Build and Launch Accelerators

Run by Polsky Center.

Teams affiliated with the University of Chicago join this summer accelerator in person; the Polsky Center does not publish an overall length. Each team receives a $10,000 investment on a SAFE, and each eligible founder, up to two per team, a non-dilutive $5,000 stipend. No equity percentage is attached to the SAFE.

Investment: US$15,000 (Below North America median $100k · Below global median $61.3k)
Equity taken: Not disclosed
Duration: Not disclosed
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/polsky-accelerator/ read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, batch cadence, format, application url

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