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Care Advisors Wins $65,000 at First-ever Alumni New Venture Challenge
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Care Advisors Wins $65,000 at First-ever Alumni New Venture Challenge
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Eight finalist teams presented in front of 12 distinguished judges and investors and shared in a $125,000 cash prize pool.
UChicago Innovation Fest Begins May 1
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UChicago Innovation Fest Begins May 1
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UChicago Innovation Fest, the University’s annual celebration of pioneering discovery and entrepreneurial endeavors, will kick off Wednesday, May 1.
UChicago Microbiome Startup Making Strides in Life Sciences Accelerator IndieBio
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UChicago Microbiome Startup Making Strides in Life Sciences Accelerator IndieBio
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BiomeSense is spending the next couple of months in San Francisco as part of IndieBio’s current accelerator class.
Paire Health Wins First Place and $35,000 at the 2019 Global New Venture Challenge
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Paire Health Wins First Place and $35,000 at the 2019 Global New Venture Challenge
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Seven University of Chicago Booth School of Business executive MBA teams presented their business plans at the finals of the 2019 GNVC.
Finalists Selected to Advance to the 2019 Alumni New Venture Challenge
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Finalists Selected to Advance to the 2019 Alumni New Venture Challenge
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The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the eight teams advancing to the first-ever finals of the Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC).
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George Shultz Innovation Fund invest in Anapneo Therapeutics at its spring finals

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My Art Cache wins first place and largest-ever prize of $365,000 at the 2019 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge

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Jay Schrankler to lead the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Built in Chicago //

Meet the 11 finalists in the University of Chicago’s 21st New Venture Challenge

In the 21 years since its first iteration, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge has been a launching point for some…
Polsky Center //

Polsky Center Leader Starr Marcello Testifies Before Congress

Starr Marcello, executive director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, testified before the United States House of Representatives Small Business Committee on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The hearing,…
Chicago Woman Magazine //

Women in STEM: Nancy Harvey

Nancy Harvey, Managing Director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Chicago, discusses how she got her start, the mission of the Center and tips…
Chicago Business //

Booth ETA Hopefuls Pitch at the Third Annual Search Fund Summit

“This is why I believe I will be a good CEO and partner, and why I think you should invest in my fund.” You don’t often hear phrases like this…
Crain's //

What’s Up Your Nose May Cure What’s In Your Head

The idea that walking in nature is good for your head is not exactly groundbreaking science. But figuring out specifically how outdoor activity alleviates migraines? Now that is. Neurologist Richard…
Chicago Tribune //

Machine Learning Summit to Unite Futuristic Tech-makers with Investors

Inventors, major companies and venture capitalists will unite next week for the first Chicago Machine Learning Venture Capital Summit. Representatives from Google, IBM Watson, Microsoft and some of Chicago’s top…
DNA Info //

57th Street Design Started by Son in Father’s 57th Street Bookcase Workshop

Sam Devenport is carrying on his father’s love of woodworking and is finding fans of his burgeoning furniture company far beyond his native Hyde Park. A little less than a…
Chicago Inno //

Eric Lefkofsky’s Tempus Will Use Data to Help UChicago Battle Breast Cancer

Tempus, the cancer fighting startup from Groupon founder Eric Lefkofsky, wants to give doctors at the University of Chicago data to help better treat breast cancer patients. Read more.
Crowdfund Insider //

UChicago Polsky Center Director E.J. Reedy: Still Time to Complete 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Survey

It’s official, alternative finance platforms have been granted an extension to respond to 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Survey. Complete it now — it will only take 20 minutes and…
Chicago Tribune //

University Startups Surge as Illinois Students Start More Companies, Land More Funding

Despite a fall in recent venture capital activity on the national level, Illinois university startups have seen a rise in funding. That's according to the annual Illinois Innovation Index report…
Chicago Inno //

14 Social Impact Startups Move Forward in UChicago’s 2017 Social NVC

Along with the 32 startups selected for the main track of University of Chicago’s annual New Venture Challenge, the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) also announced 14 social impact startups have…
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Polsky Center Receives $30,000 National Science Foundation Grant For Female STEM Entrepreneurs

Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that the University of Chicago was one of eight Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) sites and nodes across the nation that have been selected…
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