12th Annual College New Venture Challenge Announces Competing Undergraduate Teams

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with University of Illinois' Grainger College of Engineering, is pleased to announce the 14 teams selected for the 12th annual College…

Life Sciences, Tech Startups Advance to Fall 2023 George Shultz Innovation Fund Finals

Researchers have developed a proprietary machine learning approach, multi-tissue human organoid model, and a targeted drug delivery method – and will be seeking investment at the fall 2023 George Shultz…

Global New Venture Challenge Welcomes Acclaimed Business Leader, Chicago Booth Professor Alyssa Rapp as Faculty Leader

  Alyssa Rapp has been named the faculty leader of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC), a dedicated track of the New Venture…

Samir Mayekar Named Managing Director of Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Samir Mayekar, an accomplished leader with a track record of driving innovation and impact across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, has been named managing director of the University…

Veteran, Teacher, Business Owner: Meet the New Leader of the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently welcomed Vince Beachum as senior program manager and director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Polsky Exchange. …

University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Launches New Cleantech Accelerator, Resurgence

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) are pleased to announce the launch of Resurgence, a…

The Startup Connection: Researchers and Business Students Meet at Fall Collaboratorium

Connecting researchers with business expertise, the Fall 2023 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from the Transform and Duality accelerators. The…

Startups to Receive Additional Support through ‘Opportunity Zones’ Programming

The Polsky Center, on behalf of the Duality quantum startup accelerator and the Polsky Exchange, has been approved for the Chicagoland Opportunity Zones Consortium’s (COZC) technical assistance initiative. Opportunity Zones…

Duality Quantum Accelerator Accepts Four Startups into Latest Cohort

The Chicago-based Duality quantum accelerator has accepted its latest cohort of four startups, which are developing solutions for a secure quantum internet, enabling the manufacture of products in microgravity,…

Eight Graduating Students Receive Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowships to Work On Their Ventures Full-Time

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the eight recipients of the 2023 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), a program that provides funding to graduating UChicago…

Five Chicago Booth Students Honored with Entrepreneurship Awards

Chicago Booth School of Business recently recognized five outstanding MBA students who demonstrated leadership in entrepreneurship, venture capital, or private equity during their time at school. The annual Student Entrepreneurship…

Alnair Therapeutics Follows Polsky Path to String of Impressive Wins, $1M+ Funding Round

Momentum continues to build for Alnair Therapeutics, an oncology startup focused on developing a platform to better deliver drugs to hard-to-treat cancers. In June – the same month that…

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