Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Orbis Education creates, markets, and manages collaborative healthcare education solutions to help alleviate nursing workforce shortages. The company partners colleges, universities and healthcare systems to expand nursing programs by pairing academic institutions with healthcare systems. Orbis combines online education with onsite clinical application to deliver comprehensive, customized programs emphasizing academic quality and student preparedness. Leadership says the company intends to continue strong growth and scale its offerings to address rising demand for better‑prepared nurses. The business model is growth‑oriented and focused on enabling expansion of existing educational programs through turnkey services. Orbis Education provides a platform that helps universities web-enable their nursing theory courses with interactive online classes, threaded discussions, real-time webcasts, projects, assignments and proctored exams while faculty deliver hands-on clinical preparation. The product is designed to lower the per-student cost of nursing programs and allow schools to accept more qualified applicants. CEO Dan Briggs cites that 100,000–150,000 qualified nursing applicants are turned away each year, which the company aims to address by increasing program capacity. Orbis has partnered with San Diego State University, the University of Oklahoma, Marian University, Sharp HealthCare, St. Vincent Health, and Glendale Adventist Medical Center. The company plans to use the new investment to expand into states with acute nursing shortages, including California, Texas, Florida and Arizona. Orbis is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jan 2010