Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Over the last three months, MATTER startups have raised over $120 million, won six prominent innovation challenges, received notable grants, fostered impactful partnerships, secured patents and much more.
There’s no shortage of good news to celebrate in the M…
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press release
AWS Expand will help 38 startups accelerate market readiness and build go-to-market strategy
June 23, 2022, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the launch of a new incubation program in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) called AWS Expand. The dual-track program will prepare Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) based startups to ent…
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Community
Making skin cancer screening and skin health monitoring accessible
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and it’s estimated that approximately 9,500 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer every day, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association.
MATTER member Kyoko Crawford, co-founder and CEO of SkinIO, is on a mission to reduce the rate of ski…
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insights
Creating healthier moms and babies: Improving access to care
Though there has been increased attention to maternal and child health, significant improvements still need to be made to increase access to quality healthcare. A lack of access to consistent, high-quality and affordable healthcare increases the risk and severity of chronic conditions, healthcare costs, the risk of poor health outcom…
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Tayyaba Ali from Loyola University Chicago named winner
CHICAGO, June 6, 2022 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, along with Baxter (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in kidney care, announced the winner of the 2022 University Hackathon program. Tayyaba Ali, an undergraduate biophysics and computer science student at Loyola University Chicago, won the Hackathon with her …
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