Nucleate Midwest: 2025 Demo Day
Please join Nucleate Chicago in celebrating our 2025 Activator cohort at our Demo Day!
We invite all biotech and bio-entrepreneurial enthusiasts of all stages to come join us as our Activator teams from Nucleate Chicago and Nucleate Michigan pitch their ventures to a panel of expert judges. Food will be provided to attendees and an open networking session will follow the presentations.
Join us for an evening to celebrate the growing biotech scene in Chicago and connect with fellow like-minded individuals!
Nucleate is a trainee-led nonprofit organization with the mission of empowering biotech leaders. The Chicago chapter's leadership and Activator teams include representation from the region's leading academic and medical institutions like UChicago, Northwestern, UIC, and Rush.
We would like to thank Portal Innovations, Cooley, Cresa, Chicago Biomedical Consortium, JP Morgan, Chem Impex, Millipore Sigma, Walder Foundation, and World Business Chicago for generously supporting our mission and being our 2025 Activator sponsors!
We also want to thank our HQ supporters for championing our open-access mission and empowering the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs!
Platinum: Eli Lilly and Company, Genentech, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, MilliporeSigma
Philanthropic Support: Lyda Hill Philanthropies
Preferred Partners: Pillar VC, Amino Collective, Excedr, Mercury, Brex, Fedsprout
In-Kind Support: AcademicLabs, Lens.org, SynBioBeta
About the Event Host
Nucleate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of biotech leaders. With chapters spanning 41 geographic regions and participation from over 280 academic institutions, Nucleate sparks new intellectual communities and embeds emerging talent within a global biotech community. Through open-access educational programming, Nucleate helps democratize biotech innovation — removing barriers and helping founders concentrate on building transformational technologies. Visit www.nucleate.xyz for more information, and visit https://nucleate.xyz/privacy-policy/ to read our privacy policy.