Event UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day July 21, 2025 The UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day, hosted by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is a signature event highlighting the next generation of deep tech startups emerging from the...
News Harper Court Ventures Launches with $25M to Support UChicago Startup Ecosystem Led by Chicago Booth alum, Karthee Madasamy, MBA ’06, and managed by MFV Partners, a leading Silicon Valley deep tech fund, Harper Court Ventures will be a new engine of innovation for the Midwest—and...
News UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day Talks Solving Hard Problems, and Solving Them in Chicago The importance of solving hard problems – and the benefits of solving them in Chicago – was a key theme during the UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day, which brought together...
Technology Tunable High-Q Superconducting mm-Wave Cavities Cavity and circuit quantum electrodynamics systems provide unprecedented control over photonic quantum states via coupling to strongly nonlinear single emitters. The millimeter (mm) wave frequency band is of great interest…
Technology Antibody-Targeted Enzymatic Chemoprotection Cytotoxic chemotherapy involves drugs that inhibit cellular division, killing or blocking the growth of cancer cells. However, chemotherapy blocks the growth of noncancerous cells, which causes an assortment of adverse…
Technology A High-Throughput, Label-Free Microfluidic System For Combinatorial Droplet Generation, Storage, And Analysis A microfluidic platform consisting of a two-layer PDMS system that generates and stores combinatorial droplets, enabling high-throughput screening with an integrated label-free, image-based detection system for real-time quantification of droplet…
Technology Computational-Guided Spin Defect Systems This method enables predictive growth of qubit host materials without the limitations of iterative measurements. The Unmet Need: Proper characterization of qubit host substrate and in-situ defect growth Quantum sensors…
Technology Enhanced Nitrogen Vacancy Synthesis in Diamond: Minimizing Hydrogen Passivation Keywords: Electron radiation effects, Ion implantation, Spectroscopy, Chemical vapor deposition, Optical fibers, Quantum information This method mitigates hydrogen passivation of nitrogen vacancy centers (NV centers) in diamond through vacuum annealing…