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MATTER opens applications for third class of its Momentum accelerator

June 8, 2023

Growth-stage digital health startups can apply now for help in rapidly scaling their businesses

June 8, 2023, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, has opened applications for the third class of Momentum, an application-based accelerator that offers a structured, cohort-based approach to advance business objectives. The third Momentum class will be all about sc…

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MATTER launches new accelerator to improve caregiving

May 31, 2023

Accelerator seeks technology-enabled innovations to navigate caregiving or improve caregiver well-being

May 31, 2023, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today opened applications for a new accelerator to support entrepreneurs with solutions to navigate caregiving or improve caregiver well-being. The initiative is the second annual Accelerating Innovation in …

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MATTER Startup Spotlight: NYX Technologies

May 11, 2023

Personalized sleep technology that simply works

According to the SleepFoundation.org, 10 to 15 percent of people have chronic insomnia with symptoms sometimes severe enough to affect a person’s performance at work and their social or family life.

MATTER member NYX Technologies has developed a non-invasive, wearable device that helps people with chronic insomnia fall asleep. Hear from NYX Tech…

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Parkview Health and MATTER launch new pediatrics accelerator focused on chronic conditions

May 1, 2023

Seeking innovators with solutions to better support children and teens managing chronic conditions

May 1, Fort Wayne, IN and CHICAGO — Parkview Health, a not-for-profit, community-based health system serving more than 1.3 million people in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, have opened applications for the 2023 Healthy Kids He…

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MATTER startup spotlight: OrisDX

April 26, 2023

Enabling early detection of oral cancer

According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, more than 450,000 people are diagnosed with oral or oropharyngeal cancer globally each year. It’s also reported that when detected early, people have a more than 60 percent increase in chance of survival.

MATTER member OrisDX has developed a non-invasive, saliva-based test to detect oral cancer early. Read on to …

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