News UChicago Makes Venture Investment into Popular Chicago Food Market Foxtrot, the popular food and alcohol delivery service with four storefront locations in Chicago, is the fourth recipient of a venture investment from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. The company...
News University of Chicago Professor Cofounds Data-Driven Molecular Engineering Company For the last 20 years, Rama Ranganathan has been trying to understand how evolution builds complex biological systems like proteins, which are essential for the function and reproduction of organisms....
News Small Business Spotlight: Dinobi Detergent’s Plant-Based Laundry Soap a True Labor of Love The story of Dinobi Detergent is as much a love story as it is a tale of entrepreneurship and laundry soap. Founded by Augie and Sylvia Emuwa, a Bronzeville couple...
News Hyde Park’s Harper Court Development Now Fully Leased In a milestone that reflects growing economic development in the Hyde Park neighborhood’s historic commercial center, the mixed-use Harper Court development on 53rd Street is now fully leased. The award-winning...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Series – Hyde Park Bank/Beverly Bank (Wintrust) June 20, 2023 Speaker: Jason Swan, Assistant Vice President & Relationship Manager, Hyde Park Bank/Beverly Bank (Wintrust). Beverly Bank & Trust provides Illinois with the resources of a big bank while maintaining the personalized...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Series – Hyde Park Bank/ Beverly Bank (Wintrust) February 8, 2024 Speaker: Mike McCracken, Senior Vice President, Hyde Park Bank/Beverly Bank (Wintrust). Beverly Bank & Trust provides Illinois with the resources of a big bank while maintaining the personalized service of a...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access: Hyde Park Bank/Beverly Bank (Wintrust) April 22, 2025 Speaker: Mike McCracken, Senior Vice President, Hyde Park Bank/Beverly Bank (Wintrust). Beverly Bank & Trust provides Illinois with the resources of a big bank while maintaining the personalized service of a...
Event Capital Access: Hyde Park Bank/Beverly Bank (Wintrust) April 7, 2026 This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital. This speaker for this event is Mike McCracken, senior vice president, Hyde Park Bank/Beverly...
News Polsky Launches DeepTechU to Connect Investors with Faculty Startups in Deep Tech The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is launching DeepTechU, a venture conference convening investors and faculty innovators to showcase deep tech innovation. “Our faculty at the...
News A Gut Check for Post-Op Infection: Covira Offers a Pro-Bacteria Approach Covira is a Chicago-based startup backed by three decades of field-defining research by John Alverdy, Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago. Alverdy, who is Covira’s...
