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MATTER and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago launch program to accelerate Chicagoland businesses addressing health equity

July 21, 2021

Partners seek sponsorship from local businesses to develop innovations that eliminate the social, economic and cultural barriers to health in Chicago

MATTER, the global healthcare innovation hub headquartered in Chicago, and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, a social enterprise committed to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all, have launched t…

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Advocate Aurora Health chooses finalists for 2021 Health Tech Venture Challenge

July 15, 2021

Finalists focus on provider well-being, MATTER sources and supports selection of top teams

Downers Grove and Chicago, IL — Advocate Aurora Health, one of the 12 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, has announced the finalists for the 2021 Health Tech Venture Challenge. The global competition is seeking…

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois selects startups for innovation accelerator program

June 23, 2021

MATTER companies Alimus, Compris and Medsense chosen to further develop post-pandemic solutions

Chicago, IL June 21 — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) has named the first cohort of early-stage innovators to participate in the BCBSIL Innovation Accelerator program. BCBSIL teamed up with MATTER, the Chicago-based global healthcare incubator and corporate innovation accelerator, to…

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Advancing innovations for maternal and infant health

June 21, 2021

Perspectives on the Healthy Mom and Baby Innovation Competition with Parkview Health

In February of 2020, MATTER and Parkview Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in northeast Indiana, announced a partnership to source and develop solutions that improve the health of women during pregnancy and their babies after birth.

Maternal mortality continues to be a challenge both in develop…

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2020 Pulmonary Fibrosis Innovation Challenge ends with top solutions aligned to patient imperatives

December 10, 2020

Medtech venture oxyGEN named winner

Three Lakes Foundation, the sponsor of the 2020 Pulmonary Fibrosis Innovation Challenge along with Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) and MATTER, concluded a nearly year-long effort to source novel and innovative solutions for PF.

“Finding, funding and fostering the next generation of innovators working in pulmonary fibrosis is core to the Three Lakes Foun…

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