Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 4 Episode 4: Simple Mills May 6, 2021 Katlin Smith, founder and CEO of Simple Mills, wowed her first buyer with a muffin recipe using almond flour. Now the Chicago-based natural...
Technology Automated Microfluidic Platform For High-Throughput 3D Cell Culture, Dynamic Stimulation, And Single-Cell Analysis Automated microfluidic platform enabling high-throughput, precise 3D cell and organoid culture, drug screening, and single-cell analysis, allowing real-time monitoring and dynamic control of cellular environments for advanced research in cancer,…
News ‘It’s the American Dream’: Polsky Exec Talks Family-Owned Businesses, Innovation, and Education Family businesses are the engine that runs the economy, says Polsky executive Dan Sachs, who speaks to the importance of supporting those contributors. We caught up with Sachs, who is...
News CRISPR-Modified Skin Grafts to Treat Addiction? ‘The Opportunities Are Endless,’ Says CEO AddGraft Therapeutics has developed a novel platform that aims to effectively treat substance use disorders with genetically engineered skin grafts – a first-of-its-kind treatment with myriad applications. Developed by University of...
News Chicago Biomedical Consortium Secures $13.5 Million to Scale Work, Support for Life Sciences Industry The Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) has received an additional $13.5 million in funding from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust to expand its mission. Launched in 2001 by...
Program Resources A suite of programs and resources designed to provide graduating students and alumni access to the education, capital, and mentorship necessary to acquire and grow small businesses.
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 6 Episode 6: Power2Switch May 20, 2021 As a Black founder, Seyi Fabode, MBA ’10, has experienced the challenge of investors taking him seriously. Fabode, an immigrant from Nigeria, recalls an...
News This Chicago Startup is Bringing Supercomputing to the Cloud Supercomputing has changed the way we process big data in a wide range of industries. Unsurprisingly, these capabilities to perform multiple complex tasks in the least possible amount of time...
News Foodtech Startup BTRFY Finds Magic in Balancing the “Big Picture” with the “Here and Now” A recent alum of the Polsky Accelerator and Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) accelerator program, BTRFY worked tirelessly this summer to perfect both their business and their science simultaneously.
News How Researchers are Returning Sensation to Mastectomy Patients The Bionic Breast Project is an interdisciplinary research program applying bionic technologies to restore post-mastectomy breast function. Leading the project is Stacy Lindau, MD, MA ’02, a Professor of Obstetrics...
News Genes Reveal Details of ‘the Crime,’ Pathway to Develop a Novel Treatment for Neurodegenerative Disease University of Chicago researcher Christopher Gomez is developing a gene therapy to treat a rare, neurodegenerative disease – and conducting a clinical trial, backed by Pfizer and Biogen, to establish...
