Hard Tech to Market: Semion Protects Crops by Activating Plants’ Own Defense Mechanisms

Stories of Activate Fellows and alumni turning scientific breakthroughs into hard-tech impact.

Meet Activate's First Global Fellows: Singapore

For over a decade, Activate has backed scientists and engineers whose ideas were too early, too risky, or too ambitious for anyone else to fund. Today, through partnership with..

Activate Updates: August 2026

Hard Tech to Market: Reforge Robotics Is Making Industrial Robots Faster and More Precise—with Software

Stories of Activate Fellows and alumni turning scientific breakthroughs into hard-tech impact.

Hard Tech To Market: Lightfinder Is Bringing the Lab to the Field at the Speed of Light

Stories of Activate Fellows and alumni turning scientific breakthroughs into hard-tech impact.

Activate Fellow News: July 2026

Groundbreaking science doesn't reach the world on its own. It takes a leader willing to bridge science and business, and a community to support that leap.

Activate Welcomes 50 New Fellows to Cohort 2026

Meet the 41 Hard-Tech Companies Across 5 Activate Communities

Meet the Managing Directors

Five seasoned hard-tech leaders serve as fellows' closest advisors throughout the two-year fellowship.

Activate Updates: June 2026

Moments that Matter: Praio’s Nature-Inspired Protocells Offer a New Vision for Biomanufacturing

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.

Moments That Matter: Root Applied Sciences Helps More and More Farmers ‘See’ Invisible Threats

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.

Moments that Matter: Cella’s ‘Big Swing’ Is Paying Off

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.