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Stories in the news media about CoMotion and the UW spinoffs and innovations we’ve supported.

  • GeekWire | October 7, 2025

    Seattle startup Membrion raises $20M to deploy industrial wastewater treatment units

    Taylor Soper
    Greg Newbloom at pitching event
  • GeekWire | October 1, 2025

    Fast-growing startups reshape the GeekWire 200 with innovations in AI, robotics, energy and more

    Taylor Soper
    GeekWire 200 Q4 2025
  • GeekWire | September 30, 2025

    Inside Zap: Fusion pioneer tries to build ‘a star in a jar’ to unlock abundant clean energy

    Lisa Stiffler
    Matthew Thompson, Zap vice president of systems engineering, alongside a demo fusion reactors at the company’s Everett, Wash., research and development facility. (
  • GeekWire | September 29, 2025

    Meet the key players in the Pacific Northwest’s fusion energy hub

    Lisa Stiffler
    Zap Energy gear
  • GeekWire | September 19, 2025

    Plug and Play’s second Seattle-area accelerator cohort includes six local startups

    Kurt Schlosser
  • GeekWire | August 11, 2025

    Forget new EVs: This Seattle startup converts gas cars to cut carbon emissions now

    Lisa Stiffler
    Tom Gurski, founder and CEO of Blue Dot Motorworks
  • My Northwest | August 8, 2025

    New brain implant trial at UW aims to improve stroke recovery

    Luke Duecy
    neurosurgeons Andrew Ko (left) and Ben Grannan
  • GeekWire | July 29, 2025

    UW researcher lands grant to bring chip-based beam-steering LIDAR to market with new startup

    Richard Yonck
    Bingzhao Li
  • GeekWire | July 24, 2025

    UW researchers discover AI-powered breakthrough that could boost precision cancer treatment

    Lisa Stiffler
    researchers in David Baker's lab
  • GeekWire | July 23, 2025

    Three startups selected for inaugural Curinos FinTech Incubator based at UW’s CoMotion

    Kurt Schlosser
    from left: Reagan Bonlie, founder and CEO of Nudge Money; Amos Nadler, founder, CEO and chief scientist at Prof of Wall Street; and Will Taylor, founder and CEO of Parish