Hattery is a co-working, education, and events space in San Francisco’s SoMa district. Hattery dubs themselves “a community of thinkers, makers, doers, idealists, and realists who want to make the world better.” For now it looks like they will continue to be that community, just with the addition of 1776 companies in their midst. This will be the first acquisition for 1776 outside of the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia region), and it now provides them a solid base on the west coast. Despite the acquisition, it will still operate under the name Hattery, and the three Hattery founders will become strategic advisors for 1776. In a statement released by 1776, co-founder Donna Harris had this to say about the acquisition: This probably won’t be 1776’s last acquisition of 2015. There’s been some hints as to further acquisitions, with co-founder Evan Burfield saying they’re being “opportunistic” regarding further expansions. A couple weeks ago we gave a detailed report of 1776’s acquisition of Disruption Corp. It was a controversial deal that raised a lot of questions about the future of the DC startup community. It will be interesting to see how the results of that acquisition play out. Image Credit: Javier Calvo
