Welcome, Cohort 2021
We are excited and proud to introduce Cohort 2021. These 23 scientists are launching what promise to be hugely consequential businesses, across key industries and markets, that..
Values, Focus, Fresh Ideas: Advice for Founders from Matt Rogers
Incite.org founder and Activate board member Matt Rogers is a builder at heart. He started at Apple, where he was one of the first engineers on the original iPhone and played key..
Learning to Lead: A Fellow Shares ‘Wisdom from the Future’ with Her Younger Self
Editor's note: Leadership is a perennial topic of discussion among Activate Fellows, and we weave it through our fellowship curriculum. In the process of making critical business..
Tom Boussie Set 50 Founders—and Our Fellowship—On a Path Toward Success
Managing director Tom Boussie joined Activate right alongside Cohort 2018. His first day on the job coincided with the cohort’s orientation retreat in Santa Cruz. In that relaxed..
Climate Reflections from the Activate Community
Activate was founded by entrepreneurs, scientists, and investors who believe science has an outsized role to play in addressing climate change, the defining challenge of our time...
Questions Entrepreneurs Should Ask If They Want to Cut Industrial Emissions
By Cody Finke, Ph.D., CEO, Brimstone Energy Industrial processes—that is to say, the steps that go into making stuff—account for around 32 percent of global greenhouse gas..
Why Decarbonizing Industry Can’t Wait
Photo: Jung Getty A year ago, global carbon emissions were in a steep decline as pandemic-related shutdowns gummed up the wheels of commerce. After ticking back up as lockdowns..
Cohort 2016 Fellow Richard Wang Sells Cuberg to Swedish Battery Manufacturer Northvolt
Richard Wang When Fellow Richard Wang joined the Activate Fellowship, he was on a mission to turn his graduate research into a new type of battery that would advance..
Sea Change: Activate Fellows and the Blue Economy
Photo: Nora Carol Photography Any discussion about climate change is a discussion about our oceans and vice-versa. Oceans are at once the victim of our consumption patterns and..
The Activate Fellowship Model Takes Root in the Netherlands with Faculty of Impact
As an organization, we believe that to address climate change and other urgent societal needs, we need more science and engineering innovators to turn more of their research into..
Finalists for Cohort 2021 of the Activate Fellowship
Our fellow selection committee has logged many (many!) hours since the close of our application window last fall, reading applications, analyzing proposals, and conferring with..
Activate Welcomes Rachel Slaybaugh, Director of LBL's Cyclotron Road Division
Last week, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced that Rachel Slaybaugh had been named director of its Cyclotron Road Division. Launched in 2015, the division supports..