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Navigating Private Equity in the COVID-19 Landscape
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Navigating Private Equity in the COVID-19 Landscape
Building a Better Battery: NVC Alum Looks to Make an Impact on Clean-Energy Tech
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Building a Better Battery: NVC Alum Looks to Make an Impact on Clean-Energy Tech
Polsky Accepts Record-Breaking 20 Teams for Summer Accelerator Program 
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Polsky Accepts Record-Breaking 20 Teams for Summer Accelerator Program 
Digital Incubation Platform, Rainwater Collection System Tie for First Place at 2020 SNVC Finals
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Digital Incubation Platform, Rainwater Collection System Tie for First Place at 2020 SNVC Finals
Super.tech Receives $150,000 from George Shultz Innovation Fund to Lay the Groundwork for Quantum Computing
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Super.tech Receives $150,000 from George Shultz Innovation Fund to Lay the Groundwork for Quantum Computing

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2019 Spring Cohort Selected for the George Shultz Innovation Fund

The Polsky Center has announced the four companies moving on to the spring finals of the 2019 George Shultz Innovation Fund.
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Polsky Center’s Innovation Fund Renamed to Honor George P. Shultz

The UChicago Innovation Fund will be renamed the George Shultz Innovation Fund in recognition of the honorable George P. Shultz.

UChicago Innovation Fund Invests $200K in Fintech Startup Safe Rate

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

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

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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