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MATTER startup shoutouts: December 2021

December 16, 2021

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into some of the most noteworthy headlines from the startup members in our community over the past few months.

CareSignal was acquired by Lightbeam Health

CareSignal, a pioneer in deviceless remote patient monitoring, was acquired by Lightbeam …

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MATTER startup CareSignal acquired

December 14, 2021

Remote patient monitoring platform acquired in the rise of digital health

In a previous blog post, we shared how MATTER member startups are contributing to the surge in digital health investment. Add MATTER member CareSignal®, a remote patient monitoring platform acquired by a healthcare analytics platform, to the list.

Read on for insight from CareSignal CEO and Co-founder Blake Marggraff on…

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Two MATTER digital health companies acquired

November 19, 2021

Digital solutions continue to transform the healthcare industry

Digital health companies raised more in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020, according to Bloomberg. This trend is continuing through the rest of 2021, with two MATTER member companies adding to the rise — NowPow and Explorer Surgical. MATTER is thrilled our community is contributing to this transformation, as it furthers o…

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MATTER Startup Spotlight: Guardian Lane

November 15, 2021

How serial entrepreneur Kristina Jones is transforming grief counseling for children

When conducting research in early 2020 for her children’s book, My Forever Guardian, Guardian Lane Founder & CEO Kristina Jones identified a lack of on-demand counseling for children even as the world went through a rapid digital transformation and brought everything online.

In addition to publishing her …

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MATTER Startup Spotlight: Limber

October 28, 2021

The app that’s blending digital and in-person physical therapy

Further exacerbated by the pandemic, musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are affecting increasingly more Americans. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, one in two adults lives with MSK pain each year. At the same time, less than 12 percent of adults living with MSK injuries attend physical therapy (PT) due to high …

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