News Polsky Accelerator Debuts Two Tracks — Build and Launch — and Selects 17 Teams Amid Soaring Applications for the Summer Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 17 teams selected to participate in the 2021 Polsky Accelerator, a competitive 10-week summer program that for the...
News Polsky Center Receives $30,000 National Science Foundation Grant for Female STEM Entrepreneurs Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that the University of Chicago was one of eight Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) sites and nodes across the nation that have been selected for their Inclusive...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 6 Episode 6: Power2Switch May 20, 2021 As a Black founder, Seyi Fabode, MBA ’10, has experienced the challenge of investors taking him seriously. Fabode, an immigrant from Nigeria, recalls an...
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....
News Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) Announces 7 Finalists to Compete for more than $100,000 in Investments Seven teams have been selected for the 17th annual Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) finals, taking place on Friday, May 31st. The GNVC is a track of the top-ranked Edward...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 4 Episode 4: Simple Mills May 6, 2021 Katlin Smith, founder and CEO of Simple Mills, wowed her first buyer with a muffin recipe using almond flour. Now the Chicago-based natural...
News Meet the Resurgence Cohort 1 Startups: Alpha Nur Team Members Kevin O’Sullivan – Cofounder and CEO What does your company do? Alpha Nur is pioneering nuclear fuel recycling technologies to bolster American national security and clean energy development...
Technology Oral Systemically-Bioavailable Butyrate For Treating Inflammatory Diseases Method to attach butyrate to amino acids, allowing it to bypass gut metabolism and enter the bloodstream, increasing its bioavailability and enabling effective treatment of inflammatory, immune, and neurological conditions…
News The Polsky Center to Support Quantum Ecosystem as Part of $55M Bloch Quantum Tech Hub Initiative The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will provide resources to help quantum companies grow as part of a new $55 million effort to build a domestic quantum supply chain...
News Paire Health Wins First Place and $35,000 at the 2019 Global New Venture Challenge Seven University of Chicago Booth School of Business executive MBA teams presented their business plans at the finals of the 2019 GNVC.
News Ten Startups Will Compete for Over $1M in Finals of 27th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 10 teams selected to advance to the finals of the 27th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture...
News Bunny Blanco is Reviving a 2,000-Year-Old Drink of the Gods “The world loves tequila and Mexican beer, so now it’s time for them to try the drink of the gods.” During the reign of the Aztec empire, priests and royalty...
