

Live from the Future: A Hard Tech Showcase at New York Climate Week
Our Activate Fellows, community, and partners are bringing breakthrough technologies to the world to solve global challenges. At the showcase, we will convene the New York hard tech community and spotlight companies pioneering breakthrough technologies powering the future!
As a guest, you have the opportunity to:
See breakthrough technology prototypes
Meet founders and leaders in hard tech and science entrepreneurship
Network with key ecosystem partners in local and federal governments, academia, venture capital, start-ups, and industry
Refreshments & light food are provided at the event. We look forward to seeing you on September 22!
Full agenda to be announced.
This event is brought to you by Activate and our sponsors Berkner Group, DCVC, and Foley Hoag, with support from Labstart and Urban Future Lab.
Activate: Activate is dedicated to turning scientific discoveries into real-world impact. Through partnerships with government, philanthropy, universities, and industry, Activate builds the cross-sector ecosystem that drives hard tech innovation—equipping scientists and engineers with world-class resources, training, and community to bring their work from discovery to deployment.
Berkner Group: We build world-class executive and technical teams for companies catalyzing a decarbonized economy. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, our team of executive search consultants is actively recruiting top talent throughout the U.S. and Canada
DCVC: DCVC is deep tech venture capital, backing brilliant entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve trillion-dollar problems. DCVC Energy + Climate supports breakthrough companies in clean energy development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. We invest on the principle that deep tech is our best tool for slowing global warming while ensuring a future of energy abundance and resilience.
Foley Hoag: Foley Hoag is an award-winning, international law firm that focuses on innovative industries and high-stakes litigation.
Labstart: LabStart is building accessible pathways for underinvested entrepreneurs to bring climate technologies from lab-to-market.
Urban Future Lab: The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is a non-profit innovation hub for best-in-class climatetech startups with a focus on clean energy and sustainable urban infrastructure solutions.