Remento - Shark Tank Update

Grief and love birth a technology company when Charlie Greene turns a deeply personal family experience into Remento, a service that preserves the voices and stories of aging loved ones before they are lost forever. The origin came in 2017 when Charlie's mother was diagnosed with cancer and he wanted to preserve her life story permanently.

He bought her a memoir-writing book - she looked at it and told him simply, 'Writing feels like homework.' So Charlie pulled out his phone and started recording their conversations instead. That single moment became the foundation for Remento.

The service sends subscribers weekly story prompts via email or text; recipients respond by recording short video or audio answers on any device. Remento's proprietary Speech-to-Story™ technology then transforms those spoken recordings into polished written prose, which is designed into a hardcover keepsake book embedded with QR codes - scan any page and it plays back the original voice or video of that story being told.

The entire experience requires no apps and no passwords, making it fully accessible to grandparents in their 90s. Subscribers pay $99 per year with one printed hardcover book included.

The company has been featured in CNN, USA Today, Forbes, TechCrunch, and the New York Post. Charlie entered the Shark Tank seeking $300,000 for 5% equity at a $6 million valuation, looking for a strategic partner to help Remento reach the millions of families that desperately want to preserve the voices of the people who matter most to them.

Memory preservation technology found its champion on Shark Tank Season 16 Episode 12 when Charlie Greene's pitch for Remento connected with Mark Cuban on both an emotional and a business level. Charlie opened with his origin story - his mother's cancer diagnosis, her resistance to writing, and the realization that recording conversations was the answer - and then demonstrated how Speech-to-Story™ technology turns those spoken recordings into polished printed books with QR codes linking back to the original voice.

The no-app, no-password design set Remento apart as a service accessible to elderly users who might otherwise struggle with modern technology. Cuban saw multiple things he liked: a recurring $99-per-year subscription revenue model, a powerful emotional hook that drives organic family referrals, and an underserved market in legacy preservation for aging baby boomers.

Cuban negotiated from the proposed 5% up to 10%, arguing that the additional equity fairly reflected the value of his business network and expertise alongside the capital. The final deal was $300,000 for 10% equity - exactly the investment Charlie asked for but at double the equity stake.

Since partnering with Cuban, Remento has continued to develop its platform and has leveraged its Shark Tank appearance - where it offers a special discount to viewers - to reach families across the country who were moved by the episode's emotional story about capturing a mother's voice before it is too late.