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mHUB Energy Tech 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.

Applications Now Open: 2026 - 2027 Compute-Energy Nexus Cohort

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Up Next: Compute-Energy Nexus Cohort

Launching October 2026 - applications now open!

As demand for AI, data centers, and advanced computing continues to grow, so does the need for more resilient and sustainable energy infrastructure. To help address this challenge, mHUB’s next accelerator will support startups building technologies at the intersection of energy and compute.

The program will be run in partnership with Equinix Foundation, Generac, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation, Marmon, and Salesforce, with support from and The Rockefeller Foundation, and is designed for founders developing solutions in areas such as data center efficiency, grid resilience, energy infrastructure, and sustainable power systems.

About the Program

Selected startups will receive:

⚡ A $200,000 initial investment from mHUB Ventures (details below)

⚡ Access to mHUB’s state-of-the-art prototyping labs and technical support

⚡ Dedicated mentorship and expert-led programming

⚡ Direct access to partners looking to pilot and invest

Applications are now open through July 13, 2026.

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Industry Partners

Supported By

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Fast-track your founder journey by partnering with industry leaders at one of the nation's largest independent innovation centers for commercializing physical products and solutions. Through the mHUB Accelerator, mHUB Ventures has already invested in 61 hard tech startups solving real-world problems. And if you're selected next, you'll get way more than just a check.

Key Program Curriculum

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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
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

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mHUB Venture's Investment

Founded in 2020, mHUB Ventures is the investment arm of mHUB. The firm invests in early-stage hard tech companies solving real-world problems in three thematic areas, Smart & Sustainable Manufacturing, MedTech, and Energy Tech, targeting initial investments of $200K through its Spark Funds and the mHUB Accelerator program.

The initial mHUB Ventures investment includes $100,000 in cash, $30,000 in cash reimbursement for product development, and $70,000 in-kind services for certain fees related to product development, resources, and programming during the 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 the portfolio.

Program Structure

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 early-stage startups working on hardtech and infrastructure solutions in renewable energy, hydrogen, carbon capture & sequestration, energy storage, vehicle-to-grid solutions, heat sink technologies, distributed energy resources, sustainable buildings and the Internet of energy. 

mHUB is excited to hear where you see opportunity for disruption.

Smart Grids
To advance technologies that enable data centers and large compute loads to operate as flexible grid assets providing demand response, dispatchable capacity, and gridstabilizing. 

Cooling Technology
To improve performance, reduce cost, and lower water and energy consumption of data center cooling technologies designed for high-density AI compute workloads. 

Long-Duration Storage and Batter Technology
To advance long-duration energy storage and behind-the-meter battery systems that match the 24/7 demand profile of compute infrastructure with carbon-free, firm power.

Advanced Materials and Compute Efficiency
To improve the energy efficiency of compute through innovations in semiconductor materials, chip architectures, advanced packaging, and software-hardware co-design that maximize useful work per watt.

Decarbonization and Carbon Utilization
To reduce operational and embodied carbon across the lifecycle of compute infrastructure and innovate on carbon capture and utilization technologies suited to data center scale.

Energy Quality
To improve power quality, voltage regulation, and power conditioning technologies that protect sensitive compute equipment while reducing energy losses across the data center.

Infrastructure Resiliency
To improve the resilience of compute infrastructure against grid disturbances, extreme weather, and cyber-physical threats through clean backup power, microgrid architectures, and predictive response technologies.

On-Site Energy Generation
 To advance on-site, behind-the-meter generation technologies, including fuel cells, small modular reactors, and hybrid renewable systems that deliver firm, low-carbon power to compute infrastructure. 

Adaptive Reuse, Modular and Micro Data Centers
 To enable adaptive reuse of existing infrastructure and advance modular, prefabricated, and edge data center designs that reduce embodied carbon, compress timelines, and improve siting flexibility. 

Embodied Carbon and Circular Hardware
 To reduce embodied carbon and advance circular hardware solutions across the lifecycle of compute infrastructure through innovations in low-carbon construction materials, hardware refurbishment and secondlife pathways, critical minerals recovery, and supply chain transparency. 

Compute Load Transparency and Forecasting
To advance forecasting, profiling, and orchestration technologies that predict compute workload fluctuations and coordinate response across power generation, energy storage, cooling, and grid systems to maximize efficiency and reliability. 

Construction, Manufacturing, and Modular Deployment Hardware
To accelerate data center deployment through advances in modular and prefabricated power and cooling hardware, advanced manufacturing of long-lead components, construction robotics, and field-deployable systems that compress build timelines and unlock new siting options.

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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Ryan Fant       
Executive Director,
Accelerator
mHUB

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Haven Allen
CEO and Co-founder, mHUB, and Managing Partner of the mHUB Product Impact Fund I & II

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Bill Fienup
Co-founder and VP Innovation Services,
mHUB

 

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Melissa Lederer
Chief Experience Officer, mHUB, and Managing Partner of the mHUB Product Impact Fund I

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David Arenas
President,
David Arenas & Associates, Inc.
Mentor

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Jacob Babcock
CEO,
NuCurrent
Advisor

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Corey Barnes-Covenant
Senior Manager in Strategic Sustainability Consulting,
Ramboll Americas
Mentor

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Sara Chamberlain
Managing Director,
Energy Foundry
Mentor

Carlos-Correia

Carlos Correia
Board Member,
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPii)
Selection Committee & 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

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Evan Karambelas
Sr. Director of Finance and Corporate Development,
Gevo, Inc.
Mentor

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Vishal Kochar
Vice President Data Center,
Ecolab
Mentor

Tony-Locker

Tony Locker
Founder & CEO,
Loccopia, LLC
Mentor

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John Meyer
Senior Counsel,
Husch Blackwell
 Mentor

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Karen Kerr
General Partner,
Exposition Ventures
Selection Support Committee & Mentor

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President & Director at Black & Veatch Government & Water Utilities
 Mentor

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Victor Pascucci
Co-Founder, Managing General Partner,
Energy Capital Ventures
Mentor

 

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Nik Rokop
Coleman Foundation Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Stuart School of Business
Illinois Institute of Technology
Mentor

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James Schulte
Partner,
The Ad Hoc Group
Mentor

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Thierry Van Landegem
Entrepreneur in Residence, mHUB
Mentor




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What portfolio founders have to say: 

“The mHUB Accelerator helped me learn many things, including how to tell a story around the technology I'm developing and what we are planning to do with it."

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Sanza Kazadi

CEO & Founder, 

Kazadi Enterprises

"Participating in the mHUB Accelerator, Blip has been able to connect with manufacturers, rapidly iterate, and develop strategies for the changing environment in manufacturing." 

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Sophia Wennstedt

Founder,

blip energy

“We are addressing the environment crisis and Hago Energetics has been fortunate through mHUB to meet potential industry partners for our technology."

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Wilson Hago

Founder & CEO,

Hago Energetics

 Interested in applying for the Compute-Energy Nexus Cohort?

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