q1 2026

mHUB — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Celebrating new members and major milestones at the first Tiles & Toasts of 2026

Each quarter, mHUB brings its community together to recognize the founders, partners, and teams advancing hardtech innovation. Through the addition of new logo tiles on the mHUB Member Wall and a celebratory toast, Tiles & Toast honors the tangible progress happening across the ecosystem — from new memberships to major capital milestones.

How to keep data centers from breaking the grid

Haven Allen — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:19:23 GMT

Originally published on Fast Company, this article by mHUB CEO Haven Allen appears here in full

AI’s explosive growth depends on a backbone of vast energy-hungry, water intensive data centers, costing hundreds of billions of dollars in resources. The challenge—and opportunity—of the moment is ensuring this infrastructure scales without hollowing out long-term value.

Across the U.S., states are racing to attract data center facilities with lucrative incentives. The promise is economic growth and prestige. The reality is more complicated: hidden costs borne by communities, power grids, and ecosystems.

As a venture capitalist focused on hardtech and sustainability, I see this tension as both risk and opportunity. The future of AI will belong to those who reconcile scale with sustainability, building infrastructure that powers innovation without draining the very resources societies depend on.

Positioning for Seed Funding

mHUB — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:58:53 GMT

How early-stage startups can position themselves for seed funding

Early-stage fundraising is often described as opaque, and for many founders, that description feels accurate. Long timelines, unclear expectations, and limited access to investor perspective can make it difficult to know where to start or how to prepare.

This article summarizes insights from, Tina Hrabak, Head of Platform at LongJump Ventures, about how pre seed and seed stage investors make decisions about seed funding, what signals matter most at this stage, and how founders can approach fundraising more strategically.