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Three years ago today, we opened MATTER.
Our founding premise was to bring entrepreneurs together with industry leaders to collaborate on developing next-generation healthcare technologies. The MATTER community now includes more than 200 cutting-edge startups working together with hospitals and health systems, universities and industry-leading companies. As we announced last month, our communi…
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Adam Sobol is on a mission to eliminate injuries and deaths due to dementia-related wandering. His startup, CareBand, combines cutting-edge location and activity monitoring technologies with brilliant design to empower people with dementia and their caregivers.
Learn more about CareBand!
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Advance Interactive Response Systems (AIRS), Owlstone Medical and patientMpower awarded $333,333 each; Level Ex wins $50,000 Audience Choice Award
On Wednesday, January 24, researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world gathered at MATTER for the conclusion to the $1,000,000 IPF Catalyst Challenge. Following presentations from nine finalists, Three Lakes Partners – a venture p…
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MATTER Member Companies Raise $122M, Benefit Millions in 2017
MATTER, the Chicago-based healthcare collaborative, released data today showing the positive effect its companies have had on both the business of healthcare and the lives of millions of Americans.
“We believe that interconnected businesses are the best platform for change in healthcare,” said MATTER CEO Steven Collens. “Our member…
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tales from the trenches
An Interview with Evidation Health CEO Deb Kilpatrick
Exercise. Sleep. Social activity. We know that health is influenced by behavior. And yet companies across the healthcare industry struggle to quantify how a person’s behavior in the real world affects health outcomes.
Deb Kilpatrick, CEO of Evidation Health, is in the business of real world information. She joined us for Tales From the Tre…
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