Activate x CZero Networking Reception at Industry Growth Forum 2025

​If you're in town during Industry Growth Forum 2025, join Activate and CZero for snacks, drinks, good times, and great networking with Colorado's deep tech community!

​Hosted during the week of NREL's Industry Growth Forum, this event will convene brilliant entrepreneurs, investors, corporate stakeholders, and ecosystem partners with a proven track record of collaborating on commercializing hard tech. Whether you're a deep tech startup looking for partners, an emerging fund looking for deal flow, or a deep tech nerd looking for a good time, our event is for you!

​​About Activate: Founded in 2015, Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by launching startups to address climate change and other global challenges. Working between government, philanthropy, universities, and the private sector, Activate transforms scientists into high-impact entrepreneurs through the Activate Fellowship, a two-year immersive experience that equips science entrepreneurs with the skills, networks, infrastructure, and funding they need to quickly and effectively bring their groundbreaking research to market.

​About CZero: Czero is a mechanical engineering services firm specializing in early-stage, concept-to-prototype R&D for innovative technologies in the energy sector. Czero works with companies of all sizes, from start-ups to multinational OEMs and government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Energy, national labs, and universities. They have been a long-time friend of Activate's and have helped many Fellows on their commercialization journeys.