Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 10 Episode 10: Andes STR June 17, 2021 Growing up in Chile in a family of entrepreneurs, Sebastian Rivas since childhood has been on the lookout for problems that need solving....
News Polsky Center Powers WattShift’s Journey to Transform the Electric Grid “There’s a missing piece in how the grid interacts with smart devices, that’s where WattShift comes in.” In the moments between classes at the University of Chicago’s Booth School...
News BallotReady Raises $1.5M to Expand Its Voter Guide Platform Nationwide BallotReady announced that it has raised $1.5M in a seed round that will help the company expand its service to all 50 states by the fall midterm elections. Investors in the round...
Technology Viral RNA Modification Technique To Create Attenuated Live Vaccines For Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Other NNS RNA Viruses A method to attenuate RSV and other NNS RNA viruses by reducing m6A modifications on their RNA. This approach enhances genetic stability, ensures sufficient attenuation, triggers higher immune responses, retains…
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 2 Episode 2: ExplORer Surgical April 22, 2021 Jennifer Fried, MBA ’15, started her MBA at Chicago Booth with dreams of a career in venture capital. By the time she graduated,...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 5 Episode 5: Foxtrot May 13, 2021 Foxtrot cofounder and CEO Mike LaVitola, MBA ’14, has become expert at hearing “no.” He was not initially accepted into the New Venture Challenge,...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 9 Episode 9: Grubhub June 10, 2021 Matt Maloney admits he had a bit of an ego when he entered the New Venture Challenge. He had already launched Grubhub, had a...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 7 Episode 7: Braintree May 27, 2021 Growing up in a small, religious town in Utah, Bryan Johnson felt he existed in a video game where the rules were all mapped...
News UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day Talks Solving Hard Problems, and Solving Them in Chicago The importance of solving hard problems – and the benefits of solving them in Chicago – was a key theme during the UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day, which brought together...
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...
