web analytics
License Technologies   //   Disclose an Invention
Featured news

Stay Up to Date

View All News
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
// Announcement
Up to $130 Million to Fuel Drug Discovery and Development at the UChicago
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
// Spotlight
Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Winner Simple Mills Acquired by Flower Foods for $795 Million
Subscribe to our newsletters for all the latest updates
Sign up
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
// News
Polsky Center Receives Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation Award
View All News
Venture Success
image

Where Are They Now? Beacon Takes Aim at Eliminating Airborne Transmission
image

It's Time to Get Hardcore About Your Core Values
image

Taking Portable Sinks to New Heights: How This Couple is Building a Thriving Family Business Through ETA
View All Venture Success
Science and Technology Commercialization
image

'You Start with a Problem and Ambition': One PhD Student's Journey to Quantum Startup Founder
image

New Tissue-Like Hydrogel Semiconductor is 'a Significant Step in Material Design'
image

16 UChicago Researchers Awarded $7.2 Million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago
View All Science and Technology Commercialization
Community Impact
image

Small Business Spotlight: How Diversity Connected Helps Companies Turn Chaos into Clarity
image

10 Entrepreneurs Graduate from E-Commerce Learning Lab
image

Small Business Spotlight: Chocolat Uzma
View All Community Impact
Announcements
image

21 Teams Tackling Innovations in Quantum, Healthcare, AI, and More Take First Steps Toward Commercialization
image

Build and Launch Accelerators Accept 16 Teams to the 2025 Summer Program
image

Fellowship Connects UChicago Students with Cleantech Startups: Meet Cohort 2
View All Announcements
Events
image

Private Equity Insights: Raymond Svider Returns to Chicago Booth for Fireside Chat with Steve Kaplan
image

From Discovery to Dissemination: How a New Collaboration is Helping Get Knowledge ‘Out the Door’
image

Corporate Collision: Bridging the Gap Between Corporates and Startups
View All Events
##POLSKY ON DEMAND

Polsky On Demand – an online portal that provides access to some of Polsky’s world-class business and entrepreneurship educational workshops for free. Browse our digital library below for educational content around entrepreneurship essentials, small business workshops, entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA), and much more!

View Polsky On Demand
#VIEW POLSKY PODCAST

ETA Insider Podcast series features all things related to entrepreneurship through acquisition. Where Are They Now? delves into the entrepreneurial journeys of several startups to mark the 25th anniversary of the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge, a top-ranked startup accelerator at the University of Chicago.

Learn more

All news

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…

A Distinguished Entrepreneur: Roopa Gandhi, MBA ’96, Talks How Sacrifice, a Refusal to Fail (and Luck) Led to Success

It was for an assignment at Chicago Booth that Roopa Gandhi, MBA ’96, first visualized her career as an entrepreneur. Next year, the company will be celebrating 25 years. “Sometimes…

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…

Small Business Spotlight: Brown Sugar Bakery Hits the Sweet Spot Between Homey and Gourmet

“Some people talk about passion,” said Stephanie Hart, owner of Brown Sugar Bakery on East 75th Street in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, “I’m about discipline.” That nose-to-the-grindstone practicality has helped Hart…

Incorporation/Organization Day Helps Local Entrepreneurs Form Legal Business Entities

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently hosted Incorporation/Organization Day, a first-of-its-kind event in Chicago that connected West and South Side entrepreneurs with attorneys from local law firms to…

$1M Investment Moves Flow Medical Toward Commercialization for Its Novel Medical Device

University of Chicago startup Flow Medical is finalizing its product design – taking the next steps on its path to commercialization with a $1 million investment from a medical device…

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,…

New Funding Expands Tech Access to South Side Entrepreneurs at the Polsky Exchange

As part of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, the Polsky Exchange leads the Chicago Tech Equity Desk – connecting South Side entrepreneurs with…

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…
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