News DeepTechU Day 3: Navigating Lab to Launch, Deep Tech Investment, and a Culture Shift Toward Commercialization “The best companies we see have deep venture experience,” said Beckett Jackson, investing director, Boeing HorizonX. But they also have a grand vision about how the technology will become a...
News 10 Teams Participate in Polsky’s Spring 2022 I-Corps Program to Refine Market Fit for Novel Tech Ten teams from across the University of Chicago were selected to participate in the spring 2022 I-Corps program with the goal of determining the commercial potential of their technologies. Supported...
News Oncology Startup Takes Home First Place at 2023 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge as Judges Award $1.4M in Total Investment Alnair Therapeutics, a startup developing a platform technology to improve the delivery of drugs to difficult-to-treat cancers, has won first place in the 27th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New...
News Academia and Private Sector Meet at 10th Annual Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference The Polsky Center, in collaboration with the Chicago Booth School of Business and Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, hosted the 10th annual Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Conference this week....
News Meet the Transform Cohort 2 Startups: Quail.ai Team Members Aarthi Koripelly – Cofounder and CEO Jackson Lee – Cofounder and COO What does your company do? Quail.ai is a machine learning toolkit for small and midsize businesses...
Event Polsky Exchange Breakfast: Educational Services March 19, 2025 Calling all Polsky Exchange Members. Start your day right with coffee and treats at the Polsky Exchange. You don’t want to miss it! This month’s Exchange member breakfast aims to...
Technology New Reversible Uridine Modification Chemistry For Labeling and Functionalizing Native Nucleic Acids A chemical process that enables reversible, covalent RNA modification-highly selective for uridine enabling diverse functional group attachment, facilitating nucleic acid labeling The Unmet Need: Reversible labeling of native RNA in…
Program ETA Advisory Committee Comprised of leading operators, investors, and academics in the ETA space, the Polsky Center ETA Advisory Committee is instrumental in providing guidance to the growth and impact of our ETA...
News Startups Prep Pitches for Shot at New Venture Challenge When applying for the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge, Steve Kaplan warns hopeful entrepreneurs not to pretend their numbers are conservative. “I’m the guy wearing the sport jacket — I’m conservative....
News Microbiome Modeling with Gusto Launching with a name like Gusto, the newest kid on the microbiome block needs to bring something different and energizing to the table. That is the plan, according to cofounder...
News UChicago Startup Aims to Predict Behavior of Trillions of Microorganisms A new University of Chicago startup is working to better predict the behavior of the trillions of microorganisms living inside the human body and harness them to treat disease. Gusto...
News UChicago, Northwestern University and JPMorgan Chase Join Forces To Grow Business And Jobs Three-year partnership will fund new programs to support minority-owned business on south and west sides The University of Chicago and Northwestern University are beginning a three-year partnership to support the...
