News UChicago Alums, Researchers Develop Evidence-Based Police Force Management and Early Intervention System Benchmark Analytics working with research partners led by the University of Chicago has created an evidence-based police force management and early intervention system. The proprietary solution captures and aggregates police...
News Data-driven, Early Intervention Technology for Police Officers Licensed to Benchmark Analytics The University of Chicago announced a partnership with Benchmark Analytics to commercialize an early intervention system for police officers. Benchmark Analytics is a provider of analytics-based police force management and...
News Rate Your Chicago Police Encounter with Excuse Me Officer A Chicago startup wants to let citizens rate and review interactions with police officers, a la Yelp. The Excuse Me Officer website, and its upcoming mobile app, could provide data about heroic...
News Small Business Spotlight: ReformedSchool’s Handmade Wearable Art Has Something to Say Peter Gaona didn’t have much money growing up, but he did have a nose for style. So he learned to distress and take apart his clothes, fashioning new items out...
News 5 Ways to Make Your Voice Heard in the Healthcare Reform Debate Republicans in the House of Representatives recently unveiled their new healthcare plan, the American Health Care Act, which is intended to replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Regardless of which...
News Energy Tech Leaders Take to the National Stage at DOE Pitch Competition >> UPDATE: Team Rise Reforming from the University of Chicago took First Place at the event and was awarded $50,000. Since this article originally ran, Rise Reforming has switched its...
News Exactics Wins 2025 College New Venture Challenge, Securing $115K for Innovative Rapid Diagnostic The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and The Grainger College of Engineering announces Exactics as the winner of the 13th Annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). Exactics, a biotechnology...
News 13th Annual College New Venture Challenge Announces Competing Undergraduate Teams The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to announce the 15 teams selected for...
News 6 Startups Vie for Investment at the 2025 College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and The University of Illinois’ Grainger College of Engineering are pleased to announce the six finalists selected to compete in the College...
Page 2025 Companies Traditional // Rayni ($835,000) Hestus ($350,000) Lumina AI ($250,000) Bera ($220,000) MycoWorks Health ($175,000) Vantage Robotics ($150,000) Clover Labs ($110,000) Veyda ($75,000) Northline Energy ($52,000) Synova ($50,000) College // Exactics...
News 2020 Holiday Guide: 20 Polsky-Supported Businesses As we near the end of 2020, the holiday season is officially here. While things will feel quite a bit different this year, we wanted to highlight some of our...
