Applications for Cohort 2022 Are Open
We’re expanding our fellowship to accelerate impact and meet growing demand. Since our founding in 2015, the Activate Fellowship has been an immersive, two-year experience that..
AeroShield Offers a Clear View to Better Buildings
The United States can’t slow climate change without changing how we heat, cool, and power our buildings. Thankfully, a growing cadre of Activate Fellows is on the job. Join them..
Stripe Climate to Purchase up to $500,000 in Carbon Removal from Fellows' Startups
We are excited to announce today a landmark partnership with Stripe, a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, in support of Activate Fellows..
From Berkeley to Boston to Anywhere
As Activate Boston hit the one-year mark, we took stock of what we’ve learned and gained from scaling the fellowship and landed on a bold next move: Activate Anywhere. Activate is..
Meet Karen Krause-Bencal, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Defense & Electronics
A powerhouse mentor to Activate Fellows, she’s also helped us tap into Boston’s vibrant startup ecosystem at the intersection of defense, fedtech, and energy innovation. Karen..
Meet Activate’s New Executive-in-Residence, Ranulfo (Randy) Allen
Since joining Activate this summer as our first Boston-based executive-in-residence, Randy Allen has been laser-focused on helping fellows—and showing them why now is a great time..
Matthew Alpert’s Transformation from 'Diligent Engineer' to Founder and CTO
What one fellow’s experience says about the power of the Activate Fellowship. If you had told Matthew Alpert when he started graduate school at the University of Virginia that he..
Activate Fellows on Hiring, Company Culture, and Open Roles
Activate helps scientists develop as leaders, mature their ideas, and learn what it takes to build a viable, scalable business. AeroShield co-founders Kyle Wilke and Elise..
From Zero to One to Many: How Richard Wang Built the Cuberg Team
Science Innovation X Job Creation Check out our July hiring features: Activate Fellows on Hiring Richard Wang's Hiring Tips Activate's Job Board After earning her Ph.D. in..
Richard Wang’s Tips for Effective Startup Hiring
Science Innovation X Job Creation Check out our July hiring features: Cuberg: Zero to One to Many Activate Fellows on Hiring Activate's Job Board When he launched Cuberg in 2015,..
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..