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…
