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Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from August.
Level Ex wins funding to save lives on Mars — yes, that Mars
Level Ex received a year-long grant to build a virtual simulation that trains astronauts for deep space travel. The company will work w…
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Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from the past few weeks.
Endotronix takes patient trials to Europe
Endotronix, a medical technology company working to advance the treatment of heart failure through proactive management tools, enrolled its fi…
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In this monthly blog post, members of the MATTER team highlight articles from across the web, and the occasional book or two, that cover some of the most relevant business and healthcare topics today.
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, Sam Quinones
“The U.S. life expectancy has decreased for the past three years in a row, the first time since the Spanish flu a century a…
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Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from the past few weeks.
Vynca scores $10.3M to honor end-of-life wishes
Vynca, a leading advance care planning solution, received $10.3 million in Series B funding from strategic investors including First Tru…
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MATTER startups collectively raised $175 million in early 2019, bringing all-time funding to over $1 billion.
Several startups — including Pear Therapeutics, HealthVerity and Redox — closed financing rounds exceeding $25 million. Here’s the month-by-month breakdown of the raises that were publicly announced so far in 2019:
January 2019
Pear Therapeutics — $64M
Pear Therapeutics develops cl…
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