News ‘It’s Remarkable’: Deep Tech Ventures Summit Showcases Innovation in the Midwest Nearly 350 attendees, 23 speakers, and 22 startups came together to explore various topics across the quantum, data science and AI, cleantech, and life sciences space at the Deep Tech...
News Alnair Therapeutics Awarded $175,000 From George Shultz Innovation Fund The George Shultz Innovation Fund (GSIF), managed by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, recently selected oncology startup Alnair Therapeutics as a Fall 2022 cohort award winner. The company,...
News Deep Tech Ventures Summit: Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Industry Experts Convene Explore new investment opportunities, learn how deep tech is reshaping industries on a global scale, and engage with a diverse community of tech leaders at the Deep Tech Ventures Summit,...
News Polsky Center Teams with Orange Grove Bio to Catalyze Biotech Innovation at UChicago The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has signed a strategic agreement with Orange Grove Bio (OGB), an integrated biopharmaceutical company, to support pipeline development, entrepreneurial training,...
Technology RNA-Guided Control Of Protein Secretion And Membrane Protein Expression Innovative methods to engineer small nucleolar RNAs to target specific mRNAs to increase or decrease the secretion of desired proteins offering scalable solutions for disease treatment and advancing research capabilities.…
News AbbVie, University of Chicago Collaborate to Advance Cancer Research The University of Chicago and AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, have entered into a five-year collaboration agreement designed to improve the pace of discovery and advance medical research in oncology...
News Spring Cohort Finalists Selected for the UChicago Innovation Fund The University of Chicago Innovation Fund has announced the five companies moving on to the spring finals. Each of the finalists will present their ventures to the Innovation Fund advisory committee and...
News Innovation Fund Invests $500,000 in Microbiome Research and Energy Companies The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced plans to invest up to $500,000 into three companies—AVNovum, ClostraBio, and SwitchedSource—that are working in the health and energy fields, respectively. These latest...
News 2018 Spring Cohort Finalists Selected for the UChicago Innovation Fund The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has announced the five companies moving on to the spring finals of the University of Chicago Innovation Fund....
News Finalists Announced for the 2018 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Eleven teams have been selected to pitch their ventures during the finals of the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge on Wednesday, May 30. The New Venture Challenge, a...
News Manifest Wins First Place and $315,000 in the 2018 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the winners of the 22nd annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC),...
News Innovation Fund Invests $250,000 in Microbiome-based Startup The University of Chicago Innovation Fund has announced plans to invest up to $250,000 into BiomeSense, a startup developing a fully-automated biosensor for low-cost, scalable microbiome testing. On Thursday, May...
