94th Edition

This Week on Landon’s Loop:

🔬 UChicago's $130M Drug Discovery Partnership

📆 Events Around the City

🔙 Previous Newsletter Editions

🔙 Highlights from Last Week:

My partner Nick shared a great video on his initial reaction to the DeepSeek news 👇🏽

We made our first seed investment of the year in Chicago 👇🏽

🔬 UChicago's $130M Drug Discovery Partnership

Big news out of UChicago this past week: the university and Deerfield launched Hyde Park Discovery, a new initiative aimed at speeding up drug development with up to $130M in funding.

I spent the day on campus last week and could feel the energy in the air. Let’s dive into the details:

The Partnership

• Hyde Park Discovery brings together UChicago’s cutting-edge research and Deerfield’s healthcare investment expertise to streamline the path from scientific breakthroughs to real-world therapies.

• The joint committee includes leaders from UChicago, the Polsky Center, and Deerfield’s scientific team.

• This initiative builds on UChicago’s legacy in medicine, leveraging strengths in AI, chemistry, and molecular engineering to develop next-generation treatments.

Impact on Chicago

• Hyde Park Discovery joins a growing list of initiatives advancing Chicago’s life sciences industry, including the UChicago Science Incubator at Hyde Park Labs and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago.

• By linking academic research with industry expertise, this partnership will accelerates the journey from idea to market, attracting more investment into our ecosystem.

• UChicago’s faculty secured over $750M in federal research funding last year, reinforcing the university’s role as a leader in groundbreaking scientific advancements.

Hyde Park Discovery is another sign that Chicago is solidifying its place in the future of biotech.

📆 Events Around the City

Community Co-Work Day

• Tuesday

• RSVP

NGT3 Pitch Event

• Wednesday

• RSVP

Product Invitational Chicago #3

• Hosted by ZoCo Design and Drive Capital

• Thursday

• RSVP

Inside the Loop Biweekly Coffee

• Thursday

• RSVP

Crypto Chicago 2025 Kickoff with Sui & Walrus

• Friday

• RSVP

🗞 Previous Newsletter Editions:

#93 - Chicago’s Construction Boom

#92 - Welcoming Anduril to the Midwest

#91 - First-of-Its-Kind Nuclear Reactor Could Come to Illinois

#90 - IBM Expands Quantum in Chicago

👋 See you next week!

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