News Why Billionaire Mark Cuban Invested in an Afghan Saffron Start-up Run By Veterans on ‘Shark Tank’ Mark Cuban is a Dallas-based tech entrepreneur who is obsessed with basketball, so a Chicago-based start-up selling saffron produced in Afghanistan may seem outside his investment sweet spot. Yet the billionaire made...
News Getting Mark Cuban’s money — the Shark’s 47 Biggest Shark Tank Investments Social New Venture Challenge alum LuminAID ranked as Mark Cuban’s 31st biggest investment on ABC’s Shark Tank. Read the full article >>
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 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...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 9 Episode 9: Grubhub June 10, 2021 Matt Maloney admits he had a bit of an ego when he entered the New Venture Challenge. He had already launched Grubhub, had a...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 3 Episode 3: BenchPrep April 29, 2021 Ashish Rangnekar, MBA ’11, grew up in a sleepy town in India where success looked like a white-collar job, not entrepreneurship. But early on...
News Fireside Chat: Airbnb Cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk Reveals How the Business Grew, Survived COVID-19 and Found Success Thanks to a Publicity Stunt As Airbnb neared the end of its first year in business, its prospects looked grim. The San Francisco-based startup — at the time called AirBed & Breakfast — wasn’t...
News Rumi Spice After Shark Tank – 2018 Update Chicago Booth student-founded Rumi Spice provides an update since receiving $250,000 investment from Mark Cuban on ABC’s Shark Tank. Read the full article >>
News Chicago’s South Side Neighborhood Coworking Space and Startup Hub Turns 5 In October 2014, a 34,000 square foot coworking space and facility opened up to not only serve all students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Chicago, but also...
News CNVC Alum Quevos to Appear on Shark Tank on Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST Quevos cofounders, Nick Hamburger and Zack Schreier, will appear on ABC’s entrepreneurial reality show, Shark Tank, this Friday, January 22 at 8:00 p.m. EST. In the pre-taped episode, the cofounders...
