News Polsky Exchange and Women’s Business Development Center Partner to Empower Minority-Owned Businesses in Chicago The Polsky Exchange will provide a number of resources for a Women’s Business Development Center-led program, including workshops led by Polsky Center staff, space to work, market research carried out...
Technology Senolytic Therapeutics To Eliminate Senescent Cells And Enhance Aging And Cancer Treatments Targeted approach to remove aging, disease-related, or chemotherapy/immunotherapy-induced senescent cells while sparing healthy cells The Unmet Need: Approaches to selectively eliminate senescent cells improving aging symptoms without damaging healthy…
News 2018 NVC Phase II Teams Announced The Polsky Center is thrilled to announce the 30 teams advancing to the semifinals of the 2018 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC). The NVC is the University of...
News 31 Teams Selected to Advance to Phase II for the 2021 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced the 31 teams advancing to Phase II of the 2021 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC)....
News Built at UChicago, Explorer Surgical Joins Global Healthcare Exchange Portfolio to Accelerate Core Mission Founded in 2015 by Booth School of Business alum, Jennifer Fried, MBA ’15, and former University of Chicago faculty member Dr. Alex Langerman, Explorer Surgical today announced that it has been acquired...
News Entrepreneurial Outlook Series Kicks Off by Discussing the Future of Medtech As a way to kickstart the next year, and decade, the Polsky Center has brought back its Entrepreneurial Outlook series to help community members connect and get ahead of upcoming...
News New ‘Hacking for Defense’ Class Looks to Solve Mission-Critical Operational Issues The Hacking for Defense class was started by Steve Blank at Stanford University and has spread to more than 30 universities. Now, the class is coming to the University of...
News NVC@25 Fireside Chat: LemonBox Cofounder Derek Weng To mark the 25th anniversary of the Edward L. Kaplan ’71 New Venture Challenge, a top-ranked accelerator at the University of Chicago, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is hosting...
News Led by mHub, Clean Tech Economy Coalition Secures $500K from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge The 2025 Clean Tech Economic Coalition (CTEC), led by mHUB, a Chicago-based hardtech and manufacturing innovation center, has been recognized by the US Economic Development Administration for its potential to...
News 24 Startups Accepted into the 2023 Alumni New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 24 startups accepted into the 2023 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated to supporting all...
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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...
