News Illinois Ignite: Researchers to Showcase Breakthroughs in Healthcare, Computing, and Advanced Manufacturing Illinois Ignite 2020 will feature technologies and startups from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Illinois Institute of Technology. The virtual showcase...
News Duality Quantum Accelerator Accepts Six Startups into Inaugural Cohort Duality, the nation’s first accelerator exclusively for quantum companies, has accepted six startups for Cohort 1. Duality is led by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University...
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 Cancer Detection, Oil Spill Cleanup, Quantum Computing, and a New Medical Device: Meet the Spring 2022 Innovation Fund Finalists Four teams have been selected as finalists for the George Shultz Innovation Fund spring 2022 investment cycle – bringing to the forefront solutions for scaling quantum computers, sustainably cleaning oil...
News UChicago Startup Super.tech Among Latest Partners to Join the Chicago Quantum Exchange The Chicago Quantum Exchange has added six new partners in technology, finance, manufacturing, and consulting to its community, including a Polsky-supported startup, Super.tech. Founded by Pranav Gokhale, a recent University of...
News Quantum Startup memQ Raises $2 Million Seed Round to Shape the Future of Quantum Networking memQ, a Chicago-based quantum memory startup, announced today a $2 million seed funding round. Funding came from the lead investor Quantonation, Exposition Ventures, and the George Shultz Innovation Fund. memQ...
News Duality Quantum Accelerator Accepts Four Startups into Latest Cohort The Chicago-based Duality quantum accelerator has accepted its latest cohort of four startups, which are developing solutions for a secure quantum internet, enabling the manufacture of products in microgravity, and...
News Three UChicago Startups Receive Investment from the George Shultz Innovation Fund The finalists pitched to the Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, which consists of advisors, entrepreneurs, and industry experts, on May 29. The George Shultz Innovation Fund has awarded $250,000 to StaC12,...
Technology Flexible, AI-Enabled Wearables for Precision Medicine This technology enables on-body AI data analysis of data from skin-like wearable electronics for achieving human-integrated/mimetic intelligent systems. The Unmet Need: Data processing for precision medicine Precision medicine, the future…
News Duality Quantum Accelerator Announces First Corporate Supporters Duality, the nation’s first accelerator focused exclusively on supporting quantum science and technology companies, has announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is among its first corporate supporters, along with Caruso Ventures, Lathrop GPM LLP, McDonnell Boehnen...
News Super.tech Secures $1.65M Grant and Launches New Benchmarking Suite for Quantum Computers A University of Chicago quantum software spinout, Super.tech has been selected to receive $1.65 million in funding from the Department of Energy and today announced the release of SupermarQ, an application-centric...
News Stretchable, Self-Powered Bioelectronics Mimic Skin in Form and Function Skin-like electronics could seamlessly integrate with the body for applications in health monitoring, medication therapy, implantable medical devices, and biological studies. With the help of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship...
