Entrepreneurs make decisions for a living. The problem is that they are routinely forced to make them before they have enough ...

Join us at our monthly meetup for College founders and the founder-curious. This is a recurring space to meet other student builders, learn about entrepreneurship, and share what you’re working on.

Join us for a conversation with Chef Erick Williams, owner and executive chef of Virtue Restaurant & Bar in Chicago’s Hyde Park. Virtue is a Southern American restaurant that leads with a culture of ...

Alchemist and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the 30 startups ...

Sponsored Content // In this guest perspective, Austin Panhans, director at Numera, shares how preparation, relevant evidence ...

1 // Pyxis Oncology announces up to $282.6M in new funding as it gears up for key clinical milestones. UChicago Startup Investment Program recipient Pyxis Oncology has raised approximately $110M in a ...

Join us for an engaging session in the “Driving Growth” series, focusing on strategies for operating and scaling businesses within the private equity (PE) and entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA ...

This past year (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026) at the Polsky Center was defined by expansion, from expanding UChicago innovation well beyond Chicago to deepening our impact at home. We opened Third ...

The energy transition is one of the largest capital reallocations in modern history — and it needs people. Founders to build the companies, investors to fund them, and operators to scale what works.

The George Shultz Innovation Fund provides up to $250,000 in investment funding to early-stage science-based, deep-tech, and AI ventures spinning out of the University of Chicago. Beyond capital, ...