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MATTER Accepts 10 More Healthcare Tech Startups Into The Community

December 12, 2014

We have received many incredible applicants to join the MATTER community. Today we are proud to announce that 10 more innovative healthcare technology companies will be joining the community when we open early next year.

The 10 startups are:

4D Healthware provides smart, individualized and automated suggestions throughout the day to help people live a healthier life. The software is designed …

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MATTER Launches Mentors-In-Residence Program to Provide Coaching For Healthcare Tech Startups

December 8, 2014

MATTER, Chicago’s new entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies, today launched its Mentors-in-Residence program. MATTER’s mentors-in-residence are veteran entrepreneurs, executives and investors who will help advise the incubator’s member companies.

MATTER’s first members-in-residence are: Jordan Dolin, founder of Em…

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MATTER Accepts 10 More Healthcare Tech Startups Into The Community

November 25, 2014

We’re excited to announced that MATTER has accepted another 10 member companies into the community. The companies join the first 10 startups that were announced late last month.

The 10 new MATTER members are:

Cypris Medical – is committed to improving patient outcomes by working with clinicians in the cosmetic surgery market to develop technologies overlooked by large medical device manufactu…

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MATTER SECURES $4.4M FROM ILLINOIS-AREA HEALTHCARE LEADERS

November 19, 2014

Public and Private Investment now Exceeds $8M with MATTER on Track to Launch in Early 2015

MATTER has secured private-sector commitments of $4.4 million to support Chicago’s new entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies. The $4.4 million in private investment complements the $2.5 million grant and $1.5 million loan pr…

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Matter gets $4.4 million from private sector

November 19, 2014

Matter, the health care-technology incubator being created at the Merchandise Mart, has lined up $4.4 million in private funding, attracting support from some of the industry’s biggest players.

The private-sector commitments exceed the $4 million in state funding that launched the incubator,which is expected to open early next year.

The idea of a health-technology incubator, along the lines o…

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