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HealthQuest Capital’s Project PulseCheck partners with MATTER’s BRIDGE program to support underrepresented entrepreneurs focused on disrupting healthcare

April 27, 2021

April 27, Chicago, IL — HealthQuest Capital (“HealthQuest”), a growth capital firm investing in commercial-stage healthcare companies that meaningfully improve patient outcomes and reduce costs in healthcare, has partnered with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, on their BRIDGE mentoring program.

HealthQuest launched Project Pulsecheck in late 2020 to provide office h…

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insights

What is brand essence — and why does it matter for startups?

April 26, 2021

A conversation with Public Communications Inc.

This post was originally published on March 10, 2020 and updated on April 26, 2021.

Each day in the life of an entrepreneur is filled with competing questions.

Do we need to hire more people? Who’s going to buy our product? How long is our runway?

Because so many of those questions seem to demand an immediate answer, it’s easy to save the ones…

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tales from the trenches

Listen: Chicago tech giant Eric Lefkofsky shares his journey from Groupon to precision medicine startup Tempus

April 21, 2021

Eric Lefkofsky is one of Chicago’s most successful technology entrepreneurs. His entrepreneurial ventures include Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, Lightbank and, most recently, Tempus.

As the founder and CEO of Tempus, Eric has led the company — which uses machine learning and genomic sequencing to better understand cancer tumors — to become one of Chicago’s most valuable technology startups. T…

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insights

The business case for a circular medtech sector

April 19, 2021

An executive summary of MATTER and Green Innovation Group A/S white paper on circularity in healthcare

See the full white paper here

The effects of climate change — perhaps the most complex issue facing modern society — influence every aspect of human life, including health on an individual and societal level. There is a growing awareness that both public and private actors need to move quick…

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MATTER and Advocate Aurora Health announce the third annual Health Tech Venture Challenge

April 19, 2021

The 2021 challenge calls for solutions that prevent clinician burnout and support clinician well-being

Downers Grove and Chicago, IL — Advocate Aurora Health, one of the 12 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the launch of the third Health Tech Venture Challenge. The global competition…

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