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…
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.
For its fourth year, the annual Manufacturing Mash-Up moved to Gillette Stadium for even more manufacturing ecosystem networking, panels, grants, and awards. FORGE joined in the fun as an event partner again. We brought some of our favorite manufacturers, suppliers, and startups to table at the event. Mark Michalski, one of our manufacturing experts in…
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,…
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…
Your belief in our model — manufacturing readiness education and right-fit connections — is what enables us to grow, and we’re grateful that we could expand so much last year. Come see what we and our network of innovative companies and supply chain members, partners, and ecosystem collaborators made happen in 2023. If you’ve already joined us for the ride in 2024, thank you. And if you haven’t, we invite you to come along. It’s going to be an amazing year!
Nov. 16, 2023 – We loved seeing the Merrimack Valley innovation ecosystem come together for our panel event Connecting with Economic Development Opportunities for Hardware Startups! A small crowd joined us at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub to network and take in the panel discussion. Mark Michalski, our Eastern MA manufacturing expert in residence, kicked…
Oct. 24, 2023 – The days might be getting shorter, but the fun is just beginning at FORGE. We recently threw our second startup showcase of the year. The Fall Startup Showcase displayed some of the best physical products in our local innovation ecosystem. More than 130 people filled the Dassault Systemes 3DExperience Lab in…
Nothing beats a sunny day at the ballpark…except a sunny day at the ballpark with Massachusetts’ manufacturing ecosystem. FORGE returned to the state’s third annual Manufacturing Mash-Up for a fun day of networking, grant announcements and more. Students, legislators and startups mingled in Worcester’s Polar Park with some of our favorite manufacturers and suppliers. Massachusetts…
August 9, 2023 – Holyoke’s innovation ecosystem took the spotlight this past Wednesday! Cofab Design, Clean Crop Technologies, the City of Holyoke, and FORGE hosted Hardtech Holyoke. The event celebrated the startups, technologists, engineers, researchers, manufacturers, and ecosystem service providers building new physical products in and around the city. More than 85 people from across…
