Our mission is to change the face of healthcare, improve outcomes for patients and empower the dedicated workers that serve this challenging industry. We craft Optimal Learning Experiences—emotionally and cognitively intense training and test prep applications that combine interactive video narratives with gamified learning modules, augmented by live simulation and social media reinforcement. It’s a formula that delivers immediate, lasting results.
Location: United States, Kentucky, Louisville
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2013
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | 1776 Ventu... | 1776.ventu... |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | LearnStart | learnstart... |
| - | Fresco Cap... | fresco.vc/ |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.11.2016 | 1776 will lose cofounder as leadership departures at incubators, accelerators continue | In her blog post, she explained that the foundation for 1776 was born from her previous role as managing director of the Startup America Partnership: Find serial successful entrepreneurs to join together to a) knock down the barriers to sta... |
| 19.04.2016 | Heard & Overheard at the ASU+GSV Summit | This post has been updated with news and observations from the second day of the conference. “Inequality is the parent of revolution.” The quote, attributed to Aristotle, occupied one of the flurry of slides accompanying Michael Moe’s welco... |
| 18.05.2015 | Second 1776 Challenge Cup winner is … a banana exporter? | Last week, 80 startups flew to Washington, D.C. with hopes of taking home 1776’s second Challenge Cup and its $150,000 investment prize. One came out victorious Saturday night: Twiga Fruits, an exporter of bananas, pineapples and avocados i... |
| 13.05.2015 | 1776 Announces Challenge Cup Education Semi-Finalists | DC incubator and seed fund, 1776, kicked off its second annual Challenge Festival over the weekend. The event runs through the week and features conferences, speakers, and galas, all centered around The Challenge Cup, a global startup pitch... |
| 05.05.2015 | Filling the Skills Gap with New Models of Education | Each spring, May 1st signals “decision day,” the final date by which kids all over the country must lay down deposits to the college of their choice. But as the debate grows over the value of a four-year degree, how long will this tradition... |
| 24.07.2014 | Kaplan and Techstars Announce the 2014 Kaplan EdTech Accelerator Class | It was today announced that 12 education-technology startups have been officially selected to participate in the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator in New York City. Kaplan, the global education company and largest subsidiary of the Graham Holdings ... |
| - | 1776 will lose cofounder as leadership departures at incubators, accelerators continue | Lobby of 1776’s Washington, D.C. offices. Donna Harris, a cofounder of 1776, said she is stepping down from her post at the end of January, in a blog post last week. The incubator, based in Washington D.C., with other locations in Crystal C... |