News Materium: Using Machine Learning to Create High-Performance, Sustainable Materials Materium is a participant in cohort 2 of Resurgence, a cleantech accelerator led by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Pritzker School...
News Quevos Lands $200,000 Investment on ABC’s Shark Tank from KIND Snacks Founder Daniel Lubetzky On Friday, January 22, Quevos, the egg white snack company, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, the reality show where entrepreneurs pitch their company to a team of celebrity investors (“sharks”)...
News Polsky Center Fall 2021 I-Corps Teams Tackle Unmet Medical Needs, Data Transparency, and Other Challenges The Polsky Center’s fall 2021 I-Corps cohort is developing diagnostics, novel therapeutics, innovative devices, new materials, and other technologies across various industries. The Polsky I-Corps program is a 7-week highly-experiential...
News UChicago Researchers, Booth Students to Connect at Fall Collaboratorium Seven teams from across the University of Chicago presented at the Collaboratorium, which brings together Chicago Booth students with researchers and faculty who are exploring commercialization opportunities for their work....
Page Polsky Council The Polsky Council comprises many of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private equity investors, who provide ongoing guidance and support to the Polsky Center.
News Making Disc Drives Smaller, Faster, More Stable University Provost Thomas Rosenbaum and Daniel Silevitch, Research Scientist, James Franck Institute, stand inside a shielded room, used to screen out radio interference from outside. To the left is the...
News Where Are They Now? How Kindness Built KindWorks Update 2/6/2025: KindWorks is featured in Season 7 of Meet The Drapers, a global pitch competition hosted by venture capitalist Tim Draper. Their pitch airs on March 14, and audience...
News Third Coast Foundry Celebrates Grand Opening, Showcases 40 Deep Tech Startups at Demo Day The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, along with the seven other university partners that make up Third Coast Foundry, marked the official launch of the new San Francisco-based innovation...
News Polsky Center Announces 2017 Summer Accelerator Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of the Polsky Accelerator, a 10-week intensive summer program designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit startups to...
News UChicago Food Allergy Startup Raises $3.5 Million Bunning Food Allergy Professor Cathy Nagler had been researching the physiological origins of food allergy and potential treatments for over 30 years without ever considering the possibility of translating that...
News Polsky Center Announces 2018 Summer Accelerator Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of the Polsky Accelerator, a 10-week intensive summer program designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit startups to...
News Polsky Accelerator Program Concludes with Demo Day For the past 10 weeks, 14 companies have participated in the 2018 Polsky Accelerator program. The annual program is designed for both for-profit and not-for-profit startups to develop their ventures....
