News Meet the Inaugural Alchemist Chicago Cohort Alchemist Accelerator and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of Alchemist Chicago. Alchemist Chicago Cohort 1 is made up...
News Polsky Teams with National Labs, NSF’s I-Corps to Support Midwest Deep Tech Ecosystem The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has partnered with two of the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs (LEEP) and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps program to provide...
News ISTC Releases 2020 R&D Index and Names Three UChicago Professors Top Researchers to Know The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) this week released its latest R&D Index – as well as this year’s Researchers to Know, which includes three faculty members from the...
News Next Wave of Deep Tech Innovators Selected for Phase 2 of Alchemist Chicago Alchemist Chicago — the deep tech accelerator partnership between the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Alchemist — today announced the startups selected for Phase 2...
News The Polsky Center and Current Expand Partnership for Great Lakes RENEW Scaling Lab to Accelerate Commercialization of Water Solutions Early-stage water technology startups will have new access to specialized laboratory space, equipment, and commercialization resources through a new partnership announced today between the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for...
Program Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) The Polsky Center's Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) is a nationally-ranked accelerator program in the U.S.
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...
Page Graduate & PhD Students Graduate & PhD Students Transform research into real-world impact through startup accelerators, commercialization resources, interdisciplinary collaboration, and venture-building opportunities across the Polsky innovation ecosystem. *If you are a Chicago Booth...
News Transform Accelerator Announces Data Science and AI Startups Selected for Cohort 2 The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the seven early-stage companies accepted into the second cohort of its Transform accelerator for data science and AI startups. Housed...
News 20 Startups Accepted into Phase II of the 2024 Alumni New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 20 startups accepted into the 2024 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated to supporting all University of...
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...
