Virtual Ink was a MIT start-up company founded in 1997.
The founders business plan was first runner up in the 1996 MIT $50K Contest. Virtual Ink launched its first product mimio in 1999. Over the next 7 years the company released a number of products in the interactive whiteboard space. On October 4, 2006 Newell Rubbermaid acquired all of Virtual Ink's major assets, including the mimio name. The mimio line of products are still being developed under the new ownership.
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