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Overview

The Polsky Exchange incubates 15-20 companies at a time, in addition to the thousands of companies run by the Polsky Exchange’s 3,000+ members. The Polsky Exchange fosters innovation and commercialization through 34,000-square feet of shared co-working space, a state-of-the-art Fabrication Lab, and full calendar programming and workshops designed to help entrepreneurs translate their ideas into businesses.

The Space: Stats:

34,000

Square foot co-worker space

10-20

Startups housed at one time

2,500+

Members

450+

Events

Featured Events
27
Oct
Investing Essentials: Dissecting the Private Equity (PE) Industry
Monday, October 27, 2025  //  12:00 p.m.
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27
Oct
NVC@30 Fireside Chat: Insights from NVC Winner Matt Maloney, MBA ’10
Monday, October 27, 2025  //  12:00 p.m.
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27
Oct
Info Session: Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC)
Monday, October 27, 2025  //  5:00 p.m.
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27
Oct
Student Networking: Alchemist Chicago Startup Accelerator
Monday, October 27, 2025  //  5:00 p.m.
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28
Oct
Polsky Exchange Member Report Release Party
Tuesday, October 28, 2025  //  8:30 a.m.
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28
Oct
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Workshop: How Searching and Operating Impacts Family Life
Tuesday, October 28, 2025  //  5:00 p.m.
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29
Oct
Building Your Food and Beverage Business: Allies for Community Business (A4CB) + The Hatchery Chicago
Wednesday, October 29, 2025  //  9:00 a.m.
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29
Oct
Polsky Office Hours @ Booth 455 featuring Juliet Twomey
Wednesday, October 29, 2025  //  10:00 a.m.
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Polsky Launches New Inventor Portal to Streamline Invention Disclosure

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has launched a convenient online Inventor Portal through which researchers can submit new disclosures related to inventions, research materials, and software. The Polsky…

Super.tech Secures $1.65M Grant and Launches New Benchmarking Suite for Quantum Computers

A University of Chicago quantum software spinout, Super.tech has been selected to receive $1.65 million in funding from the Department of Energy and today announced the release of SupermarQ, an…

University of Chicago Joins Global Scholars Program

The University of Chicago has joined the competitive program which is supported by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) and designed to provide researchers with funding as well as…

2018 Spring Cohort Finalists Selected for the UChicago Innovation Fund

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has announced the five companies moving on to the spring finals of the University of Chicago Innovation Fund.…

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