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The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a $2.78M grant to the Chicago Proactive Response (CPR) COVID-19 collaboration, a two-phase mobilization of Chicago’s innovation communities

May 27, Chicago, IL — Chicago’s leading innovation centers, mHUB, MATTER and 1871, secure a $2.78M federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to invigorate startups and sma…

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Across industries, COVID-19 has transformed the way businesses design, manufacture and sell their products — often fundamentally changing the businesses themselves.

As part of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response (CPR) initiative, MATTER identified three member startups as recipients of the COVID-19 Support Startup Grants: AgileMD, Diagnostic Photonics and EmOpti. Each of these companies submitted a…

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Over the last five years, we have cultivated a community of executives, entrepreneurs and subject matter experts who help our member companies grow their businesses. Through our extensive programming, we help our members with all aspects of envisioning and building a business — from the moment they have a minimum viable product to when they’re ready to scale.

Our offerings are ever-evolving, a…

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