News 3 Startups Awarded $200,000 Each to Build Out Teams, Launch Novel Products Flow Medical, Lismikro, and OrisDX each have been awarded a $200,000 co-investment from the George Shultz Innovation Fund to further develop their technologies. Managed by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship...
News $1M Investment Moves Flow Medical Toward Commercialization for Its Novel Medical Device University of Chicago startup Flow Medical is finalizing its product design – taking the next steps on its path to commercialization with a $1 million investment from a medical device...
News Polsky Center I-Corps Teams Test Commercialization Potential of Research The Polsky I-Corps program helps scientists, researchers, and students test the commercial potential of their research and ideas. Supported with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Great...
News ‘A Great Formula for Success’: Booth Alum Jennifer Fried Named CEO of Another UChicago Startup An early-stage healthcare investor, founder, and operator, Chicago Booth alum Jennifer Fried, MBA ‘15, has taken on a new role – with a familiar path – at the helm of...
News The Startup Connection: Researchers and Business Students Meet at Fall Collaboratorium Connecting researchers with business expertise, the Fall 2023 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from the Transform and Duality accelerators. The Collaboratorium provides the opportunity for...
News Meet the Transform Cohort 2 Startups: RadioLogical.ai Team Members Gerardo Chaquinga – Chief Executive Officer & Cofounder Tarun Gulrajani – Chief Strategy Officer & Cofounder Raul Albertti C. – Chief Technology Officer & Cofounder Martin Carnier –...
News 8 Polsky-Affiliated Startups Named to Chicago Inno’s ‘Chicago Startups to Watch’ List Eight startups with roots in the Polsky Center or the University of Chicago have been included in an annual list featuring the top Chicago startups to watch for the year....
News 3 Teams Advance to the George Shultz Innovation Fund Finals The spring 2024 George Shultz Innovation Fund finalists are developing solutions to detect lead in water, treat diseases, and improve patient care. Managed by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and...
News UChicago Researchers Honored with Prestigious Innovation Awards University of Chicago Assistant Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu and PhD candidates Pengju Li and Shawn Shan were recently recognized for their groundbreaking innovations. Shawn Shan, 26, has been named MIT Technology...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access: First Women’s Bank May 6, 2025 Speaker: Jonathan Thrasher, Senior Vice President, Government Guaranteed Lending and Commercial Lending, First Women’s Bank. First Women’s Bank is the only women-founded, women-owned and women-led commercial bank in the country...
News PAC Dynamic: Predicting Heart Failure Progression for Precision Care PAC Dynamic is a participant in Cohort 4 of Transform, a data science and AI startup accelerator powered at the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Innovation...
News Winter 2025 Collaboratorium Brings Together Business Expertise and Science Connecting researchers with business expertise, the Winter 2025 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from the Duality and Transform accelerators. >> Register for the...
