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Polsky Center’s Innovation Fund Renamed to Honor George P. Shultz
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The UChicago Innovation Fund will be renamed the George Shultz Innovation Fund in recognition of the honorable George P. Shultz.
Polsky Center Launches Alumni New Venture Challenge
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Polsky Center Launches Alumni New Venture Challenge
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New global program will help UChicago alumni jumpstart their business ventures.
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UChicago Innovation Fund Invests $200K in Fintech Startup Safe Rate
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Safe Rate is a new mortgage product for low down payment borrowers that reduces monthly payments in times of housing market distress.
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Undergraduate-led Startup Delivers Platform for Political Change
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A Look Back on the History of Tovala: How an Idea for Fresher and Quicker Meals Became a $11M-Backed Venture
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By Xiaohe Grace Gu One Sunday afternoon, when David Rabie, MBA ’15, was trying to make food for the whole week, he realized that he was using four different appliances. So, he thought: Why isn’t there...
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George Shultz Innovation Fund invests $600,000 in biotech companies

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U of C Startup Seurat Therapeutics Announces $510K in Grant Funding

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Sokowatch Closes $2 million Seed Round to Modernize Africa’s B2B Retail

A Multi-million-dollar Fund that Invests in Promising Startups

Chicago Inno //

This UChicago Startup is Developing a Cure for Food Allergies

Chances are we all know someone allergic to any one of either milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, or shellfish, which are the eight most common type of…
Chicago Tribune //

Can Entrepreneurship Help Revive Syria? This Polsky Center Leader is Training Teens in Business

Chicagoan Steve Lehmann has taken his expertise in early business development nearly 6,000 miles away to the Turkish border town of Reyhanli. His mission: to teach Syrian teens how to…
Chicago Inno //

This Startup Wants to Make Your Utility Company More Efficient and Reliable – And Reduce Your Power Bill

Think back to the last time you experienced a power outage. Ever looked across the street to another house or apartment building, and seen their power remained unaffected, or experienced…
Chicago Inno //

25 Chicago Startups That Are Fighting Cancer

There are more than 100 types of cancer, and about 40% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime, according to the National…
Polsky Center //

Innovation Fund Invests $500,000 in Microbiome Research and Energy Companies

The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced plans to invest up to $500,000 into three companies—AVNovum, ClostraBio, and SwitchedSource—that are working in the health and energy fields, respectively. These latest…
Polsky Center //

AMOpportunities Wins First Place in the 2017 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the winners of the 21st annual Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC),…
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20 In Their 20s 2017

Crain's 20 in their 20's | 2017 features BallotReady co-founders Alex Niemczewski and Aviva Rosman. Read their profile here.
Chicago Inno //

10 Illinois Green Tech Startups to Watch

An ecosystem flourishes when good ideas, money to fund those ideas, and talent to fill those jobs all exist in the same place at the same time. In Chicago, the…
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