CONNECT, COLLABORATE, VENTURE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

DeepTechU showcases the research-based ventures coming out of universities and national laboratories in the greater Midwest by providing investors with “early looks” and deal flow. The conference also provides advice and training to educate faculty and researchers on what investors are looking for, how to successfully raise capital, and how to tap into the greater ecosystem of resources for accelerating the commercialization of deep tech innovation.

DeepTechU is organized by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which has a 25-year successful track record applying world-class business expertise from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to bring new ideas and groundbreaking innovations to market.

The all-virtual conference is presented in collaboration with Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory, Indiana University, Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University, Purdue University, NuTech Ventures at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Northwestern University, Rutgers University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, and University of Nebraska.

Visit the conference website for the schedule, speakers and panelists, and list of presenting companies.

Follow along on social media and join the conversation using #DeepTechU.

Questions? Kim Kieras at Kim.Kieras@chicagobooth.edu.