Fueling Boston Innovation: Activate at ClimaTech 2025
Since Activate Boston’s first cohort in 2020, the community has supported 40 fellows, with a concentration in the Boston area and growing representation in regions like Western..
Science Entrepreneurs Give a Look at the Future at LEEP Demo Day
This year’s LEEP Demo Day was hosted in Berkeley and organized by our partners at Cyclotron Road
Electrified Thermal Solutions: Industry Trailblazer in Thermal Energy Storage
Activate Fellows are pioneering new possibilities in thermal energy storage. Why is this a big deal? By reimagining how we power industry—the largest global source of..
Knowledge is power in deep tech, so start asking better questions
By Ioana Knopf, Activate Fellow, Cohort 2023
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Activate Updates: February 2025
This month, we’re celebrating groundbreaking work from our fellows—including innovations in everything from mining to battery-assisted induction cooktop ranges—while gearing up..
How Activate Fellows Are Applying Deep-Tech Innovations to Reimagine Mining and Materials
Photo credit: Gus Marquez (Cohort 2023) The next generation of mining and materials will be shaped by deep-tech breakthroughs and scientific innovation. Activate Fellows are..