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Mentors prepare Canadian companies to launch in the U.S.

April 10, 2019

Starting a company is never easy. Starting a healthcare company adds even more complexity. But starting a healthcare company and launching it in a country with a completely different healthcare system?

The possibility of failure far outweighs the possibility of success.

For the past four years, MATTER has worked in collaboration with the Consulate General of Canada to help reduce the risk of …

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MATTER turns four!

February 14, 2019

Four years ago this week, we opened MATTER’s doors with 30 startup companies, a few programs and a thesis: collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare.

Since then, we’ve continued to break down the barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing the right people together in meaningful ways. Today, our startups range from those that are barely more than ideas, to companies with millions o…

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Five startups advancing innovation in diabetes management

February 8, 2019

This week at MATTER, five startups with innovative ideas to improve diabetes management worked with Novo Nordisk and MATTER mentors to further develop and test their solutions. The startups — Adelie Health, xBird, SimpleC, MedoPad and HumanCapitalWorks — were chosen from a competitive pool of teams who presented their concepts at the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge Demo Day in December 2018. …

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MATTER members raised $260M in 2018, generated $102M in revenue

January 28, 2019

MATTER’s 2018 Year in Review highlights accomplishments as the innovation hub enters its fifth year

January 29, Chicago, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today released a report highlighting the MATTER community’s successes in 2018.

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Collectively, MATTER startup members raised $260 million in funding and earned more than $102 million in revenu…

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Health Equity Innovation Challenge finalists announced by BCBSIL & MATTER

November 21, 2018

Update: Congratulations to the BCBSIL Health Equity Innovation Challenge winners! BCBSIL executives selected three winners following a live pitch event at MATTER on December 3, 2018.

1st place: Bright Pink won $15,000 and a pilot with BCBSIL. “Bright Pink is thrilled for the opportunity to partner with MATTER and BCBSIL to democratize access to personalized breast and ovarian cancer preventio…

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