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Noted Author and Health Columnist David W. Johnson to Join Healthcare Technology Incubator MATTER as Author-in-Residence

June 29, 2016

David W. Johnson, author of Market vs. Medicine: America’s Epic Fight for Better, Affordable Healthcare, writer of the widely read Market Corner commentaries, and founder and CEO of 4sight Health, will join healthcare technology incubator MATTER as its author-in-residence. During his year-long residency, Johnson will tell stories from the frontlines of innovation in American healthcare, blogg…

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MATTER and Abbott to Collaborate on Next-Gen Healthcare Technologies

January 27, 2016

MATTER, the Merch Mart-based hub for healthcare innovation, announced that it’s collaborating withAbbott, the global drug and research giant, “to accelerate the development of new technologies that improve health and healthcare.” Together, they’ll identify promising, emerging technologies that are potential candidates for commercialization. Abbott will also join MATTER as a mentor to the hub’…

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Visits with Healthcare Innovators at MATTER

January 22, 2016

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U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) today visited healthcare technology incubator MATTER to discuss healthcare innovation with early-stage entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

Launched in February 2015, MATTER is a community of health technology startups and industry leaders from across the ecosystem that are working together to foster innovation in health IT, medical devices, diagnostics…

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Announcing This Year’s 50 on Fire Winners

December 2, 2015

Tonight, we unveiled the 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups, and entrepreneurs that are driving the city’s innovation economy forward.

From Avant, one of Chicago’s four Unicorns, to Todd Connor, Executive Director of the The Bunker Labs, and from Catalyze, an incubator for makers, to Curiosity, an app for discovery, these people and businesses are heating up the city across …

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These Are the 15 Fastest-Growing Chicago Startups With Less Than $10M Raised

November 25, 2015

Want to know which Chicago tech companies are ramping up growth, but who’ve also taken in relatively little venture capital? Mattermark just published a report that looks at the fastest growing startups in 8 cities based on companies that have raised less than $10 million.

Mattermark ranked companies by their “Growth Score,” which measures businesses by how quickly they are growing and the tra…

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