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A day after traveling to New York to talk about a minimum wage increase, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is back in Chicago to announce the next step in an initiative to promote the growth of local healthcare companies and tout an increase in the number of kids attending Chicago Park District summer camp.

Emanuel joined New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other big-city mayors Monday at a summit on income in…

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Applications to claim space in a soon-to-open health tech hub in downtown Chicago opened on Tuesday. The 25,000-square-foot co-working space for medical device, biopharma and information technology startups called Matter is expected to open in early 2015 next to Chicago’s 2-year-old digital tech incubator 1871 on the 12th floor of the Merchandise Mart. It’s funded by the state with a $2.5 milli…

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A startup hub dedicated to early stage healthcare and life science companies is moving into the Merchandise Mart in the coming months, and today it announced it is accepting applications and has named a CEO.

At a press conference Tuesday at the hub’s future location just down the hall from 1871, MATTER appointed current Pritzker Group Vice President Steven Collens as its CEO. Collens said Chic…

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There was a ton to see at Techweek this year, and Jim and Will tried to get to it all. Here’s a list of some of Chicago Inno’s favorite panels, booths and moments from Techweek.

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In 2010, there were roughly 10 healthcare startups in Chicago, and only three still exist today.

Today, there are between 30 and 40 startups focused in MedTech, many of which are need a place like 1871 to collaborate and share ideas to fuel the future of healthcare innovation in Chicago.

That’s why MATTER, a new MedTech incubator housed in the Merchandise Mart, is finally giving early stage…

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