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Built in Chicago: Matter – Chicago’s first health tech hub announces its inaugural class

October 29, 2014

For the first time in Chicago, a healthcare robotics company, a pharmaceutical focused on rare, life-threatening diseases, a platform for connecting patients, healthcare givers and doctors and a company working on hearing therapies will all be housed together. These are just a few of the 10 innovative companies changing the healthcare landscape in Chicago. They’re all also part of the inaugural…

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Chicago Inno: Meet MATTER’s First 10 Members – ‘These 10 Companies Are Shaping the Future of Healthcare’

October 29, 2014

Announced in February and set to open in early 2015, MATTER is a revolutionary startup center for next-generation healthcare technology companies. Backed by a $4 million state investment, the organization was commissioned to advance entrepreneurship in the rapidly evolving medical and biotech industries.

Today, MATTER has unveiled its first 10 members that will be tasked with disrupting the he…

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Chicago Tribune: Matter health-tech incubator announces its first 10 companies

October 29, 2014

The first 10 startup companies at Matter, a health-tech incubator set to open in the Merchandise Mart early next year, include a specialty pharmaceutical company, a creator of a blood-sampling system and a company that integrates robotics with heart procedures.

CEO Steve Collens said the incubator chose potentially successful companies, announced Tuesday, that together establish a broad repres…

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Chicago Business: Matter incubator selects first 10 startups

October 29, 2014

Matter, the new health care-tech incubator being planned for the Merchandise Mart, has selected its first 10 companies.

All of them are from the Chicago area. Matter, which began construction last week, won’t open until early next year. The facility expects to be able to accommodate 150 to 200 people when it’s complete, with most companies expected to have one to 10 employees. It began taking …

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Chicago Sun Times: 10 startups likely to transform health tech

October 29, 2014

Sarah Doherty is a 26-year-old robotics entrepreneur on a mission to increase the safety of heart-valve replacements while saving hospitals money.

The Highland Park native teamed with Dr. Jeff Soble, a cardiologist and associate professor at Rush University Medical Center, to create TeleHealthRobotics.

The company is starting a clinical trial with 125 patients at Rush to test how well doctors…

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