Event Application Deadline: College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) November 3, 2026 Applications for the College New Venture Challenge are due by November 3 at 3:00 p.m. CST. The College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) is a track of the New Venture Challenge...
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News The University of Chicago and the Grainger College Of Engineering Partner to Expand Undergraduate Track of UChicago’s Accelerator Program The College New Venture Challenge is expanding to partner with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
News Finalists Announced for the University of Chicago’s College New Venture Challenge Finals The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has officially announced the seven teams moving on to finals of the 2020 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). The CNVC is...
News Seven Undergrad-Led Startups to Compete for Investment in 10th Anniversary Finals of the College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the seven finalists selected to compete in the 10th Anniversary Finals of the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), an undergraduate...
News Top Tier Lessons, Quail.ai Tie for First Place at 2023 College New Venture Challenge Finals The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and The Grainger College of Engineering are pleased to announce the winners of the 11th Annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). This year’s winner are Top...
News Peer-to-Peer Payment App Paytera Takes First Place at the 2026 College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced peer-to-peer payment app, Paytera, as the winner of the 14th Annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), with judges awarding $330,000 to...
Program Resources CNVC Kickoff Application Workshop Application Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) These sample SAFEs are password-protected. Please contact Kate Turvy, at Kate.Turvy@chicagobooth.edu, for access. The Polsky Center’s investment terms are...
News Subli, a peer-to-peer subletting marketplace, wins $25,000 at the 2020 College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). The CNVC is the College track of...
News A Look Inside the First Year of Business for CNVC ’19 Winner, podU Wessam Abozeid, AB ’19, won the Polsky Center’s 2019 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) with his startup, podU, the world’s first platform for podcasts in Arabic. After winning the $15,000...
News CNVC Alum Quevos to Appear on Shark Tank on Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST Quevos cofounders, Nick Hamburger and Zack Schreier, will appear on ABC’s entrepreneurial reality show, Shark Tank, this Friday, January 22 at 8:00 p.m. EST. In the pre-taped episode, the cofounders...
News Polsky Announces 6 Finalist Teams for the College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has officially announced the six teams moving on to the finals of the 2021 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). The CNVC...
