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Selected organizations to receive funding, mentorship and support to drive earlier diagnosis, expand access and improve outcomes for people living with diabetes

Beyond Type 1, a global nonprofit changing what it means to live with diabetes, today announced the 2026 cohort of its Beyond Barriers Innovation Accelerator in partnership with MATTER, a leading healthcare incubator. This year, the in…

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April 21, 2026, CHICAGO, IL — The AbbVie Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to drive transformative change and advance health equity in communities worldwide, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, are pleased to announce the second cohort of the AbbVie Foundation Health Equity Accelerator.

Building on the momentum of the inaugural program in 20…

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MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, in collaboration with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) and Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), has launched the U.S. Healthcare Stakeholder Insights Program to prepare a cohort of Korean healthcare companies for U.S. market success. Now in its seventh year, the program continues to evolve to meet the needs o…

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CHICAGO, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, is pleased to announce six startups selected to receive non-dilutive funding through the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator, the digital health hub of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Accelerator Network.

These milestone-based projects will support early-stage innovators developing digi…

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The AGA Incubator: Improving GI Care is the first program dedicated to advancing innovation in digestive disease care.

MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the nonprofit medical society dedicated to advancing the science and practice of gastroenterology, are proud to announce the inaugural cohort of the AGA Incubat…

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