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Parkview Health and MATTER announce Healthy Mom and Baby 3.0 Innovation Competition semifinalists

July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022, CHICAGO — Parkview Health and MATTER have announced 8 semifinalists for the 2022 Healthy Mom and Baby 3.0 Innovation Competition. Launched in May 2022, the competition challenged innovators to submit product, software or program solutions to help improve access to care and management of chronic conditions for mothers, infants and children.

The Healthy Mom and Baby 3.0 semifinali…

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MATTER and AWS launch incubator program for EMEA healthcare startups entering the U.S.

June 23, 2022

AWS Expand will help 38 startups accelerate market readiness and build go-to-market strategy

June 23, 2022, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the launch of a new incubation program in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) called AWS Expand. The dual-track program will prepare Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) based startups to ent…

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Baxter-sponsored University Hackathon generates novel solutions from student innovators around home dialysis

June 6, 2022

Tayyaba Ali from Loyola University Chicago named winner

CHICAGO, June 6, 2022 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, along with Baxter (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in kidney care, announced the winner of the 2022 University Hackathon program. Tayyaba Ali, an undergraduate biophysics and computer science student at Loyola University Chicago, won the Hackathon with her …

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MATTER selects nine startups for inaugural Accelerating Innovation in Aging cohort

May 18, 2022

Innovators enter international accelerator to advance solutions reducing social isolation and loneliness for older adults

May 17, CHICAGO — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, has announced the first cohort of entrepreneurs to participate in the Accelerating Innovation in Aging accelerator, supported by the RRF Foundation for Aging. The selected solutions leverage mean…

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MATTER and CareQuest Innovation Partners announce inaugural cohort for SMILE Health

May 10, 2022

Five startups selected to participate in accelerator at the intersection of oral health improvement and health equity advancement

BOSTON and CHICAGO, May 6, 2022 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions that improve the oral health of all, today announced the inaugural cohort of early…

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