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A wall in the new University of Washington CoMotion offices includes logos for some of the 285 companies that have spun out of the program. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler)
The fintech incubator at the University of Washington is back.
The UW’s CoMotion innovation arm announced Tuesday that it is partnering with data intelligence company Curinos to launch a new fintech incubator.
CoMotion originally launched a fintech program in 2018 in partnership with BECU that hosted four companies per year and supported 18 startups in total, including Noonum, Routable, Finclusive and Attunely. That program ended in 2023.
The new program will have a similar structure, with 3-to-4 companies accepted each year after a pitch event. It will be located at CoMotion’s HQ at UW.
Founded in 2021, New York-based Curinos serves banks, lenders, credit unions, and other customers with AI-powered financial data and analytics products. Longtime Seattle tech leader Olly Downs is chief technology and AI officer at Curinos.
Startups in the new incubator will have access to Curinos’ propreitary data assets and get exposure to the company’s network of global financial institutions.
CoMotion recently moved into a new building on the UW campus in Seattle. The office handles the university’s technology transfer process, helping researchers launch startups and secure patents for their discoveries. It also offers co-working space and runs several incubators.
