Remind101 was founded in 2011 by brothers Brett and David Kopf. The platform was based on a prototype messaging system developed by David to help Brett, who was diagnosed with
attention deficit disorder and
dyslexia, to keep track of tests while attending
Michigan State University. The two decided to found a company based on the messaging platform, and it became part of the first class at the Imagine K12
incubator in
Palo Alto, California. In 2014, the company added
John Doerr, a
venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins, to its board. As of 2014, the company had raised $59 million in funding, and had over 20 million monthly active users across the United States. On June 16, 2014, the company renamed Remind101 to Remind. In 2016, Brian Grey, former CEO of
Bleacher Report, became CEO of Remind. As of September 2016, the platform was used in more than 50% of the public schools in the U.S. == References ==