Event UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day July 21, 2025 The UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day, hosted by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is a signature event highlighting the next generation of deep tech startups emerging from the...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access: Mona Ventures June 26, 2025 Speakers: Andrew Leon Hanna, Co-Founder, Mona Ventures. Anny Dow, Co-Founder, Mona Ventures. We will be joined by Andrew Leon Hanna and Anny Dow. They are the co-founders of Mona, a platform that helps...
Event Capital Access: LongJump and Chicago Early Growth Ventures April 28, 2026 This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital. The speakers for this event are Tina Hrabak, head of platform, LongJump and Brian...
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...
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News UChicago Deep Tech Demo Day to Spotlight 22 Emerging Ventures During TechChicago Week The event will showcase next-generation deep tech ventures working across quantum and hardtech, healthcare, and data and AI.
News Chicago Innovation Mentors Celebrates First Year A superhighway runs into Chicago’s leading universities, carrying innovative scientists, talented students and significant research funds, says John Flavin, the new executive director of Chicago Innovation Mentors (CIM). “We need...
News UChicago Backs Tovala’s $20 Million Series B Funding Round The meal service and smart oven company, founded by a University of Chicago alumni, has closed a $20 million Series B funding round to scale its business across the US....
News Polsky Center Hires Christine Karslake, MBA ’95, to Manage University of Chicago’s Portfolio of Science and Technology Ventures The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has hired Christine Karslake, PhD, MBA ’95, as Managing Director of Polsky Science Ventures. In this newly created...
News Polsky Announces 2021 Founders Fund Fellows, Who Receive Support While Working Full-Time on Their Ventures The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Polsky Founders Fund Fellowship (PF3), a resource for graduating students who are committed to...
News Transform Accelerator for Data Science & Emerging AI Startups Launches New Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation program provides support to early-stage companies built on data science and AI technologies; applications are now extended to January 25th. The University of...
