UMARO Hooks Sharks, Closes Seed Series
UMARO Co-founders Reflect on Growth, Purpose, and Entrepreneurship Beth Zotter and Amanda Stiles on Shark Tank (ABC/Christopher Willard) Co-founded by CTO Amanda Stiles (Cohort..
Liminal—formerly Feasible—Raised an $8M Series A to Move Tech to Pilot Stage
In early April, Feasible, the battery manufacturing intelligence company co-founded by Cohort 2016 fellows Andrew Hsieh and Barry Van Tassell, announced an $8 million Series A..
The Pivot to Purpose: The Climate Crisis is Invigorating a Workforce Focused on Climate Tech
Finding a job that directly addresses the climate crisis can be a powerful antidote to climate doom. The Great Engagement Check out our features on building a mission-driven..
The Activate Fellowship Team is Charged Up
Once small and always mighty, our fellowship team has grown more than threefold in the past year. It’s energized and ready to welcome Cohort 2022 this summer. In early March, we..
Finalists Share Visions of a Better Future
It starts with a gut feeling, an epiphany, or a slowly-simmering hunch. A scientist or engineer sees a throughline between a new or improved technology and a significant market..
New Roles for Activate’s Aimee Rose and Randy Allen
Less than a year ago, Aimee Rose was one of Activate’s two managing directors, supporting 13 fellows in Boston. Today, she’s our inaugural executive managing director, overseeing..
SiPA: Streamlining the Path to Partnership
Early-stage science entrepreneurs looking to bring their scientific breakthroughs to market have an increasingly robust support ecosystem. Not only has Activate expanded to..
Energy Storage Was Already Hot and Just Got Hotter: Antora Energy Raises $50M, Focusing Its Thermal Battery on Decarbonizing Industry
Antora’s three co-founders came together as Activate Fellows. Today, they are among the country’s top energy storage innovators. Images of solar farms and massive turbines evoke..
Graph Foundation Grants Cohort 2021 Fellows $60M to Advance Security, Efficiency of Blockchain and Web3
Semiotic AI co-founders Sam Green and Ahmet Ozcan will use the grant over eight years to developed zero-knowledge proofs and deep reinforcement learning, which enable trustless..
2021 by the Numbers
By just about any measure, 2021 was a remarkable year at Activate. Despite the many logistical challenges and uncertainty wrought by the ongoing pandemic, we doubled our..
For Activate Fellows, 2021 Was the Year of Pilots, Products, and Partnerships
As anyone who pays the slightest attention to startups knows, venture capital is on a tear right now. And Activate Fellows are seizing the moment—particularly the uptick in..
Looking Back, and Forward, as the DEIB Committee Begins Year Two
DEIB at Activate Our Commitment to DEIB Support for Black Lives November marks one year since we convened a committee focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion at Activate. In..