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Meet Activate’s First Global Fellows - Singapore Cohort 2026

Building the community that

drives science into impact

Activate Fellows set a high bar for innovation and impact.

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353
Fellows Supported

$6.5B
follow-on funding raised by Fellows

3,000
Jobs Created

Where scientists become leaders of world-changing ventures.

Activate's flagship fellowship program was the first fellowship for entrepreneurial scientists—providing the mindsets, skills, networks, and support needed to turn breakthrough hard tech into real-world impact.

Through Activate’s expanded global programming, we’re supporting science entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, offering the most comprehensive programming in the space.

We support scientists throughout the founder journey.

10 Years of Supporting Hard Tech Fellows
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Stories of Activate Fellows and alumni turning scientific breakthroughs into hard-tech impact.

Meet Activate's First Global Fellows: Singapore
Activate Updates

Meet Activate's First Global Fellows: Singapore

For over a decade, Activate has backed scientists and engineers whose ideas were too early, too risky, or too ambitious for anyone else to fund....

Activate Updates: August 2026
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Activate Updates: August 2026

Bridging science with entrepreneurship

Where hard tech is transformed into real world impact