Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge

Run by Polsky Center.

Investment

US$575,000

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

34 weeks

Format

in person

Cadence

annual

Location

Chicago, United States

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://polsky.uchicago.edu/programs-events/nvc/ read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, application url, contact email
• https://polsky.uchicago.edu/programs-events/new-venture-challenge/ read 2026-09-07 — supports duration note

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