MATTER at HLTH 2024: Here’s what you need to know

The MATTER team is heading to Las Vegas!

We’re attending the annual HLTH conference from October 20-23. We’re thrilled to be producing programming throughout the conference and hosting a booth and partner meeting pod in the main exhibition space.

Read on to find out all there is to know about MATTER at HLTH and who we’re bringing with us.

Hear about the future of oral health technology from trailblazing innovators at the SMILE Demo Day.

The oral healthcare crisis in the United States is exacerbated by a historic lack of investment in the industry. Oral diseases lead to $710 billion in treatment costs and productivity losses worldwide each year. Yet, in the U.S., dental startups poised to address these challenges raised less than $200 million in funding in 2023, compared to the nearly $17 billion raised by U.S. healthcare startups in the same year according to a Crunchbase analysis. Through SMILE Health, MATTER and CareQuest Innovation Partners are activating a growing ecosystem of partners to accelerate investment and innovation, advance health equity and propel solutions that integrate dental and medical healthcare.

SMILE Health startups will pitch their solutions on the Startup Stage to an assortment of healthcare leaders, including potential investors, partners and clients. Following the program’s completion, startups from the cohort will have access to resources from both MATTER and CareQuest Innovation Partners, including the opportunity to apply for CareQuest Innovation Partners’ ACCELERATE program, which provides incremental funding to further collaboration with partners on industry-advancing projects. Learn more about the SMILE 2024 cohort here.

When: Tuesday, October 22, from 1:30-2:20 on the Startup Stage. Visit the Oral Health Pavilion throughout the conference (#2243).

Visit our booth (#2854) in the main exhibition hall and meet with selected innovators from the MATTER community.

The MATTER pavilion is located near HLTH Central in the main exhibition hall: booth #2854. We hope you’ll stop by to say hello and check out the member startups that we’ve brought along with us. For those unable to attend HLTH in-person, MATTER will also be hosting a digital booth. If you are registered for HLTH, you can visit the booth here.

Featured startups in our pavilion include: AI Nexus, AIQ Solutions, AIRS Medical, AITRICS, BellSant, Ciconia Medical, Cylinder, Dina, Enhanced Medical Nutrition, GoCheck Kids, Health Note, Nanodropper, OpenLoop, ParentReady, PranaQ, Rheumera, SkinIO, Zuri Fertility and more to be announced soon.

Congratulations to our member and alumni startups who have been announced as quarter-finalists for the Digital Health Awards, taking place at the HLTH conference.

MATTER Members: Libbie, Grin, Cylinder, GoCheck Kids, Rhaeos, Backpack Healthcare, Health Note, Kemtai

MATTER Alums: OrisDX, OraQ, Upfront, SonarMD, Augment Therapy, OPTT, Seven Starling, Mediwhale, Embr Labs, Univfy, Incisive Technologies, Soundable Health

First time attending HLTH? Watch the webinar below to learn how to plan your agenda, maximize your time and more.

We’re looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

About MATTER
At MATTER, we believe collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. The MATTER collaborative includes more than 1,000 current and alumni startups from around the world, working together with dozens of hospitals and health systems, universities and industry-leading companies to build the future of healthcare. Together we are accelerating innovation, advancing care and improving lives. For more information, visit matter.health and follow @MATTERhealth.