Corporate
  • Polsky Center at the University of Chicago

    Created in 1998
  • Social networks

    1,577 3,922 8,493 11,884
  • Sectors

  • Location

    Chicago Booth Harper Center, 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

    Chicago

    United States of America

  • Engaged entities

    439
    185 189
  • Added in Motherbase

    18 Oct 2019, 4:41 p.m.
Description
  • Value proposition

    The Polsky Center advances innovative ideas and technologies from
    the University of Chicago ecosystem to the world

    The University of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation brings the power of ideas in the laboratory, classroom and community to the world. Through education, resources, and programs, the Polsky Center commercializes discoveries, partners with companies, and attracts venture capital. The Polsky Center runs one of the nation's top-ranked business accelerator, the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge, which has helped launch companies like Grubhub, Braintree, and Simple Mills. The mission of the Polsky Center is to support students, faculty, alumni, and non-university community members by bridging the gap between knowledge and practice, idea and action, and research and impact. By igniting a spirit of innovation and fostering connections that extend across the University, city, region and world, the Polsky Center enables more ideas to have a meaningful impact on society. Learn more at polsky.uchicago.edu.

    Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Private equity, Venture capital, Technology transfer, Startup / Business Incubation, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, Fintech, Fabrication Lab / Maker Space, and Entrepreneurship Education

Entity interactions BETA
Entity TypeTweets Articles
Starting Line Starting Line
it services, Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Not capitalistic
Not partnership
Event

5 Apr 2019


FounderTribes FounderTribes
edtech, E-Learning Providers
Not capitalistic
Partnership
Event

27 Jun 2019


P33 Chicago P33 Chicago
edtech, Civic and Social Organizations
Other

27 Mar 2023

31 Jul 2024



Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School
fintech, Research Services
Other

26 May 2017


CNBC CNBC
Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
Other

15 Mar 2021


United Way of Metro Chicago United Way of Metro Chicago
it services, Non-profit Organizations
Other

30 May 2019


Upside Business Travel Upside Business Travel
traveltech, it services, Technology, Information and Internet
Not capitalistic
Not partnership
Event

23 Jan 2020


Skills for Chicagoland's Future Skills for Chicagoland's Future
hrtech, Staffing and Recruiting
Not capitalistic
Not partnership
Event

16 Sep 2016


McDermott Will & Emery McDermott Will & Emery
Law Practice
Other

9 Mar 2021


OkHi Smart Addressing OkHi Smart Addressing
it services, IT Services and IT Consulting
Other

25 Feb 2015


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