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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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Next 51 Labs to focus on reducing maternal mortality in the U.S. with capital from Laerdal Million Lives Fund

March 17, 2023

U.S. maternal mortality spikes to highest rate in more than 60 years, affecting Black mothers the most

March 17, 2023, CHICAGO — MATTER announces the next focus area of its 51 Labs accelerator: reducing maternal mortality in the U.S. MATTER is currently recruiting corporate partners for the accelerator, which will launch later this year and will advance the development of innovations to reduce…

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MATTER and the VSP Global Innovation Center launch partnership to drive innovation in vision care

March 16, 2023

Healthcare incubator and leading vision care innovation hub join forces to address sustainability, health equity and patient experience

March 16, 2023, CHICAGO and RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and the VSP Global Innovation Center (GIC), the innovation hub at VSP Vision™, a leader in health-focused vision care, announced a new partnership…

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MATTER announces second class of Momentum accelerator

March 2, 2023

Ten startups selected to participate in digital health accelerator

February 27, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, has selected 10 digital health startups for the second class of Momentum, an application-based accelerator for MATTER member companies that offers a structured, cohort-based approach to advance their objectives.

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The Alzheimer’s Association and MATTER select Neurotrack as winner of pitch competition

February 7, 2023

Digital health company with innovative cognitive assessment and cognitive health program receives funds to advance solution

February 7, 2023, CHICAGO — The Alzheimer’s Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the winner of the Alzheimer’s Association…

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