Apr. 22, 2025 – FORGE’s Spring Startup Showcase celebrated some of the leading hardtech startups in our local innovation ecosystem, as well as 10 years of the FORGE Manufacturing Initiative. Tickets for the Showcase sold out early, so the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham, MA was packed with enthusiastic attendees. Local…
In our newest Made in America episode, Ari sits down with Adam Rodrigues, Vice President of FORGE, to discuss hard tech innovation and startup success. With only 3% of hard tech startups making it to market, FORGE is helping founders overcome challenges through funding, education, and manufacturing connections. Watch below:
Read on to celebrate everything our network of innovative companies, supply chain members, and ecosystem collaborators achieved in 2024. Together, we made a tangible impact on physical product innovation in New England this year, and we look forward to continuing to fulfill our mission in 2025 and beyond.
David Thompson, Program Director The journey from prototype to mass production can be full of twists and turns. Following these best practices for scaling hardtech innovation can smooth out the journey and help innovators and startups grow faster. For hardtech innovation mentorship, manufacturing readiness education, and connections to right-fit suppliers and manufacturers that can help…
Sept. 17, 2024 – The lobby of Novo Precision in Bristol, CT, is deceptively quiet. Aside from the wire-forming and -cutting equipment on display, there’s little indication that beyond the lobby doors, ultra-accurate machines are clicking and clacking as they manipulate wires as thin as hairs into neat and perfect shapes. And this is just…
FORGE was honored to accept the Startup Boston Community Award for Best Accelerator or Incubator Program of the year! Startup Boston is an organization that supports innovation in the Boston area and throughout New England by educating, connecting, and celebrating entrepreneurs. It began as a community event, Startup Boston Week. Since its founding in 2016,…
May 2, 2024 – In New Haven, Connecticut, regional manufacturing experts came together at the ClimateHaven innovation hub to advise startup founders on solving their hardest hardware challenges. Three hand-selected startups presented their physical product prototypes to a panel of eight seasoned manufacturing experts at the ClimateHaven and FORGE Rocket Pitch. Approximately thirty people joined the…
Apr. 24, 2024 – For the second year in a row, FORGE organized a Spring Startup Showcase to display some of the most exciting physical products in our local innovation ecosystem. The event sold out, with a large turnout at the Dassault Systemes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham, MA. Thank you to Dassault Systèmes for hosting…
Apr. 5, 2024 – If you’re looking for experts in design for manufacturing, look no further than Fikst Product Development. Recently, the Fikst team took our guests on a behind-the-scenes tour of their Wilmington, MA facility. In the 8,000 sq. ft. facility, engineers work in brightly lit shops, don frocks to go in the cleanroom,…
