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So far in 2019, MATTER startups have raised more than $1 billion in funding to scale their solutions that advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the recent venture capital raised and National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants received by MATTER startups.
AiCure: $24.5M Series C
For only the second time in their 10 year history, AiCure raised a new round of venture capital: $24.5 m…
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insights
So you’re thinking of applying to a MATTER challenge.
Over the past few years, we’ve hosted challenges with leading healthcare organizations like Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Advocate Aurora Health and Novo Nordisk to solve crucial business challenges in the best way we know how: sourcing and facilitating collaborations with startups that can help them approach those challenges in a…
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press release
The partners unveil a startup contest to improve precision health for those living with diabetes.
Chicago, IL, November 20, 2019 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced a partnership with Roche Diabetes Care, a global leader in integrated Personalized Diabetes Management (iPDM), to host the 2019-2020 Roche Diabetes Care Innovation Contest. The contest wil…
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community
The newest startups at MATTER are making it easier to manage patient care, providing de-escalation techniques for people in a mental health crisis, pioneering novel cancer treatments and building AI-enabled voice technology for senior living communities.
C3 De-escalation — Chicago, Illinois
C3 De-escalation provides professionals in the mental health, public safety and law enforcement spaces …
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tales from the trenches
At our October Tales from the Trenches™, we welcomed David Chen, co-founder of Nuna, to the MATTER stage to share stories and insights from his journey in healthcare.
David’s entrepreneurial spirit sparked early on in high school: At 16, he and his brother made a business of selling cell phone cases they had imported from China. Before founding Nuna, he started and closed two companies, serv…
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