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Air Energy: Transforming Energy Storage with Solid-State Lithium-Air Batteries

Air Energy is a participant in cohort 2 of Resurgence, a cleantech accelerator led by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the…

Polsky Center Receives Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation Award at the 2024 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference

The award recognizes centers that creatively support the process of launching and accelerating university-affiliated startups through competitions, incubators, accelerators, and other programs. At its annual conference over the weekend, the…

11th Annual Booth-Kellogg ETA Conference Hosts Record Number of Attendees

Earlier this month, the Polsky Center, ETA Group at Chicago Booth, and Northwestern Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative hosted the annual Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference. The eleventh iteration of…

13th Annual College New Venture Challenge Announces Competing Undergraduate Teams

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to announce the 15 teams selected for…

Polsky Center Powers WattShift’s Journey to Transform the Electric Grid

"There’s a missing piece in how the grid interacts with smart devices, that’s where WattShift comes in."   In the moments between classes at the University of Chicago’s Booth…

Make Critical Decisions Now for When Your Business Takes Off Later

The following article was written by CJ Przybyl, associate adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, entrepreneur-in-residence, and cofounder and CEO of Reserv, and originally published in Crain's Chicago Business on October…

UChicago Cleantech Accelerator Resurgence Accepts 5 Startups into its Second Cohort

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, is pleased to announce the second cohort of startups…

10 Entrepreneurs Graduate from E-Commerce Learning Lab

Launched in partnership with 37 Oaks, supported by GET Cities' Tech Equity Working Group (now part of World Business Chicago), and with additional funding provided by Verizon, the E-Commerce Learning…

Do You Really Need an Accelerator to Launch Your Startup?

The following article was written by Shyama Majumdar, interim executive director of Deep Tech Ventures at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain's Chicago Business on September 17, 2024.…

16 UChicago Researchers Awarded $7.2 Million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago has funded its first cohort of Investigators at its partner institutions – including 16 researchers from the University of Chicago. The funding – a total…

UChicago Microbiome Startups Come Together Under New Company to Amplify Results

Two University of Chicago startups are now operating under a parent company, 32 Biosciences – with a shared goal to revolutionize health care through advances in microbiome science. The name…

Fall 2024 Collaboratorium Brings Together Science and Business Expertise

Connecting researchers with business expertise, the Fall 2024 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from the Duality and Resurgence accelerators. >>…
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