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We partner with the UW community on their innovation journey, providing tools, connections, and acumen to transform ideas into economic and societal impact.

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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Congratulations to @uofwa.bsky.social spinoff Aquagga Inc. and CEO Dhileep Sivam on winning the top prize at PNW Climate Week: www.geekwire.com/2025/aquagga...
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Events this week during hashtag#InnovationMonth2025 from @uw-cei.bsky.social, @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social #UWTacoma UW College of Engineering, DXARTS @uwartsci.bsky.social and more! Catch the full calendar: bit.ly/UWInnovMo25
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Exciting news! @uofwa.bsky.social med tech spinoff VerAvanti has raised $31.5M in a Series A round! Read more in @geekwire.com #UWInnovates
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
So much going on this week for #UWInnovationMonth2025! From art, to jazz, from physics to clean tech, entrepreneurship, science in medicine lectures and more! See the full schedule: bit.ly/UWInnovMo25 @uwartsci.bsky.social @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social @uw-cei.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Tonight - Sat! Part of #UWInnovationMonth2025: Complexions Contemporary Ballet at Meany Hall bit.ly/4d6El3s @uwartsci.bsky.social @uofwa.bsky.social #UWInnovates
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to #CoMotionSupported @uofwa.bsky.social spinoff Overland AI on winning AI Innovation of the Year at the @geekwire.com Awards last night (way to kick off #InnovationMonth2025)! Congrats to all the winners and nominees! www.geekwire.com/2025/geekwir...
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today kicks off the second annual UW Innovation Month, a campus-wide celebration of the innovation that happens everywhere at @uofwa.bsky.social. Read more about the festivities and browse the 60+ events happening all month long! comotion.uw.edu/blog/uw-inno... #UWInnovationMonth2025 #UWInnovates
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Join Julie Reed, partner at Miller Nash LLP to learn about navigating the IP landscape for AI/ML companies, at this week's Fundamentals For Startups, Friday 4/25 at noon, at CoMotion Labs Startup Hall near UW's Seattle campus. Register: bit.ly/F4SU_Julie
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This Friday's Fundamentals for Startups at noon at Startup Hall, learn about validating innovation and achieving traction, critical for early-stage startups! Presenting will be Jimmy Lee of JLEE & Associates. Register: bit.ly/F4SU_Jimmy
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sharing this exciting news from @comotionlabs.bsky.social member @skylight.social about funding from @mcuban.bsky.social and Graham & Walker. Read the story in @geekwire.com #ATProtocol
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Join us at noon, this Friday at Startup Hall, when our Fundamentals for Startups spring series begins. Rob Mathewson will share tips about the art of the sell--critical for early stage startup founders. Register: bit.ly/F4SURobM
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Congratulations to @uw-sefs.bsky.social's Sharon Doty on being named an AAAS Fellow by the @aaas.org. Our wishes extend to the 4 other @uofwa.bsky.social researchers also receiving this special honor. Read the story in @uwnews.bsky.social: lnkd.in/gnjAMkSh
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Our own Fiona Wills explains the resources available to UW research faculty, postdocs, and grad students looking to commercialize their innovations on this recent episode of @uwmedicine.bsky.social's "THRIVEcast" podcast, hosted by Patricia Kritek. Catch it here: spoti.fi/4jbiUA7
"UW School of Medicine Faculty THRIVEcast"
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
In our last Fundamentals for Startups, Andy Ouderkirk and Kelly Ingham shared how to build a $100M business in the age of #Al. Catch it here: bit.ly/4kYl2wu
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Join us this Thurs 3/20, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Startup Hall for our next Start Something, when Seattle Kraken owner and chair Samantha Holloway chats with moderator Marius Ciocirlan, cofounder and CEO of MarkOS. Presented by CSC Leasing. Register: bit.ly/CoMoLabsSS_S...
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Join us this Friday at Startup Hall for Fundamentals for Startups when Andrew Ouderkirk and Kelly Ingham discuss how to build a $100M business in the age of AI. bit.ly/F4SU_AndyKelly
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
.@uw-healthsystems.bsky.social is partnering with CoMotion and Buerk Center for Entrprnshp to offer qualified students $10,000 over 10 wks to explore social enterprise models w/ the potential to sppt innovations developed by UW researchers. DL 3/27 bit.ly/4iDCwwa cc @uwfosterschool.bsky.social
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today at noon: Learn how to master the art of reframing biased investor questions with Jenn Wrenn Henry, managing partner at VentureUs, this Friday at Fundamentals for Startups. Watch the live stream at noon: bit.ly/CoMotionLive
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Learn how to master the art of reframing biased investor questions with Jenn Wrenn Henry, managing partner at VentureUs, this Friday at Fundamentals for Startups. Register: bit.ly/F4SU_JennWH
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Congratulations to CoMotion supported @uofwa.bsky.social spinoff NLM Photonics on announcing their U.S. patent for Thermoset Organic Electro-Optic Materials: www.nlmphotonics.com/2025/03/04/u... cc @uwartsci.bsky.social
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Join us Thu 3/20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Startup Hall for our next Start Something, when Seattle Kraken owner and chair Samantha Holloway chats with moderator Marius Ciocirlan, cofounder and CEO of MarkOS. Presented by CSC Leasing. Register: bit.ly/CoMoLabsSS_S...
