The CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund is a partnership between CoMotion and the Washington Research Foundation to provide up to $1 million per year with $50K grants awarded to up to 20 teams. Our mission is to fund and support projects that have a high chance to have impact but are unlikely to get there without gap funding. The Innovation Gap Fund program is intended to help technologies get across the “valley of death” between the conclusion of academic research grants and the level of development at which they can attract seed stage investment. The funds can be used to help create a proof-of-concept for your idea.

Successful projects have used funds to:

• create prototypes

• complete software coding or user interface development

• initiate Beta testing

• research customer demand

• research and validate markets