The Practice of Self-Care
Graphic by Nicole Kelner Many successful entrepreneurs are creative thinkers who can maintain intense, seemingly inexhaustible focus on their mission. They are willing to operate..
Activate Celebrates Its New Community With New Friends and Old at the ARPA-E Innovation Summit
Washington, DC weather is as fickle as the region’s groundhogs. On the first day of the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) conference, the temperature evened out in..
Ready for Launch: Announcing the Activate Houston Community
We are thrilled to announce Activate’s expansion to Houston, the emerging capital of the global clean energy transition. The new Activate Houston Community joins a growing..
Activate opens fellowship in Houston, advancing the global clean energy transition
Activate launches in Houston, supporting early stage science entrepreneurs in moving from idea to scalable solution March 22, 2023 - Washington, D.C. - Activate today announced..
In Memoriam: Alexei Marchenkov
Alexei Marchenkov We in the Activate community are deeply saddened by the passing of Alexei Marchenkov on January 31, 2023. He was 53. Activate has supported over a hundred..
2022 by the Numbers
By any measure, this year was Activate’s biggest yet. In our newly released 2022 Annual Report, we dive deep into how we’ve supported the next generation of science leaders, whose..
A Soundtrack to Innovation
“Running a startup is hard. These feel-good songs helped :) ” — Garrett Boudinot, Vycarb (Cohort 2022) From the lab to the office, Activate Fellows and staff were on the AUX. As..
Activate Fellows Aren't Waiting to Decarbonize the Future
By Andrew Chang, Managing Director, Activate New York COP27 concluded this week with mixed results. As global leaders continue to look for solutions to our climate crisis,..
Reasons to Give Thanks
Image by Tate Kieto | Used with permission vis the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License While “doomscrolling” is one of the more poetic recently..
Why is Geothermal So Hot Right Now?
Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash You might have noticed that a lot of excitement is building around geothermal energy. Just this past week, two Activate cohort companies — Fervo..
Interim CEO Todd Johnson On What’s Next For Activate
Interim CEO Todd Johnson Todd Johnson has always been drawn to people and the idea of a planet where people can flourish for generation upon generation. Even as a full-time..
Ilan Gur's Farewell Letter to Activate Fellows
Today is our founding CEO Ilan Gur's last day at Activate before he takes the helm of the U.K.’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). It’s inspiring to reflect on Ilan’s..