News Polsky Announces Finalists for the 2021 Alumni New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2021 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global program dedicated to supporting all University of...
News Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2025: Built to Last Last week, the Polsky Center and Chicago Booth’s Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (EVC) Group hosted the Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2025, the university’s flagship entrepreneurship and venture capital conference. Held...
Program Our Process and Advisory Committee Our Process The George Shultz Innovation Fund invests in promising startups from an ecosystem that includes the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, and the Marine Biological Laboratory. The...
News UChicago Alumni From Around the Globe Pitch for Investment at 2020 ANVCs The Polsky Center is pleased to invite you to the 2020 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), the alumni track of the nationally-ranked Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge, on...
News Alumni New Venture Challenge Winner, Speeko, Secures $75K for AI-Driven Speech Coach The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC). The alumni track of...
News Booth’s Student Entrepreneurship Awards Honor Budding Leaders in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Private Equity Chicago Booth last month recognized six outstanding MBA students who demonstrated leadership in entrepreneurship, venture capital or private equity during their time at school. The annual Student Entrepreneurship Awards have...
News Polsky Center and Chicago Booth Private Equity Group Host 25th Annual PE Conference Investors, students, and industry leaders gathered last week for the 25th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference, a day-long event exploring the evolving dynamics of private equity investing and value...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 10 Episode 10: Andes STR June 17, 2021 Growing up in Chile in a family of entrepreneurs, Sebastian Rivas since childhood has been on the lookout for problems that need solving....
Page Chicago Booth Students Chicago Booth Students The Polsky Center offers a range of programs and events to support students interested in entrepreneurship, private equity (PE), venture capital (VC), entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), small...
News Eight Finalists Announced for the 2023 Alumni New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2023 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global program dedicated to supporting all University of...
News A Distinguished Entrepreneur: Roopa Gandhi, MBA ’96, Talks How Sacrifice, a Refusal to Fail (and Luck) Led to Success It was for an assignment at Chicago Booth that Roopa Gandhi, MBA ’96, first visualized her career as an entrepreneur. Next year, the company will be celebrating 25 years. “Sometimes...
News Eight Graduating Students Receive Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowships to Work On Their Ventures Full-Time The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the eight recipients of the 2023 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), a program that provides funding to graduating UChicago...