There are many companies currently doing that. One of them is HWTrek, an ecosystem with a community of mentors helping hardware startups from product developmen

There are many companies currently doing that. One of them is HWTrek, an ecosystem with a community of mentors helping hardware startups from product development to mass production to shipping. The platform has elements of Alibaba and LinkedIn, and hardware developers can search for supply chain vendors, manufacturers, software/cloud vendors, VCs, etc. on it.