News Universities Continue to Drive Innovation in Illinois: ISTC Report Illinois university students and faculty set records for startup activity – raising approximately $1.42 billion over the last five years, according to a recent report. Published by Illinois Science and...
News UChicago Launches Polsky Deep Tech Ventures to Support Startups Bringing Science, Tech to Market The $20M initiative will include a new venture fund and a series of sector-specific accelerators to provide startups with technical and market expertise. The Polsky Center is announcing Deep...
News University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Appoints Chuck Vallurupalli to Lead Duality, Preeti Chalsani Named Deputy Director The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has appointed Chuck Vallurupalli, MBA ’05, as the inaugural senior director of Duality, the first accelerator program in...
News Alumni New Venture Challenge Selects 25 Startups for 2022 Contest The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 25 startups accepted into the 2022 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated to supporting all University of...
News UChicago’s Transform Accelerator for Data Science and Emerging AI Startups Announces Inaugural Cohort The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the inaugural cohort of its new accelerator, Transform. Housed within the new Deep Tech...
News Inaugural Deep Tech Ventures Showcase to Highlight 20 Startups, Keynote from Former Chicago Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is excited to announce the inaugural Deep Tech Ventures Showcase – which will feature 20 startups across quantum, data science, cleantech, and life...
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 Corporate Collision: Bridging the Gap Between Corporates and Startups The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in March hosted Corporate Collision at TechNexus, bringing together more than 120 startup founders, innovation leaders, investors, and subject-matter experts to explore pathways...
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 Data Shows Chicago Startups Making Progress in Increasing Diversity The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation partnered with Chicago:Blend, an organization dedicated to bringing diversity to the Chicago business sector, to compile data on Chicago’s increasing diversity in startups....
News Eight Alumni-Led Startups to Compete in 2022 ANVC Finals The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the eight finalist teams that will vie for investment in the 2022 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated...
News DeepTechU Day 2: Securing VC Funding and Federal Grants that ‘Take on the Risk that the Private Market Cannot’ The second day of DeepTechU featured practical advice for deep tech startups seeking funding, including when to start conversations with venture capitalists and how to use federal government grants to...
