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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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Chicago HealthTech Summit Draws 200 Industry Leaders

October 29, 2014

On October 23rd Insight Product Development broke past event attendance records by hosting nearly 200 key health tech industry leaders at its annual Chicago HealthTECH Summit. Engineered to provide early visibility to health-tech innovation and IP and grow the medical innovation ecosystem in the Midwest, the 2014 Summit brought together key industry and community stakeholders including corporat…

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MATTER NAMES FIRST 10 MEMBER COMPANIES

October 28, 2014

Chicago’s New Healthcare Technology Hub Accepts First Group of Health IT, Medical Device, and Pharmaceutical Startups

MATTER, the new entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies, today announced the first 10 member companies accepted into the community.

MATTER, which will open in early 2015, will accelerate innovation …

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