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At Memrise, we're integrating everything we know about the art and science of memory to help you learn faster. Memrise is based in Cambridge, MA and was founded by Greg Detre, a PhD neuroscientist from Princeton, and Ed Cooke, a Grandmaster of Memory.

From the science of memory, Dr. Detre brings an acute understanding of how best to strengthen memories, by testing and reviewing them over time in the most efficient manner. From the art of memory, Grandmaster Cooke brings an understanding of how learning rejoices in anything that is pithy, colourful, humorous, fantastical, attractive, scary, important, unusual or vivid.

We think that learning can be a special kind of creative pleasure, and we build products to help you learn quicker and more creatively than you ever thought possible.

Read more about Memrise, our team, or the science.

Press release

16th February, 2012

Memrise raises $1mm to reinvent learning

Buzz in
the press

  • Fox News

    Cool site of the day

  • Gizmodo

    Memrise Is a Viva Pinata For Language Students

  • MSNBC

    Grow a new language in your head

  • The Next Web

    Want to learn a new language? Memrise will draw you a picture

  • MIT Technology Review

    Plant a New Language in Your Mind

  • TEDx

    Ed Cooke explains how memory techniques can transform the way we experience the world.

  • Daily Finance

    This leading business news site was excited by the potential of Memrise to revolutionize language learning.

  • Remember people's names

    Ed Cooke explains how to remember people's names on NPR's "How To Do Everything" podcast.

  • Josh Foer in The Guardian

    Josh Foer explains how Ed Cooke trained him to become US memory champion in just one year.

  • The most memorable meal

    Ed Cooke used his insight and understanding of what makes our memories tick to help design "the most memorable meal in the world".

  • Global Times

    The most widely-read English language newspaper in China reviewed Memrise's revolutionary Survival Mandarin Course in December 2010.

Competitions

  • TechStars

    We were proud to be one of the 12 companies (of 650) in the 2011 Boston TechStars programme.

  • Techcrunch Europas

    Memrise was nominated as one of the "Best New Startups in 2010".

  • Seedcamp

    Memrise was one of the winners of the winnners of the 2010 Mini-Seedcamp in London.

  • Tigerlaunch

    Memrise was the winner of the 2009 Princeton Entrepreneurs' club Tigerlaunch competition.

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