10 new startups join the MATTER program

MATTER program

MATTER announced that 10 new companies have joined their startup program, bringing the total member count to 40.

10 new MATTER companies include:

DRECTED is a new market for medical information exchange. The company connects healthcare industry and physician experts to advance the science of medicine. Authentic medical education engagements are managed, regulated, and captured using their platform.

HealthEngine is a physician-led company implementing the country’s first transparent marketplace platform for healthcare services, enabling individuals and employers to realize better value from their existing health insurance plans.

Inhibitor Pharmaceuticals is a development stage biotechnology company that’s bringing a new paradigm to the treatment of viral infection through a disruptive platform targeting viral RNA transcription and replication across various viral strains.

LaunchPad Lab software gives cancer researchers one place to see and analyze data. The solution enables scientists to focus on research instead of data management, increasing their productivity and accelerating the pace of cancer research.

Ludi, a graduate of the HealthBox Accelerato, provides solutions that help hospitals and health systems automate, track, and reduce administrative expenses and potential risks of physician alignment strategies. The DocTime Log product suite provides automated technology that tracks physician activity real-time while streamlining operations, improving compliance and creating actionable analytics.

Mission Control Lab develops devices with biometric data acquisition systems that prescriptively design for the individual, performing, informing and evolving simultaneously for the optimized personal experience.

ReSchedule | Med improves graduate medical education in the US by automatically producing schedules for residency programs. The company’s software creates schedules in real-time that meet regulatory requirements, and provide an end-to-end workflow that integrates with the tools residency programs already use.

Sulfighter restores the natural purity of wine by removing sulfite preservatives, which are linked to several health problems. The company’s products give consumers the option to remove sulfites from wine just before they drink it – when these preservatives are no longer needed.

Team Interval is digitizing health information management through universal health records. With the company’s HIPAA compliant app, Team Interval is making sure that schools, clubs, and leagues have all of the coaches’ and athletes’ information on hand and in one place, to make it easy and convenient to track.

Third Eye Health enables seamless telemedicine through a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform compatible with smart devices, Google Glass and other wearable computers. The company is a recent graduate of the HealthBox Accelerator.

Membership rates start at $150 per month and include access to MATTER’s mentor network, classes and events.MATTER will continue to evaluate applications on a rolling basis. Interested entrepreneurs should visit matterchicago.com. Membership rates start at $150 per month and include access to MATTER’s mentor network, classes and events designed to help entrepreneurs and innovators accelerate the growth of their companies.

MATTER received $4 million from the state of Illinois to help launch MATTER and recently announced $4.4 million in support from its initial industry partners. ChicagoNEXT, Mayor Emanuel’s council on technology and innovation, is a key development partner.