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Startup Shoutouts: July 29, 2019

July 29, 2019

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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What we're reading

July 22, 2019

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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Startup Shoutouts: June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019

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 surpass $1B in financing

June 5, 2019

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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Meet the newest additions to the MATTER community

June 3, 2019

Our newest MATTER members are helping doctors educate their patients more effectively, making it easier for people to manage their blood pressure and developing better solutions for chronic pain management.

Enduvo

Enduvo wants to remove the complexity and high cost associated with creating augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content for training programs. Their platform allows any…

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