News Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Investment Pool Swells to $1.73 Million After Additional Funding Rolls In; First-Place Winner Andes STR Gets $681,000 The record investment pool in the 25th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) jumped to $1.73 million this week after investors put additional money into the finalist...
News UChicago Grants InFlectis BioScience Exclusive Rights to a Potential New Class of Therapies for Neuromuscular Diseases The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has granted InFlectis BioScience rights to use a patented family of small molecules for the treatment of neuromuscular diseases. Per the...
News Booth’s Student Entrepreneurship Awards Honor Budding Leaders in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Private Equity Chicago Booth last month recognized six outstanding MBA students who demonstrated leadership in entrepreneurship, venture capital or private equity during their time at school. The annual Student Entrepreneurship Awards have...
Page Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition The Polsky Center offers a suite of resources designed to provide alumni with access to the education, capital, and mentorship necessary to acquire and grow a business. ETA Visiting Advisors...
News Booth and Kellogg Host World’s Premier Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Conference The 8th Annual Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Conference returns to downtown Chicago this month as an in-person event, continuing its tradition as the premier gathering for search fund entrepreneurs,...
News 10 Teams Participate in Polsky’s Spring 2022 I-Corps Program to Refine Market Fit for Novel Tech Ten teams from across the University of Chicago were selected to participate in the spring 2022 I-Corps program with the goal of determining the commercial potential of their technologies. Supported...
News AI, Life Sciences, Quantum Tech to Get Boost as Part of the Compass Accelerator’s Latest Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce that six teams have been selected for the latest cohort of Compass, a deep tech accelerator program for University...
News A Gut Check for Post-Op Infection: Covira Offers a Pro-Bacteria Approach Covira is a Chicago-based startup backed by three decades of field-defining research by John Alverdy, Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago. Alverdy, who is Covira’s...
News Polsky-Affiliated Initiatives, Startups Ranked Among Chicago’s Hottest Innovators Eleven entities with roots in the Polsky Center or the University of Chicago have been named to an annual list spotlighting the 50 hottest innovators in the city. Now in...
Event ETA Insider Podcast: Live from the Harper Center February 22, 2024 Join us for a live episode of the ETA Insider Podcast feat. host Brian O’Connor, MBA ’08, in conversation with Aizik Zimerman MBA ’23. In 2022, Aizik acquired a Chicago-based...
News Polsky Center Launches ETA Fellows Program to Meet Surge of Interest in ETA In response to the growing interest in Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), the Polsky Center is launching the ETA Fellows Program. Made possible by a generous donation from Booth alum A....
Program ETA Fellows Program Access mentorship, educational programming, and hands-on experiences as you prepare for a career in entrepreneurship through acquisition.
