The 30th annual Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge — Chicago Booth's flagship accelerator and the program that minted Grubhub, Braintree/Venmo and Tovala — culminates with 10 finalist teams pitching for a $1M+ investment pool in front of a panel of nearly 30 working investors and operators. The room at Harper Center is the actual UChicago Booth deal-flow pipeline in one place; finalists have spent the spring quarter building under real coaching, so the pitches are sharper than the average student demo day. A livestream is offered but the in-person audience is where the post-pitch conversations happen.

  • demo-day
  • usa
  • chicago
  • university-of-chicago
  • booth
  • polsky
  • accelerator
  • investors
  • free