Miro (collaboration platform)

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]

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

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 at that time.[6][7]

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


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References
  1. "Andrey Khusid - Insider". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  2. "Online whiteboarding platform Miro unveils new tools to strengthen hybrid work". VentureBeat. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  3. O'Hear, Steve (2018-11-08). "RealtimeBoard, a visual collaboration platform for companies, raises $25M led by Accel". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  4. Miller, Ron (2020-04-23). "Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  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". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  6. "Miro | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  7. "Software Maker Miro Becomes Eighth-Most Valuable U.S. Startup". Bloomberg.com. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  8. 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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