News New Funding Expands Tech Access to South Side Entrepreneurs at the Polsky Exchange As part of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, the Polsky Exchange leads the Chicago Tech Equity Desk – connecting South Side entrepreneurs with...
News Polsky Teams with GET Cities to Address Gender, Race Inequities Facing Chicago-Based Founders Pivotal Ventures, the investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates, has together with its partners Break Through Tech and SecondMuse, launched Gender Equality in Tech (GET) Cities – a new initiative working...
News 2017’s Best and Worst Small Cities to Start a Business For insight into starting a business in a small city and advice on overcoming the challenges they pose, WalletHub turned to a panel of experts for their thoughts on key...
News esports Platform GGLeagues Launches Recreation Leagues Across the US The esports tournament and league management platform GGLeagues is designed to make gaming a social experience. Structured like an outdoor recreational sports league, GGLeagues hosts teams and competitions on its...
News Fireside Chat: Airbnb Cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk Reveals How the Business Grew, Survived COVID-19 and Found Success Thanks to a Publicity Stunt As Airbnb neared the end of its first year in business, its prospects looked grim. The San Francisco-based startup — at the time called AirBed & Breakfast — wasn’t...
Technology Novel Nano-Formulation For Multi-TLR Agonists To Boost Immune Responses Against Solid Tumors Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists are considered promising alternatives for the estimated 50 – 75% of all cancer patients who are non-responsive to checkpoint inhibitors, and immune activation is enhanced upon…
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
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 Next Wave of Deep Tech Innovators Selected for Phase 2 of Alchemist Chicago Alchemist Chicago — the deep tech accelerator partnership between the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Alchemist — today announced the startups selected for Phase 2...
News University/Lab Startup Enables Small Businesses Access to Big Computers A new University of Chicago startup is delivering supercomputing-as-a-service to small- and medium-sized businesses and helping these firms more readily compete with industry behemoths. High-performance computing drives innovation and efficiency...
News Thanks to Grubhub, You Can Now Order Food on TripAdvisor After having inked a series of deals with different hotels, TripAdvisor signed its first partnership with a food delivery service. The Needham, Ma.-based travel company announced on Monday an agreement...
News Storing Renewable Energy Generating electrical power from the sun and the wind share a common drawback: The sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow when and where the...
