Nathaniel Smith on Equity @RockefellerFdn

Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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$Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Saving American Manufacturing Americas industrial comeback is underway. The Rockefeller Foundation is ensuring the founders behind it don’t get left behind. Hard tech entrepreneurs working in hardware, manufacturing, and real industrial solutions face a system that wasnt designed for them. Building physical technology costs more, takes longer, and attracts a fraction of the funding that software startups receive. That gap isnt just unfair; It threatens job creation, energy resilience, and Americas ability to lead the industries that will define the next century. In this video, we break down a new $1 million partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and @mHUBofficial, the nations largest independent hard tech innovation center, and what it means for the next generation of American founders. This is what it looks like when philanthropy meets the physical economy. CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Touring the Disneyland for Innovators 3:02 - Building Hot Tech to Keep Data Centers Cool - Net Energy 5:52 - Its Not Rocket Science, but it is Brain Surgery - Madison Scientific 7:25 - How Manufacturing Can Unlock the U.S. Economy 9:40 - mHUB is Looking to the Future LEARN MORE The Rockefeller Foundation: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/ The Rockefeller Foundation x mHub Partnership: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mhub-and-rockefeller-foundation-power-hardtech-innovation-to-strengthen-u-s-economies/ mHub, Hard Tech Innovation Center: https://mhub.org/ Newest Initiative: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mhub-announces-energy-tech-accelerator-novel-technologies-compute-energy-nexus/ About The Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation deploys the power of philanthropy to drive economic opportunity, advance health, and accelerate the energy transition for people and the planet. Learn more and subscribe for more content on building a better future.$

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