The founders at Autev envision a future where EV drivers simply park their vehicles in a garage, open an app and enter a parking space number. When they return, their… Read More
The startup spinout machine at the University of Washington keeps on humming. According to CoMotion, the university’s tech transfer office, seven startups have emerged from UW-related research since July of… Read More
CoMotion, the innovation arm of the University of Washington, is gearing up to move just down the street from its current location to a new space. Later this year CoMotion… Read More
Washington Research Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that funds research and scholarship in Washington state, awarded more than $1.2 million for entrepreneurship training programs at the University of Washington and Washington… Read More
The BECU Fintech Incubator named three companies that won its fifth annual competition, including two from the Seattle region. The contest aims to attract more fintech startups to the Pacific… Read More
T-Mobile is equipping the University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs with a new 5G network to help entrepreneurs build products and services using next-generation connectivity. CoMotion Labs, part of the university’s… Read More
A new company out of the University of Washington launched this week with technology to sense human gestures, body functions and eye movement. Somalytics has developed ultrathin, flexible sensors… Read More
Four Seattle startups have won a slot in a financial technology incubator run by banking company BECU and CoMotion, the innovation arm of the University of Washington. The year-long program… Read More
The University of Washington is aiming to make it easier for spinouts to get out of the research lab and into the market. This week the UW unveiled Husky FAST… Read More
The University of Washington this month received a U.S. patent for a new air filtration technology that can remove airborne pollution — including viruses like the novel coronavirus — while… Read More
The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. The toll on… Read More
The University of Washington’s CoMotion innovation hub has quietly announced that it’s closing public access to its MakerSpace and shrinking its headquarters, which launched with fanfare just three years ago… Read More
It’s taken 20 years, but executives at Seattle-based Nonlinear Materials Corp. are finally putting the pieces in place for what they say could be a revolution in electro-optical processing. “Everything… Read More
After five years of leading the University of Washington’s innovation center, Vikram Jandhyala is stepping down. Jandhyala, executive director of CoMotion, told GeekWire that he plans to depart this June.… Read More
For 30 years, scientists have been trying to unleash the promise of Interleukin-2 (IL-2), a powerful protein that fights cancer but is highly toxic. Researchers at the University of Washington… Read More
The University of Washington’s innovation arm is partnering with the state’s largest non-profit credit union to launch a new fintech incubator. BECU and CoMotion this week will open the BECU… Read More
As a veteran tech entrepreneur and co-founder of companies like Onyx Software and Smartsheet, Brent Frei has conducted more than 4,000 interviews. Over that time he’s figured out the type… Read More
OneRadio Corp., a University of Washington spinout that focuses on sniffing out radio signals across a wide spectrum, has signed up the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s National Security Directorate as… Read More
The University of Washington added yet another startup to its growing list of spinouts Monday: Perimatics, a health technology company that offers data science-based software solutions for hospitals. The company… Read More
The University of Washington’s innovation hub CoMotion is cutting approximately 15 percent of its staff as well as eliminating open positions, as it reorganizes its business model and copes with… Read More
Is there money to be made by going meatless? Substitutes for meat, dairy and eggs have been around for decades, as demonstrated by the success of Seattle-based Field Roast Grain Meat… Read More
OneRadio Corp. has been working on its dragnet for radio transmissions for two years in stealth mode, but the spinout from the University of Washington’s CoMotion innovation program is finally… Read More
University of Washington spinout WiBotic, which is building technology that wirelessly powers drones and other robotic devices, has raised $2.5 million in a new funding round. The round is led… Read More
Coming up with a great idea for a new technology or startup is one thing. But turning that idea into a commercially viable product or company is a whole different… Read More
CoMotion is growing its presence across the state of Washington. The University of Washington’s “collaborative innovation hub” is expanding to eastern Washington with a new CoMotion Labs space in Spokane. CoMotion… Read More
Helping its students, faculty, and researchers focus on innovation has become a top priority for the University of Washington. That was clear this past Thursday, when the UW’s expanding CoMotion innovation program… Read More
University of Washington’s CoMotion innovation program announced today it will move to a new University District headquarters that will include an incubator space for virtual and augmented startups. Two virtual reality companies have already… Read More
A Seattle-based startup is developing a new air filter that it says will cost less than the alternatives, use less energy, filter out more harmful particulates and require less maintenance. The company, Pacific Air Filtration, has raised… Read More
Ever wanted an in-house microscope for all your home science needs? Search no longer. Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry will be hosting their April Maker Day event this Saturday, April 30th.… Read More
There are some questions that are really interesting, challenging and stimulating — but also unanswerable. And when we ask whether we can predict the innovative needs of the future, my… Read More
