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CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER announce ACCELERATE, an exclusive funding opportunity for SMILE alumni to accelerate impact

April 18, 2024

SMILE Health Alumnus Grin is first startup to receive funding through new program

April 16, 2024, CHICAGO, IL, and BOSTON, MA — CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions to improve overall health through oral health, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced ACCELERATE, an exclusive funding opport…

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VSP Vision and MATTER Launch First Innovation Challenge

April 15, 2024

Up to five startups will be selected to participate in four-week bootcamp with the chance to win up to $10K

April 15, 2024, CHICAGO, IL, and RANCHO CORDOVA, CA — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and VSP Vision™, the leader in delivering access to health-focused vision care, announce the launch of the first VSP Vision Innovation Challenge, a global competition that s…

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MATTER and KLAS Research form strategic partnership to support healthcare innovators

April 4, 2024

Partnership to provide access to third-party insights to accelerator development of MATTER member solutions

APRIL 4, 2024, CHICAGO, IL, and PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and KLAS Research, a research organization committed to providing honest, impartial and transparent healthcare insights, have formed a strategic partnership. This collabora…

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MATTER and CareQuest Innovation Partners open applications for SMILE Health seeking innovators bridging the medical-dental divide

March 27, 2024

In its third year, SMILE Health advances innovations that accelerate the integration of oral health and overall health to achieve greater equity and access and reduce the total cost of care

March 27, 2024 (Boston, MA and Chicago, IL) — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, in partnership with CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling tran…

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MATTER announces second 51 Labs cohort

March 12, 2024

Ten startups selected to participate in accelerator addressing the maternal mortality crisis in the U.S.

March 12, 2024, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, alongside Health Care Service Corporation, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, BayCare, Parkview Health, University of Chicago Medicine, Organon and Stryker has selected 10 startups for the second cohort of 51 La…

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