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Activate Updates: April 2025

This month, Activate traveled around the world to broaden the possibilities of hard-tech innovation. Thanks to our domestic and international partners, Activate hosted and..

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Visolis: Industry Trailblazer in Sustainable Aviation Fuel

When we say Activate Fellows are reinventing the world, we mean it. One example is sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). While the global aviation industry uses 100 billion gallons of..

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Qunnect: Industry Trailblazer in Quantum Internet

Maël Flament is the co-founder and CTO of Qunnect, a pioneering company at the forefront of building the quantum internet. He has spent the past decade turning laboratory research..

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Activate Updates: March 2025

March has been all about shaping the future of energy. Activate and our fellows have attended energy-focused conferences around the United States—taking the stage, exhibiting..

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Zanskar: Industry Trailblazer in Next-Generation Geothermal

Geothermal is one of the most promising sources of untapped renewable energy—literally. According to Zanskar (Carl Hoiland & Joel Edwards, Cohort 2020, Cyclotron Road), “there’s..

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Activate and The Engine Announce Strategic Alliance to Identify, Train, and Support Deep Tech Entrepreneurs

Today, Activate is officially kicking off a strategic alliance with The Engine. Our full press release below has more details! December 13, 2024 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time..

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Activate Welcomes New Board Members and Celebrates its Fellows $3.5B Funding Milestone

Today we announced a new funding milestone: Activate Fellows, current and alumni, have secured a cumulative $3.5B in funding for their companies, and over $2B of that has been..

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