News Polsky Center Announces Teams Selected for the 14th Annual College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the teams selected for the 14th annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), an undergraduate student startup accelerator. This year’s...
News Polsky Center Welcomes 2026 Cohort of the Small Business Growth Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming the newest cohort of businesses to the Polsky Exchange Small Business Growth Program, a nine-month initiative designed to help established small...
News Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026: Beyond the Hype Last week, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Chicago Booth’s Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (EVC) Group hosted the Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026, the University of Chicago’s flagship...
News 26 Teams Advance to Classroom Portion of the 2026 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Today, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation announced the 26 teams advancing to the classroom portion of the 2026 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), the University...
News 7 Startups to Compete for Investment at the 2026 College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the seven finalists selected to compete in the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) finals. On Friday, March 6, the finalists...
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...
Technology Small Molecules That Improve Post-cardiac Arrest Outcomes by Protecting Against Mitochondrial Damage Post-CPR cardiogenic shock is associated with hemodynamic instability and poor neurological outcomes. The pathophysiology is unknown and current treatment approaches merely restore basal cardiac function and do not protect against…
Technology Novel Small Molecules for the Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis and Asthma Airway remodeling induced by asthma and fibrosis promotes reduced responsiveness to currently available therapies. As such, there is an urgent need for the development of novel treatments that target the…
Page Local Business Owners local Business Owners Through the Polsky Exchange and the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Polsky Exchange, local business owners gain access to experienced advisors, educational programs, and...
News The Polsky Center Announces the 20 Startups Selected for India Deep Tech Accelerator The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the 20 startups selected to join the inaugural cohort of the India Deep Tech Accelerator, a global accelerator designed to help high-potential, Indian...
News From Mississippi to the Last Frontier: Ben Frazer’s Path to ETA in Alaska Growing up in a small town in Mississippi, entrepreneurship was close to home for Ben Frazer, MBA ’25. His father founded a business in 2000, and from an early age...
News 10 Startups to Compete for Over $1 Million at 30th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Finals The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the 10 teams advancing to the finals of the 30th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), the Chicago Booth School...
