Advising
Advising portfolio of Anne A. Madden, Ph.D. (Founder of Imnovate Consulting). Dr. Madden serves as a technical (plus) advisor, offering a unique blend of deep technology expertise and a track record of building successful STEM communication strategies to drive impact.
Company Portfolio
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Leaven Foods
Providing diverse, natural microbial cultures in a convenient format, empowering everyone to create flavorful, healthier, and sustainable food.
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Seia Bio
A platform technology, spun out of MIT and accelerated through the prestigious NSF I-Corps program, Seia Bio protects microbes to enable beneficial products. Winner of the MIT Climate and Energy Prize and the first-ever MIT Female Founders PItch Competition.
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Proteus Ocean Group
Founded by famed aquanaut Fabian Cousteau, Proteus Ocean Group is building multiple habitats and a large network of data-collection sites, resulting in a platform that connects and creates a “smart ocean” ecosystem globally with a myriad of commercial applications. As featured by media outlets such as CNN, Popular Science, Fast Company, Wired, Forbes, and The New York Times.
“An effective science, technology and engineering communication strategy is as important to an early-stage startup as establishing product-market-fit. In many cases, it is a failure of STEM communication strategy that dooms an entrepreneur and kills a potentially transformative technology.”
— Anne A. Madden, Ph.D.
Anne A. Madden’s Mentorship Networks
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National Science Foundation I-Corps
This is one of the nation’s leading entrepreneurship programs, launched to increase the economic impact of research funded by the NSF by transitioning it from lab to market. Dr. Madden served as a mentor for a national team out of MIT in 2020.
TED Red Circle
The alumni network of mainstage TED speakers (since 2017).
Tory Burch Foundation
An entrepreneurship program focused on supportig women-founded companies. Dr. Madden served as a mentor in 2021.
TED Speaker Ambassador
Dr. Madden served as a speaker mentor for TED speakers in 2020, 2021, and 2022 (Vancouver, BC).
Participation in Thought Leadership Summits/Workshops/Events
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Helena Foundation
Helena is a global problem-solving organization. Though Helena Projects, we seek to implement solutions to critical societal problems. Our work is conducted alongside a small group of exceptional people called Helena Members. Member since 2017.
TED Summit
TEDSummit gathers the most engaged members of the global TED community for community brainstorms, discussions, performances, workshops, outdoor activities and an eclectic program of mainstage talks—in beautiful surroundings. Invited Attendee 2019 (Scotland).
33 Monkeys
An innovation retreat associated with the Year of the X innovation festival, located in the Austrian Alps. Invited Attendee 2018 (Tyrol, Austria).
House of Genius
Assembling interesting, diverse groups of people to focus their collective creativity to solve important problems. Invited Attendee at a House of Genius Summit 2015 (Boulder, Colorado, USA).
TED CountDown Summit
Championing and accelerating solutions to the climate crisis. This invite-only gathering will bring together a group of global innovators, business executives, scientists, policymakers, next-generation leaders, artists, activists and more who are determined to create a better future. Invited Attendee 2021 (Scotland), & 2023 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Gordon Research Conference
A prestigious conference providing an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research, the biological, chemical, physical, and engineering sciences and their interfaces. Invited Discussion Leader (NH, USA, 2025)