Miro (collaboration platform)
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| Miro | |
| Formerly | RealtimeBoard |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Software as a service |
| Founded | 2011 |
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| Website | miro |
Miro, formerly known as RealtimeBoard, is a digital collaboration platform designed to facilitate remote and distributed team communication and project management.[1][2]
As an online workspace for innovation, it is developed by RealtimeBoard, Inc.[3] The company was founded in Russia by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin in 2011 and is now co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam.[4][1][5]
Evolution
[edit]RealtimeBoard was first established in 2011.
In 2018 the company raised $25 million in a Series A venture round.[6]
In 2019, the company rebranded to Miro.
In 2020, Miro raised $50 million in a Series B venture round. At that time, it had around 300 employees.[7] In 2022, it reported 40 million users.[8]
In January 2022, in a Series C funding round, Miro raised $400 million at a $17.5 billion valuation, making it the 8th most valuable US startup at that time.[9][10] In February 2023, Miro laid off 119 employees, around 7% of its full-time workforce.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Online whiteboarding platform Miro unveils new tools to strengthen hybrid work". VentureBeat. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Sawers, Paul (2022-01-05). "Online whiteboarding platform Miro raises $400M to power the future of work". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "MIRO RECOGNIZES 50 MILLION MINDS ON THEIR WAY TO THE NEXT BIG THING". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Andrey Khusid - Insider". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ "Founded in Russia 11 years ago, the Miro visual collaboration software startup is now valued at $17.5bn". bne IntelliNews. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ O'Hear, Steve (2018-11-08). "RealtimeBoard, a visual collaboration platform for companies, raises $25M led by Accel". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Miller, Ron (2020-04-23). "Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Zaveri, Paayal. "Hot startups like Miro and Canva are racing to dominate virtual whiteboards, an emerging category of workplace tools that sparked Adobe's $20 billion bid for Figma". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ "Miro | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ "Software Maker Miro Becomes Eighth-Most Valuable U.S. Startup". Bloomberg.com. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ DiFeliciantonio, Chase (2023-02-02). "Layoffs hit two multibillion-dollar S.F. tech companies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
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