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The newest MATTER startups are improving care for people living with chronic GI conditions, creating affordable sanitizing equipment, simplifying the vaccine process and more. Take a minute to meet them and see the heroic change in healthcare happening today.
Able Innovations Inc — Toronto, Ontario
Able Innovation’s mission is to develop innovative assistive mobility devices to improve health…
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In 2010, Scott Vold was an attorney working 80 hour weeks, on the path to partnership — and completely miserable.
With no positive outlook on how that could change working in law, he decided to take the plunge into entrepreneurship in one of the riskiest industries for startups: healthcare. Fast forward ten years, and Scott’s digital health startup Fibroblast is not only a success, but was rec…
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At the end of 2020, MATTER announced the launch of BRIDGE: a free mentorship program for entrepreneurs of color. The program aims to help address inequities in the healthcare entrepreneurial community by providing underrepresented founders with the building blocks they need to jumpstart their business journey — whether they’re looking to scale or just getting started. In the first three months …
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The CEO of OPTT shares his insights on a digital first approach to mental health
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear to mental health clinics that in-person sessions were no longer a viable solution. However, with the increased demand for behavioral health services and shortage of behavioral health workforce, even synchronous video sessions lacked practicality as a sustainab…
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Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. In this special edition of startup shoutouts, we’re celebrating the MATTER startups who were acquired in 2020. To read more about the MATTER community’s accomplishments in 2020, see our year in review.
January 2020: Lumere acquired by Global Healthcare Exch…
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