About GoKid

GoKid, available worldwide, provides schools, teams and active families with a powerful tool to manage day-to-day schedules. Before GoKid there was no easy way to organize kids’ carpools. Our mobile app integrates key technologies that easily facilitate carpool management.

The app includes optimized routing functionality, in-app texting, calendar syncing, and automatic alerts. This borderless app started with the goal of helping parents and caregivers of the 50 million school children in the United States but has now expanded beyond that to reach families in 25 countries (and counting!). It is a tool that not only benefits the families who use it, but also their communities and environment.

GoKid was started by Dr. Stefanie Lemcke who wished to solve her own driving fatigue after moving from New York City to Connecticut and finding herself trapped in traffic jams with her neighbors as they all drove to the same place at the same time to drop off and pick up their kids.

Stefanie, mother of Filipa and Leni moved to the US from Europe twelve years ago and is still puzzled by the amount of time US parents spend driving kids to their many activities. Stefanie is a serial entrepreneur and an experienced digital manager who has worked in innovation and technology for over 17 years. With a background in the children's market, media, and entertainment, she ran the online video department at Sky Germany, headed the legal department at the Disney channel in Germany, and worked at Sony Music. In 2012 she co-founded New York International, a website and technology for international entrepreneurs launching businesses in the US. Stefanie holds a PhD in law from the University of Munich and an M.B.A.