Activate

Accelerator, Incubator, FellowshipActiveClaimed
Type: FellowshipNon-Dilutive: $300,000.00Applications: No (Opening 2026-09-15)Format: CohortLocation: USAContinent: North AmericaWebsiteApply

Activate is a two-year immersive fellowship program founded in 2015 that empowers scientists to launch deep-tech ventures addressing climate change and global challenges by transforming scientists into high-impact entrepreneurs. The fellowship provides skills training, networks, infrastructure, and $300,000 in equity-free funding, with nearly all fellows to date achieving first financing and key product milestones as they commercialize their IP-driven businesses. Applicants must be based in physical/biological sciences or related engineering disciplines with the entrepreneurial drive to build profitable startups, and the program operates across multiple U.S. locations (Berkeley, CA; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Houston, TX; Remote).

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