--- title: MATTER turns four! description: 2018 was a tremendous year for the MATTER community — and 2019 is already off to a great start. What do you want to see from MATTER in year five? Share your ideas for topics you’d like our community to explore or people you’d love to have speak at MATTER. image: https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MATTER-launch-2015-2.jpg --- ![MATTER turns four!](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MATTER-launch-2015-2.jpg) [← Back to Blog](https://blog.matter.health/) # MATTER turns four! [ Caitlin ](https://blog.matter.health/author/caitlin) February 14, 2019 Four years ago this week, we opened MATTER’s doors with 30 startup companies, a few programs and a thesis: collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. Since then, we’ve continued to break down the barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing the right people together in meaningful ways. Today, our startups range from those that are barely more than ideas, to companies with millions of dollars in revenue and dozens of employees. Our partners represent every sector of healthcare. In 2018, we explored topics and tackled issues ranging from [health equity](https://blog.matter.health/posts/why-health-equity-matters-and-what-to-do-about-it/) to [blockchain](https://blog.matter.health/posts/the-future-of-blockchain-in-healthcare/), helped facilitate [novel collaborations](https://blog.matter.health/posts/matter-startups-team-up-to-create-better-outcomes-and-a-friendlier-experience-for-surgical-patients/) between startups, and [launched programs](https://blog.matter.health/posts/matter-announces-programs-focused-on-innovation-in-the-life-sciences/) to bring next-level solutions to market. Read MATTER’s Year in Review to see what else we accomplished together with our startups and corporate partners in [year four](http://bit.ly/MATTER-2018-in-review). What do you want to see from MATTER in year five? Share your ideas for topics you’d like our community to explore or people you’d love to have speak at MATTER. Loading... [matter news](https://blog.matter.health/tag/matter-news) ## Related reads [![](https://blog.matter.health/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/2024%20Year%20in%20Review%20-%20Blog%20Header-2.png?width=352&name=2024%20Year%20in%20Review%20-%20Blog%20Header-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/matter-turns-10) ### [MATTER turns 10!](https://blog.matter.health/matter-turns-10) MATTER’s mission is to accelerate the pace of change of healthcare, and we’ve been doing that now... [![](https://blog.matter.health/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/TopFiveBanner_Events-2.png?width=352&name=TopFiveBanner_Events-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/matter-top-five-most-popular-events-of-2024) ### [MATTER Top Five: Our most popular events of 2024](https://blog.matter.health/matter-top-five-most-popular-events-of-2024) 2024 was a standout year for the MATTER events team. Through symposiums, showcases and thought... [![](https://blog.matter.health/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MATTER-top-10-2020-stories-2.png?width=352&name=MATTER-top-10-2020-stories-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/matters-top-10-stories-of-2020) ### [MATTER Top 10: Our favorite stories of 2020](https://blog.matter.health/matters-top-10-stories-of-2020) 2020 called on the healthcare community to take on unprecedented challenges and push the boundaries... ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Caitlin", "url" : "https://blog.matter.health/author/caitlin" }, "dateModified" : "2025-06-19T00:04:08.840Z", "datePublished" : "2019-02-14T06:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "MATTER turns four!", "image" : [ "https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MATTER-launch-2015-2.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://blog.matter.health/matter-turns-four", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/MATTER-Logo-POS-800x375px-%5BQ1.2024%5D.png" } } } ```