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MATTER launches second Paratus Digital Health Accelerator

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025, CHICAGO, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, announces the launch of the second cohort of the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator.

The first cohort of the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator featured six startups pioneering advancements in digital health and the second cohort will build on that foundation. These companies have developed solutions in …

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CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER open applications for SMILE Health, igniting mission-driven innovation with global startups, industry leaders and investors

March 24, 2025

SMILE Health enters its fourth year with expanded support, including a new Startup Data Hub for startups improving health through oral health

March 24, 2025 (Boston, MA and Chicago, IL) — CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions that improve the oral health of all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today…

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Partner Insights with VSP Vision: Lens Into the Future: Unveiling the Next Wave of Healthcare Innovation

March 6, 2025

The VSP Global Innovation Center (GIC), the innovation arm for vision care leader VSP Vision™, and MATTER are teaming up to offer a “Lens Into the Future,” a four-part virtual series showcasing next-gen trends and technologies driving healthcare forward.

The series will kick off on April 22 with an event on health diagnostics, featuring industry experts, executives and founders on the breakthr…

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MATTER announces cohort for Advancing Brain Health Innovation Challenge, supported by Lundbeck US Charitable Fund

March 5, 2025

Five solutions join accelerator addressing barriers in rare neurological disease care

March 5, 2025, CHICAGO, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, with support from the Lundbeck US Charitable Fund, a corporate foundation dedicated to responsibly giving back to the community, has selected five startups to participate in the Advancing Brain Health Innovation Challeng…

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MATTER announces top solution for the Heart of Innovation HBCU Challenge

February 26, 2025

CerTracker named top solution and recipient of a $10,000 grant

February 26, 2025, CHICAGO, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, is pleased to announce Certracker as the top solution of the Heart of Innovation HBCU Challenge. CerTracker is a digital credential management platform designed to help healthcare organizations and licensed professionals effortlessly track…

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