News $2.1 Million Awarded at the 2026 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge; Cancer Pathology AI Company Takes First Slideflow Labs, a cancer pathology AI company, has won first place at the 30th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), during which $2.1 million was awarded to...
News UChicago Deep Tech Demo Day to Spotlight 22 Emerging Ventures During TechChicago Week The event will showcase next-generation deep tech ventures working across quantum and hardtech, healthcare, and data and AI.
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 6 Episode 6: Power2Switch May 20, 2021 As a Black founder, Seyi Fabode, MBA ’10, has experienced the challenge of investors taking him seriously. Fabode, an immigrant from Nigeria, recalls an...
News 8 Polsky-Affiliated Startups Named to Chicago Inno’s ‘Chicago Startups to Watch’ List Eight startups with roots in the Polsky Center or the University of Chicago have been included in an annual list featuring the top Chicago startups to watch for the year....
News Bluefors Opens Shared Lab Facility at the UChicago Science Incubator, Expands Bluefors Lab Chicago Bluefors, the world leader in cryogenic cooling systems for quantum technology, has opened a second Chicago-based lab facility at the UChicago Science Incubator located at Hyde Park Labs. The additional...
News Polsky Launches DeepTechU to Connect Investors with Faculty Startups in Deep Tech The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is launching DeepTechU, a venture conference convening investors and faculty innovators to showcase deep tech innovation. “Our faculty at the...
Program Collaboratorium Showcase your research, technology, or ideas and develop a better understanding of the next steps to pursue a business opportunity.
News VIDEO: How to Collaborate with Universities and National Labs as Partners in Innovation The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, recently hosted a webinar for Current’s Chicago Water Week. The panel highlighted...
News Meet the Transform Cohort 2 Startups: Echo Labs Team Members Edward Aguilar – Cofounder and CEO Sahan Creddy – Cofounder and CTO What does your company do? We are building the first AI capable of human-level transcription that...
News Meet the Inaugural Alchemist Chicago Cohort Alchemist Accelerator and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of Alchemist Chicago. Alchemist Chicago Cohort 1 is made up...
News 21 Teams Tackling Innovations in Quantum, Healthcare, AI, and More Take First Steps Toward Commercialization Twenty-one teams from across the University of Chicago and local institutions participated in the Polsky Center I-Corps program this year – identifying and addressing real-world problems in seven weeks, work...
