Technology A High-Throughput, Label-Free Microfluidic System For Combinatorial Droplet Generation, Storage, And Analysis A microfluidic platform consisting of a two-layer PDMS system that generates and stores combinatorial droplets, enabling high-throughput screening with an integrated label-free, image-based detection system for real-time quantification of droplet…
News Liv Labs Lands SBIR Grant and Spot in Y Combinator as it Develops a Better Tool for Women Experiencing Urinary Incontinence Urinary incontinence is a common ailment among women that often goes unspoken – and therefore untreated. One in four U.S. women, and 40% of women over age 65, experience unwelcome...
News Fireside Chat: Airbnb Cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk Reveals How the Business Grew, Survived COVID-19 and Found Success Thanks to a Publicity Stunt As Airbnb neared the end of its first year in business, its prospects looked grim. The San Francisco-based startup — at the time called AirBed & Breakfast — wasn’t...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
Program Official Rules and Guidelines ELIGIBILITY EQUITY AGREEMENTS As a condition to receive the prize money, each winning team must agree to provide the Polsky Center with equity in the company (that was the subject...
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 Do You Really Need an Accelerator to Launch Your Startup? The following article was written by Shyama Majumdar, interim executive director of Deep Tech Ventures at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on September 17, 2024....
News Born at UChicago, AgileMD Takes Strides to Expand Healthcare Tech with Recent FDA Nod Founded at the University of Chicago by business school students at Booth and physician-researchers at the hospital, AgileMD has announced significant steps in expanding the adoption of its AI-powered software...
News Living the Silicon Valley Dream. In Chicago. I’m from California. I love sunshine, hiking trails and blueberries in the winter. So in late 2015, when my company, Tovala, was accepted into Y Combinator after two years of freezing...
News A Look Back on the History of Tovala: How an Idea for Fresher and Quicker Meals Became a $11M-Backed Venture By Xiaohe Grace Gu One Sunday afternoon, when David Rabie, MBA ’15, was trying to make food for the whole week, he realized that he was using four different appliances....
Program Official Rules and Guidelines PURPOSE OF THE CNVC To encourage the founding and growth of high-potential new ventures founded by UChicago College students. PHASES OF THE CNVC Most other universities host a single day...
Program Official Rules and Guidelines PURPOSE OF PROGRAM To encourage the founding and growth of high-potential new ventures by second year Chicago Booth Executive MBA students. PHASES OF THE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY EQUITY AGREEMENTS As a...
