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Eight Teams to Compete for $100,000 in the 2021 Global New Venture Challenge Finals
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Eight Teams to Compete for $100,000 in the 2021 Global New Venture Challenge Finals
12 Startups to Compete for At Least $1 Million in the 25th Anniversary Finals of the Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge
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12 Startups to Compete for At Least $1 Million in the 25th Anniversary Finals of the Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge
Fireside Chat: Airbnb Cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk Reveals How the Business Grew, Survived COVID-19 and Found Success Thanks to a Publicity Stunt
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Fireside Chat: Airbnb Cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk Reveals How the Business Grew, Survived COVID-19 and Found Success Thanks to a Publicity Stunt

Eight Teams to Compete for $100,000 in the 2021 Global New Venture Challenge Finals

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the eight teams selected to compete in the finals of the Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC), a startup competition…

12 Startups to Compete for At Least $1 Million in the 25th Anniversary Finals of the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 12 teams selected to compete in the finals of the 25th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New…

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…

Polsky Weekly 10 // May 21, 2021

MobieTrain raises €4M | AgileMD receives $750K from BARDA | Manifest wins MIT competition

Fireside Chat: Booth Alums Rattan L. Khosa and Son Neel Discuss Bootstrapping, Running a Family Business, and Weathering COVID-19

Growing up in the family business, Neel Khosa, MBA ’07, sometimes felt that the company his father founded was his “little brother.” “I had a bit of a sibling rivalry…

Polsky Weekly 10 // May 14

Kin Insurance raises $64M | M25's new $32M fund | Tovala on CNBC

Polsky Weekly 10 // May 7

Rosita Longevity wins 2021 ANVC | Eventnoire wins $100K+ at MTN Dew challenge | Tovala founder shares advice

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…

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…

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.…

Polsky Weekly 10 // April 30

DeepTechU highlights Midwest's leadership in tech | Actuate raises $8M | Offblak on Dragons' Den
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