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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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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’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.
Read the report.
Collectively, MATTER startup members raised $260 million in funding and earned more than $102 million in revenu…
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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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“We all have hidden blind spots. I challenge you, over these next few days, to question your own assumptions and use this opportunity to learn from the diverse set of expertise and experiences in this room,” said MATTER Senior Program Director Arun Bhatia in his opening remarks at last week’s Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge bootcamp.
Challenge semi-finalists, selected from a competitive pool…
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