Mariam Awara
Co-founder and COO at Pulsenics
“Activate has been super generous with introductions to industry leaders and mentors. And access to a network is so important.”
Josué López
Senior Associate, Fine Structure Ventures
“There was nothing else out there like the science-focused business education that Activate gives its fellows.”
Cheri Ackerman
Co-founder and CEO of Concerto Biosciences
“I am so fortunate to be a fellow in the Activate Global program, and it is quite literally one of the reasons that Concerto exists.”
Bilen Akuzum
Co-founder and CTO of Aepnus Technology
Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the UC Berkeley Water Center. Akuzum's interdisciplinary academic path exposed him to a core foundation in metallurgy which expanded into elements of mechanical engineering, carbon materials, electrochemistry, and rheology as he pursued his Ph.D. at Drexel University.