CoMotion at University of Washington

Join us Thursday, March 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. Before investing in Seattle Kraken, Holloway was a tech founder in Denver. In this talk, presented by?CSC Leasing, we'll learn about her entrepreneurial journey and her path into the male-dominated world of professional sports. Stick around for a Q&A and networking reception with light snacks and beverages. Register: https://lnkd.in/gyrT2qwc

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. https://lnkd.in/gWQpfq3X

Catch Jenn Wrenn Henry's talk from last Friday's Fundamentals for Startups about how to respond effectively to skeptical investors: https://bit.ly/41XRxUb

The UW Foster School of Business Buerk Center's Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) winners were announced this past Friday, with I-Corps participant and CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund recipient Luminova taking the $15K grand prize place, and I-Corps participant Team VISTA landing 2nd place and $10K! Another I-Corps participant, Team BioSyft won the Connie Bourassa-Shaw Spark award for $1K. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dn3rDqNQ

The Population Health Initiative is partnering with CoMotion and the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the UW Foster School of Business to offer its summer Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program. Applications are due by the end of day on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The program offers qualified students a total of $10,000 each over the course of 10 weeks to explore social enterprise models with the potential to support innovations developed by UW researchers. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e6959TXK University of Washington Department of Health Systems and Population Health

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: https://bit.ly/F4SU_JennWH

Congratulations to CoMotion supported University of Washington spinoff NLM Photonics on announcing their U.S. patent for Thermoset Organic Electro-Optic Materials: https://lnkd.in/gMKKgqsf

Did you miss David McFeeters-Krone, MBA-Krone on Friday's #FundamentalsForStartups talking about tapping into a $150B market through R&D partnerships? Watch it now: https://bit.ly/41PIk0p

Tomorrow at noon, David McFeeters-Krone, MBA 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: https://bit.ly/F4SUDavidMK Or tune in to the live stream via YouTube at noon tomorrow: bit.ly/CoMotionLive

What difference can a CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund make for a research project? We asked UW Tacoma nursing professor and #CoMotionSupported researcher Weichao Yuwen, who is developing an AI-based chatbot to support caregivers. Read the Q&A. https://lnkd.in/eJ_CgAAs University of Washington Tacoma School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership #UWInnovates