BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 14, 2024-- Activate, the nonprofit fellowship where science entrepreneurs transform breakthrough ideas into advanced hard-tech companies, today announced a new funding milestone: Activate Fellows, current and alumni, have secured a cumulative $3.5 billion in funding for their companies, and over $2 billion of that has been confirmed in the last year alone.
The nearly 200 companies founded with Activate’s support are developing a wide range of hard-tech solutions including climate tech, advanced manufacturing and robotics, new uses of chemistry and materials, reimagined food and agriculture, space innovations, and more. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.
businesswire.com/news/home/20241114152049/en/ Activate Welcomes New Board Members and Announces Activate Fellows Have Reached a $3.5B Funding Milestone (Graphic: Business Wire) Building on this momentum, Activate is also strengthening its board of directors through the addition of two new veterans of systemic innovation, Dr.
Alex Dehgan and Nitesh Sharan. Dehgan, the CEO and co-founder of Conservation X Labs, brings deep experience both nationally and internationally, including through his work as the Chief Scientist of the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), where he created USAID’s DARPA for Development, the Global Development Lab and the Grand Challenges for Development Organization. Dehgan’s experience spans a variety o.
