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 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 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...
News Oncology Startup Takes Home First Place at 2023 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge as Judges Award $1.4M in Total Investment Alnair Therapeutics, a startup developing a platform technology to improve the delivery of drugs to difficult-to-treat cancers, has won first place in the 27th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New...
News Polsky Center Launches Podcast to Mark 25 Years of The New Venture Challenge: “It’s Really Magical.” Startups weren’t so sexy 25 years ago. It was pre-Google, pre-dot-com bubble, pre-unicorn. The University of Chicago’s business school, renowned for finance, didn’t offer an entrepreneurship concentration. Steven Kaplan, 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...
News Supply Chain Software Startup Takes First Place at 2024 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge as Judges Award Record-Breaking $1.9M in Total Investments FreshX, a startup developing a supply chain software that helps food companies and freight brokers easily book and manage cold chain transportation and storage, has won first place in the...
News Polsky Center Teams Up with ChicagoNEXT to Attract Startup Investment to Chicago The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago recently partnered with World Business Chicago’s ChicagoNEXT, an organization focused on driving inclusive growth and opportunity for Chicago’s...
News OrisDX Wins 2022 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge with Saliva Test to Diagnose Oral Cancers UPDATE: The investment totals have been updated to reflect additional investment made in the days following the winner announcement. A startup developing saliva-based diagnostics to screen for oral cancers and...
Page Entrepreneurs-in-Residence The Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program is open to current students and alumni and provides mentorship and coaching to University of Chicago students. Successful Chicago-based entrepreneurs are available to meet throughout the...
