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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…

Innovating for Resilience: Polsky Center Launches ‘Resurgence’ Cleantech Accelerator

  The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the launch of Resurgence, a new cleantech accelerator powered by Deep Tech Ventures. Polsky…

Build and Launch Accelerator Accepts 18 Teams for the 2023 Summer Program

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 18 startups selected to participate in the 2023 Polsky Accelerator, a competitive 10-week summer program open to…

Inaugural Deep Tech Ventures Showcase to Highlight 20 Startups, Keynote from Former Chicago Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is excited to announce the inaugural Deep Tech Ventures Showcase – which will feature 20 startups across quantum, data science, cleantech, and life…

Oncology Startup Takes Home First Place at 2023 NVC 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,…

Fem-Health Innovator Yarra Takes First Place Prize of $75,000 at the 16th Annual Global New Venture Challenge

The 16th Annual Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) has awarded first place to Yarra, a fem-health company working to commercialize a new type of menstrual cup that significantly improves women’s…

16th Annual Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) Announces 7 Finalists to Compete for $150,000

On May 20, MBA teams from around the globe competed at the semi-finals of the 2023 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC). Now in its 16th year, the GNVC is a…

Ten Startups Will Compete for Over $1M in Finals of 27th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 10 teams selected to advance to the finals of the 27th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture…

Autonomous Precision Machining Startup Takes First Place at 2023 ANVC

Four startups received investment at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2023 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC). The ANVC, which launched in 2019, is the alumni track of…

Notoros: Building a More Secure Digital World

A startup in the inaugural cohort of Transform, a data science and AI accelerator, Notoros is working to solve blockchain technology security issues. “We are aiming for a world…

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