News Small Business Spotlight: Eventnoire Succeeds by Super Serving its Community Jeff Osuji knew his latest business venture had legs during the 2019 Black Alumni Ball in Washington, D.C. His platform, Eventnoire, served as the registration site for this annual event,...
News Celebrating Black in Tech: Insight and Advice from Black Startup Founders Jasmine Shells, MBA ’21, founded her startup in Chicago with the intention of building it in Chicago as well. But when it came time to raise money, the checks were...
News Students and Small Businesses Work Together to Address Challenges, Form Strategies for Growth Small businesses in Chicago and across the US have been hit hard during the shutdowns and changes affecting our economy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yelp estimates, for...
Program UChicago Private Markets Program Explore careers in private markets through workshops, theory, case studies, and networking opportunities.
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 Meet the Investor: Jeffrey Stine, VestedWorld “We are very excited about what we call “tech-enabled” solutions, and Africa, in my view, is ground zero for these types of opportunities.” That is according to Jeffrey Stine, principal...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): How Startups Miss Their Market and How to Avoid it with Jeff Berman (Part 1 of 2) February 10, 2026 Join the Polsky Center and Jeff Berman for an informative workshop on how startups miss their market. Participants will learn how to validate demand, identify customers who actually care, and...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): How Startups Miss Their Market and How to Avoid it with Jeff Berman (Part 2 of 2) February 11, 2026 Join the Polsky Center and Jeff Berman to discuss how attention works, how to create a compelling message, and how to build upon early success to gain real market traction....
Technology Fully Synthetic Adjuvant Delivery System For Enhanced Tumor-Targeted Immunotherapy A cancer vaccine that enhances immune response by directly binding adjuvants to tumor cells, avoiding targeting antibodies, and reducing related side effects The problem: Therapeutic vaccination has long been a…
News Navigating Startup Success: Polsky Launches the ‘Compass,’ a New Deep Tech Accelerator Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently launched the Compass – a first-of-its-kind deep tech accelerator program for early-stage startups and technologies. “Backed by a 25-year history of launching...
Technology Protein Engineering Strategy for Enhancing Healing Of Chronic Diabetic and Radiation-Induced Wounds The problem: Chronic, non‐healing wounds have reached epidemic proportions and have a sustainable impact on both an individual’s quality of life and on healthcare costs as a whole The field…
Technology Development Of A Novel Anti-fibrotic (siRNA Talin2) That Reverses Existing Fibrosis Fibrosis is involved in 45% of deaths in the United States, and no treatment exists to reverse the progression of the disease. Fibrosing diseases include pulmonary fibrosis, congestive heart failure,…
