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Ten entrepreneurs graduate from MATTER and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Health Equity Innovation Accelerator

November 23, 2021

Chicago healthcare startups enhance solutions advancing health equity

The Health Equity Innovation Accelerator, hosted by MATTER and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, concluded on November 4 with a showcase where participating entrepreneurs pitched their solutions.

“Health inequity has always been a feature of our healthcare system, but the last 20 months brought it to the fore of the public’s consc…

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Two MATTER digital health companies acquired

November 19, 2021

Digital solutions continue to transform the healthcare industry

Digital health companies raised more in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020, according to Bloomberg. This trend is continuing through the rest of 2021, with two MATTER member companies adding to the rise — NowPow and Explorer Surgical. MATTER is thrilled our community is contributing to this transformation, as it furthers o…

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Six finalists advance to accelerator phase of Cigna diabetes innovation challenge

November 16, 2021

Global cohort focuses on refining solutions to advance diabetes care

MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and Cigna, a global health service company, have selected six finalists to move from the incubator to the accelerator phase of the 2021 Cigna Innovation Challenge. The challenge sources solutions focused on empowering more people living with diabetes to reach their …

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MATTER Startup Spotlight: Guardian Lane

November 15, 2021

How serial entrepreneur Kristina Jones is transforming grief counseling for children

When conducting research in early 2020 for her children’s book, My Forever Guardian, Guardian Lane Founder & CEO Kristina Jones identified a lack of on-demand counseling for children even as the world went through a rapid digital transformation and brought everything online.

In addition to publishing her …

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Listen: A conversation with Sean Lane, founder and CEO of healthcare AI startup Olive

November 1, 2021

Sean Lane began his career as an intelligence officer in the Air Force, spending most of his government service at the NSA solving challenges as a software engineer and technology leader. Following his service in the U.S. military, Sean started his career as a healthcare entrepreneur, drawn in by the prescription drug abuse problem that engulfed his hometown.

After founding several startups — …

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