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Roche Diabetes Care and MATTER announce innovation contest finalists

April 8, 2020

On Monday, March 30, 10 semifinalists for the Roche Diabetes Care (RDC) Innovation Contest gathered virtually to pitch their solutions to leaders from RDC and MATTER and a panel of expert judges. Each team proposed an idea for how to identify the right combination of personalized therapies, activities or behaviors that will improve management and provide greater insight into care planning for p…

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Think like a CFO: Four cash management strategies for startups during a crisis

April 3, 2020

Last week, we kicked off a new webinar series to help MATTER startups navigate the changing innovation landscape as a result of COVID-19. For one of the first conversations in this series, Lee Shapiro, managing partner at 7Wire Ventures and CFO of Livongo, shared encouragement and insights into how entrepreneurs can develop a quality survival plan hinged on strong cash management practices.

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Three focus areas for health system innovation leaders in the face of COVID-19

March 30, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread, health systems are racing to ramp up their innovation efforts. Last week, MATTER hosted a virtual roundtable with innovation leaders from a dozen health systems so they could share what they are learning and doing to help their communities address the pandemic. The discussion included leaders from around the country — including New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles,…

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MATTER startup solutions fighting COVID-19

March 20, 2020

Updated May 15, 2020

We recently reached out to our MATTER member companies to gauge how many of them were developing, or planning to develop, solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic.

The response we received was overwhelming.

Dozens of MATTER startups are giving their solutions away for free, retooling their products to support health needs in a pandemic time, and accelerating research into the…

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mHUB, MATTER and 1871 join forces to mobilize tech community around solutions to COVID-19

March 19, 2020

Leading tech hubs and other community partners create ‘open call’ for needs from health officials that can be addressed by region’s talent network of startups and industry innovators

Chicago, IL, March 19, 2020 - Chicago’s leading innovation centers, mHUB, MATTER and 1871, are collaborating to mobilize the technology ecosystem around designing solutions that can directly support in the fight a…

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