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ACTIVATE CEO ILAN GUR TO LEAD NEW UK SCIENCE INNOVATION AGENCY

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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BERKELEY, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Activate announced that its founder and CEO, Ilan Gur, will become the founding chief executive officer of the newly established UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). With a billion-dollar initial funding commitment, ARIA is designed to accelerate the scientific and technological breakthroughs the world needs. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will expand on Activate's work to forge new ways to empower scientists and engineers, catalyze game-changing technologies, and create a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable world.

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  • BERKELEY, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Activate announced that its founder and CEO, Ilan Gur, will become the founding chief executive officer of the newly established UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).
  • "Over the past seven years, Activate has grown into one of the strongest science innovation communities in the world, and in time it will surely be among the most impactful," said Gur.
  • While conducting that search, the Activate board has named Todd Johnson as interim CEO, effective August 15th.
  • Activate supports fellows in communities across the United States: Activate Berkeley, Activate Boston, Activate New York, and Activate Anywhere.

Activate Welcomes 39 New Activate Fellows Whose Innovations Can Decarbonize Industries and Build a Cleaner, Safer Society

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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BERKELEY, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Activate, a nonprofit that helps scientists and engineers bring their innovations to market, is proud to introduce the 2022 cohort of Activate Fellows. These 39 founders are turning their breakthroughs into businesses that could help industries, including manufacturing, energy, chemicals, computing, and defense, meet decarbonization and resiliency goals.

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  • BERKELEY, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Activate, a nonprofit that helps scientists and engineers bring their innovations to market, is proud to introduce the 2022 cohort of Activate Fellows.
  • The Activate Fellows we've selected for Cohort 2022, our largest cohort to date, give me tremendous hope," says Activate CEO Ilan Gur.
  • Founded in 2015, the two-year Activate Fellowship provides fellows the time, resources, and mentorship to develop as leaders and mature their ideas as they start their entrepreneurial journeys.
  • Activate supports fellows in communities across the United States: Activate Berkeley, Activate Boston, Activate New York, and Activate Anywhere.

Stripe Climate to Support Activate Cohort 2022 Fellows Developing Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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Stripe Climate's $500,000 procurement contracts will give Activate Fellows a first customer right out of the gate.

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  • Stripe Climate's $500,000 procurement contracts will give Activate Fellows a first customer right out of the gate.
  • Through its Stripe Climate program, which directs resources to frontier carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, Stripe will purchase carbon removal from Activate Fellows' startups with promising carbon removal technologies through $500,000 procurement contracts.
  • "Activate is already providing a deep well of support for science entrepreneurs, and we see our partnership as a powerful multiplier of that support for fellows developing promising CDR technology."
  • Today, Activate supports 20-30 new Activate Fellows each year with plans to expand to 100 new fellows, across the United States, each year.