Entrepreneurship Resources
Following is a list of local organizations that support entrepreneurship and start-up companies:
AI2 Incubator
The AI2 Incubator is a pre-seed startup incubator that specializes in helping founders from research, engineering, health, science, or bio backgrounds build their vision into a high-growth startup with AI playing a major role. Through their deep expertise and strategic relationship with AI2—a world-class AI research institute—they support entrepreneurs in turning technological and scientific advances into impactful products and companies.
WRF
WRF Capital is the investment vehicle for Washington Research Foundation. We invest up to $10 million annually in startup companies based in Washington, with a focus on spinouts from nonprofit research institutions in our state: UW, WSU, Fred Hutch and ISB, among many others.
Pack Ventures
A pre-seed and seed venture fund investing in bold founders from the University of Washington network and beyond
CoMotion partners with the UW community on their innovation journey, providing tools, connections, and acumen to transform ideas into economic and societal impact.
Creative Destruction
For founders solving biological, medical, and healthcare problems using innovative applications of software, data science, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
Some ways to stay up-to-date on startup and biotech news:Â
STAT News – for biotech & healthcare news
GeekWire – for Seattle and startup news