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Calling FinTech Startups

Enter The BECU FinTech Incubator Competition!

Vikram Jandhyala VP for Innovation Strategy UW, Exec Director UW CoMotion; Shankar Vaidyanathan CEO, Noonum; Tom Morgan, CIO/SVP of Information Technology, BECU; Tom Berquist, SVP Marketing, Cooperative Affairs, BECU; Omri Mor CEO, Warren

Apply by December 1st!

BECU, Washington’s largest community credit union, and CoMotion, the University of Washington’s collaborative innovation hub, recently announced a partnership to create a fintech hub in the Seattle region, which included the launch of the BECU FinTech Incubator at CoMotion Labs. Fintech startups, Noonum and Warren, are the first two members.

On February 28, 2019, BECU and CoMotion will hold a Fintech Competition with the goal of identifying talent and promising technologies. The top three winning fintech startups will receive sponsored seats and membership in the BECU FinTech Incubator at CoMotion Labs @ Startup Hall near the UW campus. The Labs membership includes training, mentorship, and networking while BECU will provide access to their credit union network and ongoing guidance.

The deadline to apply for the competition is December 1st – click the button below to apply. Don’t delay!

Apply for the BECU FinTech Incubator Competition

Jeanette Ennis

Associate Director of Innovation Investment

Jeanette Ennis supports UW researchers pursuing grant money to commercialize their innovations, and helps CoMotion secure economic development grant opportunities. Ennis joined CoMotion in 2009 after more than 15 years of broad research experience as a scientist, entrepreneur, and manager. Her areas of expertise include pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, tissue engineering, and medical devices. She has worked with a variety of start-up companies as project manager, grant writer, and intellectual property manager, and held senior research positions at Cornell University and the UW Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She earned a doctorate in medical and molecular pharmacology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she trained with Louis Ignarro, Nobel Laureate in Physiology. She also holds a certificate in technical writing and editing from the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.