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Tomorrow at noon, David McFeeters-Krone shares how startups can tap into a $150B market via R&D partnerships at our Fundamentals for Startups. Register to join us in person at Startup Hall: bit.ly/F4SUDavidMK Or tune in to the live stream via YouTube at noon tomorrow: bit.ly/CoMotionLive
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Join us Thu 3/20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Startup Hall for our next Start Something, when Seattle Kraken owner and chair Samantha Holloway chats with moderator Marius Ciocirlan, cofounder and CEO of MarkOS. Presented by CSC Leasing. Register: bit.ly/CoMoLabsSS_S...
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Catch the video from last week's Fundamentals for Startups, when Rob Belcher of SaaS Capital discussed venture debt, a type of financing designed for startups to complement equity financing and provide access to capital without sacrificing additional equity. bit.ly/41sOao5
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Join Rob Belcher of SaaS Capital this Friday at Startup Hall for "Startup capital strategy: Venture debt 101". This type of financing is designed for startups to complement equity financing and provide access to capital without sacrificing additional equity. Register: bit.ly/F4SURobB
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Come “kick the tires” at our Tech+ incubator at Startup Hall! Selected early-stage startups can try out CoMotion Labs for free for a limited time. Access resources, and work along side fellow entrepreneurs. Apply and see if you qualify—spaces are limited! bit.ly/CoMoTestDrive
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Did you miss this vibrant panel discussion about impact investing at our last Fundamentals for Startups? This approach marries financial returns with meaningful social and environmental impact. Watch it now: bit.ly/3CUB09X
headshots of four speakers on graphic that reads "W CoMotion, Fundamentals for Startups, Powered by CoMotion Labs" then "In case you missed it..." and the title of the talk: "Impact investing: A 30,000-foot view for emerging entrepreneurs". It then lists the names of the panelists: Ken Horenstein, founder and general partner, Pack Ventures; Jack Knellinger, founder, Revoluity; Sandhya Nakhasi, co-CEO, Common Future; and Allison Parker, principal, Peake Impact. It then lists Friday, February 14, 12-1pm as the original date and time the video live streamed on YouTube
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Today at noon--join investors Ken Horenstein, Jack Knellinger, Sandhya Nakhasi, and Allison Parker, who'll present a high-level primer on impact investing--an approach that marries financial returns with meaningful social and environmental impact. Watch the live stream: bit.ly/CoMotionLive
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This Friday, at Startup Hall, join investors Ken Horenstein, Jack Knellinger, Sandhya Nakhasi, and Allison Parker, who'll present a high-level primer on impact investing--an approach that marries financial returns with meaningful social and environmental impact. Register: bit.ly/F4SU_Panel
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Thank you to Jeannine Lemker, director of UW Entr Law Clinic & Kerra Melvin, Partner at DLA Piper for attending our #PostdoctoralEntrepreneurshipProgram lunch. They shared this advice... (1/2)
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
In case you missed it: Evan Poncelet, cofounder and managing partner of Dreamward Ventures, shared info about funding for early-stage startups at our last #FundamentalsForStartups. Watch the video it here: bit.ly/3EA2pOU
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Today at noon: Evan Poncelet, cofounder and managing partner of Dreamward Ventures, shares info about funding for early-stage startups at #FundamentalsForStartups, at Startup Hall. Watch the live stream: bit.ly/CoMotionLive #startups #funding
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Coming up this Friday at noon, Evan Poncelet, cofounder and managing partner of Dreamward Ventures, shares info about funding for early-stage startups at #FundamentalsForStartups, at Startup Hall. Register: bit.ly/F4SUEvan
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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Join us tomorrow at noon when career coach Matt Youngquist shares how to make your startup stand out on LinkedIn at #FundamentalsForStartups Register: bit.ly/F4SUMatt
"Fundamentals for Startups" "LinkedIn hacks, part 2: Stand out and get found" "Matt Youngquist, president and chief coach, Career Horizons, Friday, January 31, 12-1pm
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