Miro (collaboration platform)

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RealtimeBoard, Inc.
Miro
FormerlyRealtimeBoard
TypePrivate
IndustrySoftware as a service
Founded2011
Founder
  • Andrey Khusid
  • Oleg Shardin
Websitemiro.com

Miro, formerly known as RealtimeBoard, is a digital collaboration platform designed to facilitate remote and distributed team communication and project management. It is developed by "RealtimeBoard, Inc.". The company was founded by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin in 2011[1] and is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam.[2]

In 2018, RealtimeBoard, as Miro was called then, raised $25 million in a Series A venture round.[3]

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.[4]

In 2022, it reported 40 million users.[5]

In January 2023, in a Series C funding round, Miro raised $400 million at a $17.5 billion valuation, making it the 8th most valuable US startup.[6][7]

In February 2023, Miro laid off 119 employees, around 7% of the total workforce.[8]

References

  1. "Andrey Khusid - Insider" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/author/andrey-khusid. 
  2. "Online whiteboarding platform Miro unveils new tools to strengthen hybrid work" (in en-US). 2022-05-19. https://venturebeat.com/business/online-whiteboarding-platform-miro-unveils-new-tools-to-strengthen-hybrid-work/. 
  3. O'Hear, Steve (2018-11-08). "RealtimeBoard, a visual collaboration platform for companies, raises $25M led by Accel" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/08/realtimeboard/. 
  4. Miller, Ron (2020-04-23). "Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/23/miro-lands-50m-series-b-for-digital-whiteboard-as-demand-surges/. 
  5. 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" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/canva-miro-figma-whats-next-virtual-whiteboard-tools-pandemic-boom-2022-11. 
  6. "Miro | Company Overview & News" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/companies/miro/. 
  7. "Software Maker Miro Becomes Eighth-Most Valuable U.S. Startup" (in en). Bloomberg.com. 2022-01-05. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-05/software-maker-miro-becomes-eighth-most-valuable-u-s-startup. 
  8. DiFeliciantonio, Chase (2023-02-02). "Layoffs hit two multibillion-dollar S.F. tech companies" (in en-US). https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/layoffs-hit-two-multi-billion-dollar-s-f-tech-17760131.php. 

External links

ru:Miro (RealtimeBoard) ja:Miro (ホワイトボードソフトウェア)




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