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#MATTERturns5: Five years in, MATTER is a global innovation hub

February 14, 2020

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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#MATTERturns5: Inspiring quotes from 5 years of MATTER events

February 12, 2020

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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Report: MATTER startups raised $1.26B since 2015, saw 64% more revenue in 2019

February 12, 2020

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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#MATTERturns5: Community members weigh in on MATTER then and now

February 11, 2020

It’s MATTER’s birthday week!

In honor of our birthday on Thursday, we’re spending each day this week exploring our history through a slightly different lens. Today, we’re revisiting the past five years at MATTER through the perspectives of six of our most tenured community members: Meg Barron, vice president of digital health strategy at the American Medical Association; Arun Bhatia, senior di…

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Startup Shoutouts: February 7, 2020

February 7, 2020

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from the past few months.

patientMpower wins $2.3M to create the jobs of the future

patientMpower, a disease management platform developing a digital therapeutic for kidney disease, is one of 16 projects chose…

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