Santa Barbara, California — Parent Squarethe award-winning unified school-home engagement platform for K12 education, has acquired Remembera popular platform for communication and learning.
The merger will expand ParentSquare's current offerings with additional communication tools that reach students and families wherever they are and support learning wherever it occurs. Millions of educators, students, parents and caregivers use the Remind platform to connect with the people and resources that help them teach and learn. The Remind platform is used in more than 80% of public schools and by 60% of teachers in the United States.
The combined company will be known as ParentSquare and its core business will continue to be school-home communication. ParentSquare will merge the leadership, teams and communications platforms of the two companies, preserving the best features of both product sets and giving customers the option to adopt additional features. Remember that the products will keep their names.
“Remind has a strong following among teachers, and ParentSquare has a strong unified platform for districts and the entire school community,” said ParentSquare President and Founder Anupama Vaid. “Together, we can advance both companies' mission to increase student success through better communications and accomplish more together than we could accomplish individually.”
Remind Chat, Remind's two-way text messaging for the classroom, will continue to be available for free. The app allows teachers to easily connect with students and families in their preferred language while maintaining the privacy of their personal phone number.
Additionally, Remind Hub, Remind's paid communications platform for schools and districts, will continue to be available to existing customers. Remind Tutoring will be discontinued so that the newly combined company can focus solely on family and community engagement through communication.
“Strong relationships are the foundation of student success, and communication is an essential part of that,” said Remind CEO Quenton Cook. “By focusing on communication and our combined strengths, we will be even more effective advocates for teachers, parents and the broader school community.”
The acquisition closed in November. ParentSquare received legal advice from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Remind received legal advice from Gunderson Dettmer LLP and financial advice from Macquarie Capital. Financial details of the merger were not disclosed.
About ParentSquare
ParentSquare is the leading provider of modern family and community engagement solutions for K12 schools. Millions of educators and families in 49 states rely on the unified, multipurpose platform that includes mass notifications, classroom communications, school websites, and other communication-based services, all supported by visual dashboards. ParentSquare's technology platform features comprehensive integrations with school administrative systems, translation into over 100 languages, and app, email, text, voice, and web portal access for equitable communication. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Get more information at https://www.parentsquare.com.
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