community
The newest startups at MATTER are making it easier to manage medications, control your temperature and find affordable healthcare. Take a minute to meet them!
Axem Neurotechnology — Halifax, Canada
Axem Neurotechnology is on a mission to help people better understand their brain. Their product, Axem Pro, allows rehabilitation professionals to easily measure the brain activity of their patient…
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matter challenges
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Innovation Challenge asks innovators to submit ideas that increase awareness and accelerate therapies
Chicago, IL — Three Lakes Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the diagnosis, care and treatment of people suffering from pulmonary fibrosis (PF), and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the launch of a new …
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matter news
We opened MATTER five years ago with the idea that we could help entrepreneurs and innovators build healthcare solutions by harnessing the enormous expertise and resources that are available in Chicago — including leading companies across all sectors of healthcare, top-tier health systems and research institutions, and most of the major medical associations. There was a lot of uncertainty: Were…
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community
It’s MATTER’s birthday week! Each day this week, we’re exploring MATTER’s history through a slightly different lens. Today, we’re looking back on the many thought leaders from across the healthcare sector who have joined us on the MATTER stage to share their unique expertise on innovation and entrepreneurship. After five years and more than 1,800 events, we’ve gathered quite the collection of w…
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success stories
An overview of our community’s major moments as MATTER enters its sixth year
A lot can happen in five years.
On February 13, 2015, MATTER’s doors opened for the first time with a handful of corporate partners and startup companies, a few programs and a thesis: that collaboration between entrepreneurs and industry leaders is the fastest, most effective way to accelerate innovation, advance car…
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