About Activate Global
Building the community that drives science into impact by growing the next generation of hard-tech leaders, creating demand for leaders who bridge science and business, advocating for viable private investment and partnership models, promoting consistent impact-driven public sector support, and strengthening academic cultures that prioritize value-driven innovation.
Focus Areas
Advanced manufacturing & roboticsInfrastructureCarbon capture, utilization, storage & verificationAdvanced chemistry & materialsSustainable materials & alternativesComputer technologies (semiconductors, quantum, AI, advanced storage)Energy (extraction, generation, management)Electronics, MEMS, sensors & hardwarePower systems & gridsBatteries & storageAgriculture & food systems
About Activate Global
Activate Global Inc centers its grantmaking on building a pipeline of hard-tech scientists and engineer-entrepreneurs, pairing non-dilutive support with leadership training, mentorship, networks, and programming. Its flagship fellowship model is designed to help researchers move breakthrough science toward commercial use while keeping equity, fees, and IP off the table in the fellowship structure. The foundation also runs international and regional variants of that model, including a Singapore fellowship and Activate New York, which ties into a carbon-to-value innovation ecosystem. Recent grants show that the foundation funds technology development across a wide range of technical fields rather than a single subsector. In 2024, it awarded $600,964 to Perlumi in Berkeley and $321,973 to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, both labeled for technology development. Other recent awards include Takachar in Boston at $250,742 and Pulsenics in Newark at $198,427, indicating support for ventures and research teams at the stage between prototype work and productization. The listed focus areas extend across advanced manufacturing, carbon capture, materials, semiconductors, energy systems, biotech, aerospace, mobility, and water technologies.
What Activate Global Funds
Activate Global Inc funds technical development work across several adjacent innovation areas. In carbon capture and climate tech, it gave $109,349 to Banyu Carbon Inc in Seattle for technology development and $100,000 to Quorum Bio Inc in San Ramon for the same purpose. Its biotechnology-oriented grantmaking includes $100,000 to Ivu Biologics Inc in Wellesley and $100,000 to FORAY bioscience in Cambridge, both for technology development. In water and industrial systems, it awarded $100,000 to ChloBis Water Inc in Madison and $100,000 to Impact Cooling Inc in Birmingham. The recipient list also includes advanced materials and hardware companies such as Closed Composites Inc in San Pedro, Pseudolithic Inc in Santa Barbara, and Lucidean Inc in Goleta, each supported with technology development funds.
How Activate Global Gives
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $100,000, median is $100,000, and p75 is $109,198. The recent awards also show a few larger investments above that band, including $600,964 and $321,973. Recipients appear across both 2023 and 2024, which points to repeated grantmaking activity rather than a single isolated cycle. Activate Global Inc is classified as a regular funder, makes program-related investments, and funds individuals is false. The active fellowship programs also accept unsolicited applications in several cases, including the U.S. fellowship and the Singapore fellowship.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.6M
Total Assets
$25.5M
Total Revenue
$30.6M
Total Expenses
$31.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $100K and $109K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$100K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$109K
Geographic Reach
National9 states funded
About 21% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Matthew Price
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