MATTER

MATTER is a healthcare startup incubator, community nexus and corporate innovation accelerator headquartered in Chicago. It provides startup incubation with knowledge, tools and a network for entrepreneurs, runs a facility and programs that bring together industry executives, entrepreneurs and investors, and offers corporate innovation services that help organizations source and co-develop solutions and build innovation capacity.

Its customers are healthcare entrepreneurs and startups, and corporate partners across healthcare, including health systems, life sciences companies, payers and foundations. The company describes its model as non-profit and no-equity, and says its community includes more than 200 startups from around the world alongside dozens of corporate partners.

MATTER opened in February 2015 with 30 startup companies, incubated by the City of Chicago and initially funded by the State of Illinois and area businesses. It also hosts the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator, part of the BARDA Accelerator Network. The company has open roles for a Partnerships Strategy & Marketing Manager and a Marketing Manager, Partner Program Delivery, both based in Chicago.

Product: Healthcare startup incubation programs, a community network of entrepreneurs and investors, and corporate innovation services for healthcare organizations.