Event Capital Access: Cleveland Avenue/CAST US June 30, 2026 This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital. The speakers for this event are Jason Mercer, principal, Cleveland Avenue; Fernando Carranza, venture...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access: Cleveland Avenue July 1, 2025 Speaker: Jason Mercer, Principal, Cleveland Avenue. Cleveland Avenue is a Chicago-based global venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets....
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Series – CAST US: A Cleveland Avenue Fund May 2, 2023 Speaker: Bernita Johnson Gabriel, Director, Strategic Relationships, CAST US – A Cleveland Avenue Fund. CAST US is a $70 million initiative that will bridge the capital and resource gap impacting Black,...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Series – CAST US: A Cleveland Avenue Fund May 2, 2024 Speaker: Jason Mercer, Principal – CAST US Due Diligence, CAST US – A Cleveland Avenue Fund. CAST US is a $70 million initiative that will bridge the capital and resource gap...
Event Jordan Tepper Office Hours (Guest Entrepreneur Office Hours) November 8, 2023 Sign up here for a 30 minute slot. Booth alum Jordan Tepper, MBA ’13, will be holding virtual office hours over Zoom and can help answer your questions related...
Team Madhav V. Rajan, MS, PhD Steven S. Wymer Dean, Chicago Booth; Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago Steven S. Wymer Dean, Chicago Booth; Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago
Technology Electrically Tunable Quantum Platform Using Spin Defects In SiC Heterostructures Integration of quantum spins into classical electronic devices has been a major challenge. However, the ability to do so would limit spectral noise and line width broadening of emissions from…
Technology Fully Synthetic Adjuvant Delivery System For Enhanced Tumor-Targeted Immunotherapy A cancer vaccine that enhances immune response by directly binding adjuvants to tumor cells, avoiding targeting antibodies, and reducing related side effects The problem: Therapeutic vaccination has long been a…
News Cultivating Partners Whether it comes to medical devices, therapeutics or pharmaceuticals, Richard Ganz brings a rich background, widespread knowledge and 30 years of experience to help University of Chicago researchers translate their...
News Forget the Exit. This Booth ETA Student Plans to Hold Onto his Newly Acquired Plumbing Company for the Long Haul. For many students pursuing entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), the primary goal is a quick exit. But Aizik Zimerman, who enrolled in Chicago Booth knowing he wanted to find a small...
News Drip: Sports Tech Company Takes the Guessing Game Out of Hydration A startup in the inaugural cohort of Transform, a data science and AI accelerator, Drip is working to solve chronic dehydration in athletes with its unique sweat-sensing wearable device. “Taking...
News An Engineer Designed These Sports Bras, Inspired by Chicago Architecture Chicago’s unique architecture played muse to two Chicago entrepreneurs jumping into the fashion business. Powwful is a new line of colorful, full coverage sports bras designed by Chicago entrepreneurs Lotika...
