News NVC, Booth Alum Startup Mindful Care Closes $2.7M Series A with Investment from UChicago Bringing the urgent care model to the mental health industry, Mindful Care (formerly Mindful Urgent Care) has closed a $2.7 million oversubscribed Series A funding round – including an investment...
News Led by mHub, Clean Tech Economy Coalition Secures $500K from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge The 2025 Clean Tech Economic Coalition (CTEC), led by mHUB, a Chicago-based hardtech and manufacturing innovation center, has been recognized by the US Economic Development Administration for its potential to...
News OrisDX Wins 2022 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge with Saliva Test to Diagnose Oral Cancers UPDATE: The investment totals have been updated to reflect additional investment made in the days following the winner announcement. A startup developing saliva-based diagnostics to screen for oral cancers and...
News Phase II Teams Selected for the 16th Annual Global New Venture Challenge From Chicago, Singapore, and London, 19 teams are advancing to Phase II of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2023 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC). The GNVC is the...
News 16th Annual Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) Announces 7 Finalists to Compete for $150,000 On May 20, MBA teams from around the globe competed at the semi-finals of the 2023 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC). Now in its 16th year, the GNVC is a...
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...
News 10 Entrepreneurs Graduate from E-Commerce Learning Lab Launched in partnership with 37 Oaks, supported by GET Cities’ Tech Equity Working Group (now part of World Business Chicago), and with additional funding provided by Verizon, the E-Commerce Learning...
Technology Genetic Engineering Tools To Stimulate And Enhance The Production Of Select Compounds From Bacterial Species Synthetic biology toolsets to genetically manipulate the microbiota, specifically non-model resident gut microbes, to alter gene expression and cellular function to produce therapeutic compounds. Unmet Need: Genetic engineering tools for…
Technology Lymphangiogenesis For Therapeutic Immunomodulation A vaccine platform that uses engineered lymphangiogenesis factors and antigens to stimulate lymphatic endothelial cells, creating strong, long-lasting immune memory or tolerance with fewer side effects than traditional vaccines The…
Technology Broadly Neutralizing Neuraminidase Antibodies for Prophylactic and Therapeutic Treatment of Influenza One of the weaknesses of current influenza vaccines is seasonable variability in efficacy, which is predominantly caused by escape mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) antigen, the main target of the…
Team Emanuele Colonnelli, PhD, MSc Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth
