web analytics
License Technologies   //   Disclose an Invention

Get Started with the Polsky Center

Featured

Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2026: Beyond the Hype

Read More
See All Podcasts
Rosita Longevity wins Alumni New Venture Challenge and $50,000 to Grow Healthy Lifestyle App for Seniors
1 / 3
Rosita Longevity wins Alumni New Venture Challenge and $50,000 to Grow Healthy Lifestyle App for Seniors
UChicago Spinout Pyxis Secures $152 Million Series B, Signs Licensing Agreement with Pfizer
2 / 3
UChicago Spinout Pyxis Secures $152 Million Series B, Signs Licensing Agreement with Pfizer
Bioelectronics Get Upgrade with Novel Approach to Create More Stable, Electrically Efficient Devices
3 / 3
Bioelectronics Get Upgrade with Novel Approach to Create More Stable, Electrically Efficient Devices

Rosita Longevity wins Alumni New Venture Challenge and $50,000 to Grow Healthy Lifestyle App for Seniors

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a program dedicated to supporting University of Chicago alumni…

UChicago Spinout Pyxis Secures $152 Million Series B, Signs Licensing Agreement with Pfizer

The University of Chicago spinout Pyxis Oncology has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Pfizer after raising $152 million to further advance its portfolio of potent biologics. Pyxis in 2019…

Bioelectronics Get Upgrade with Novel Approach to Create More Stable, Electrically Efficient Devices

Researchers at the University of Chicago have patented a new approach for developing carbon-based bioelectronic devices, which have a variety of applications in drug delivery, substance detection, and organ modulation.…

Special Report >> Deep Tech Deep Dive: In the Lab, On the Market, and What Comes Next

What is deep tech? Defining a relatively nascent space is difficult as those involved grapple with finding a common language – this is an issue even in well-established industries. However,…

Polsky Center Launches Podcast to Mark 25 Years of The New Venture Challenge: “It’s Really Magical.”

Startups weren’t so sexy 25 years ago. It was pre-Google, pre-dot-com bubble, pre-unicorn. The University of Chicago’s business school, renowned for finance, didn’t offer an entrepreneurship concentration. Steven Kaplan, a…

Nation’s First Quantum Startup Accelerator, Duality, Launches at UChicago’s Polsky Center and Chicago Quantum Exchange

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange today announced the launch of Duality, the first accelerator program in the nation that is…

K4 Mobility Lands $500,000 from UChicago to Improve Maritime Internet

K4 Mobility, a company making it easier to get internet service at sea, received $500,000 from the University of Chicago’s Startup Investment Program as part of a $5.7 million Series…

fillow, the First All-Female Team to Be Named Winner of the CNVC, Takes Home $75,000

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC). The CNVC is the…

Polsky Launches DeepTechU to Connect Investors with Faculty Startups in Deep Tech

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is launching DeepTechU, a venture conference convening investors and faculty innovators to showcase deep tech innovation. “Our faculty at…

Polsky Teams with GET Cities to Address Gender, Race Inequities Facing Chicago-Based Founders

Pivotal Ventures, the investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates, has together with its partners Break Through Tech and SecondMuse, launched Gender Equality in Tech (GET) Cities –…

NVC Alum Foxtrot Closes $42 Million Series B Round with $200,000 Investment from UChicago

Foxtrot Market this week announced that it has closed a $42 million Series B round, which included a $200,000 investment from the University of Chicago. The latest investment follows a…

‘It’s the American Dream’: Polsky Exec Talks Family-Owned Businesses, Innovation, and Education

Family businesses are the engine that runs the economy, says Polsky executive Dan Sachs, who speaks to the importance of supporting those contributors. We caught up with Sachs, who is…
Load More Posts

This site uses cookies and other tracking technologies to assist with navigation and your ability to provide feedback, analyze your use of products and services, assist with our promotional and marketing efforts.

Accept