Catalyst and Academic Activator Spotlight Programs
US · Climate · Pre-seed, Seed
Terms checked 6 Oct 2026 against the official page.
Jointly administered with MassCEC, this program awards up to $75,000 in grant funding plus mentoring and network access to researchers and early-stage Massachusetts companies developing climatetech and clean energy technologies.
The terms
- Investment
- $75k (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Equity
- No equity
- Cohort size
- ~15 companies (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Applications close
- 30 Sep 2026 (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Applications open
- 18 Aug 2026 (checked 6 Oct 2026)
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