Chicago University secures $250,000 donation to boost investment courses.
Chicago University’s Innovation Exchange, the university’s incubator, has received $250,000 from alumnus George Kadifa for its Innovation Fund Associates programme.
The programme will partner teams of students with Chicago researchers as they seek funding from the institution’s Innovation Fund. Students will collaborate on performing due diligence on proposed projects, and act as venture capital associates responsible for providing the Fund’s advisory committee with information necessary to guide investments.
Selected students will also sit on a class on commercialising innovation, and will receive training and support from the incubator.
George Kadifa, who graduated from the Chicago Booth School of Business in 1989, said: “The Innovation Fund Associates program gives students exposure to new ideas and fresh thinking, the chance to collaborate with researchers and other students, and training and skills they can apply to their career, no matter what their field of study. The result is a program that opens doors to new career paths and opportunities for students, and one I’m proud to support.”
