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Three Lakes Partners and MATTER Announce $1 Million Healthcare Challenge to Drive Quality-of-Life Solutions for People Living With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

April 28, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IPF Catalyst Challenge to Engage the World’s Brightest Innovators and Entrepreneurs in the Tech, Healthcare, and Scientific Research Communities

CHICAGO, Thursday, April 27, 2017– Three Lakes Partners, a venture philanthropy committed to ending idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), in collaboration with MATTER, the healthcare technology incubator and innovation hub, ann…

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Meet MATTER’s Newest Members

April 28, 2017

MATTER’s newest member companies are developing novel therapeutics for lung diseases, creating better ways for seniors to find housing, and using digital health technologies and machine learning to meet the needs of patients and researchers. They’ve joined our community of healthcare innovators to improve life and lives. They also know a thing or two about ultimate frisbee, funk rock, and world…

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tales from the trenches

Live To Fight Another Day – and Other Wisdom From Jellyvision CEO Amanda Lannert

April 14, 2017

“I remember exactly where I was sitting when I realized we had to shutter the company.”

At age 28, Amanda Lannert was named president of Jellyvision, then an interactive gaming company best known for YOU DON’T KNOW JACK. Six months later, she had to lay off most of the company’s employees – herself included.

“I wrote a severance letter to Amanda, from Amanda,” she said.

At our most recent Ta…

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Solving Chronic Disease with Data

April 3, 2017

Genomic technologies have become effective and affordable tools for detecting and diagnosing chronic disease, yet they are still uncommon in clinical settings. Drs.Laura BillingsandMark Haupt, who recently presented at MATTER, are on a mission to change that. They joined us for the latest program in our “Healthcare for What’s Next” series, which MATTER produces with NorthShore University Health…

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MATTER Turns Two

March 23, 2017

Two years ago, we opened MATTER with the goal of creating a better way to bring healthcare technology solutions to market. We now work with 200 healthcare startup companies – ranging from those that are barely more than ideas, to companies with millions of dollars of revenue and dozens of employees. They are building software, medical device, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical products. They are l…

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