Here’s What’s Up with 1776’s ‘Startup Federation’ and ‘Union’ Platform and All That

At an Event at 1776 in D.C.

At last week’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Palo Alto, Calif., 15th Street-based 1776 (in partnership with Dell and Capital Factory)announced the Startup Federation and a platform called Union.

Curious what, exactly this means? Us too. So we spoke with 1776 director of communications Erin McPike to get a little clarity.

The Startup Federation, “a global network of the world’s top incubators,” is sort of like a United Nations for worthy incubators — a group that collaborates and shares resources among their members. The Federation already has a bunch of members including the Austin, Texas-based Capital Factory, Baltimore-based Betamore and Mexico City-based Startup Mexico.

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