Early-stage water technology startups will have new access to specialized laboratory space, equipment, and commercialization resources through a new partnership announced today between the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Current, a Chicago-based… Keep reading
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Alumni of the Polsky Small Business Growth Program are marking a series of major milestones, from opening additional locations to securing grants and contracts worth more than $1M. Keep reading
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The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation announced the eight recipients of the 2026 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), a program that supports graduating University of Chicago students who are committed to working full time on their startups. Keep reading
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming the newest cohort of the Market Navigator program. Keep reading
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 in the Midwest. The support is… Keep reading
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is joining the State of Illinois and quantum organizations across Chicago to provide funding, facilities, and venture-building support for teams pursuing quantum technologies through the U.S. National Science Foundation’s X-Labs initiative. Keep reading
The event will showcase next-generation deep tech ventures working across quantum and hardtech, healthcare, and data and AI. Keep reading
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, along with the seven other university partners that make up Third Coast Foundry, marked the official launch of the new San Francisco-based innovation hub with a ribbon cutting and Midwest Deep… Keep reading
The George Shultz Innovation Fund has selected two University of Chicago startups, Parasol Medtech and Signl, for an investment of $250,000 each. This year’s finals marked 15 years of the George Shultz Innovation Fund. Over that… Keep reading
Twenty-five UChicago students will work with 16 French technology startups through a new program connecting Chicago and Paris innovation ecosystems The University of Chicago and Station F, widely regarded as the world’s largest startup campus, have… Keep reading