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    Flipboard is a social-network aggregation, magazine-format mobile app localized in more than 20 languages. The software collects content from social media and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to "flip" through their social-networking feeds and feeds from websites that have partnered with the company.

    Flipboard collects quality content on one's favorite topics from the world’s most trusted sources and presents them in a beautiful magazine format. There’s a magazine for everyone—from photography to productivity, travel to technology, fashion to food. And with everything in one place, reading, collecting and sharing stories.

    Total Funding
    $210.9 M
    Type
    Private
    HQ
    Palo Alto, US
    Founded
    2010
    Size (employees)
    234 (est)+2%
    Website
    flipboard.com
    Flipboard was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, US
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    Key People/Management at Flipboard

    Mike McCue

    Mike McCue

    CEO & Co-Founder
    Kal Amin

    Kal Amin

    Chief Operating Officer

    Flipboard Office Locations

    Flipboard has offices in Palo Alto, Beijing and New York
    Palo Alto, US (HQ)
    735 Emerson St
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    Flipboard Financials and Metrics

    Summary Metrics

    Founding Date

    		2010

    Total Funding

    		$210.9 m

    Latest funding size

    		$50 m

    Time since last funding

    		3 years ago

    Investors

    		Index Ventures, Ashton Kutcher, The Chernin Group, Ronald Conway, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Comcast Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Alfred Lin, Peter Chernin, Quincy Smith, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Jack Dorsey, SV Angel, Peter Currie, Dustin Moskovitz
    Flipboard's latest funding round in July 2015 was reported to be $50 m. In total, Flipboard has raised $210.9 m
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    Flipboard Operating Metrics

    Feb, 2015Jun, 2015Feb, 2017

    Monthly Active Subscribers

    		40 m70 m100 m
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    Flipboard News and Updates

    April 24, 2018

    Flipboard launches a new tech section

    With recent changes, Flipboard has been placing a big emphasis on allowing readers to go deep on their interests. Now it’s adding even more features around one particular interest, in the Technology section of the Flipboard website and app. “We want to make Flipboard definitive for tech insiders and…
    April 24, 2018

    With new features, Flipboard goes deep on tech coverage

    The social magazine service Flipboard Inc. is doubling down on tech coverage with new curation features announced today that soon will be expanded into other coverage areas. The features, available in the Flipboard mobile app and on the web, highlight deeper, curated content from publishers such as …
    April 24, 2018

    Flipboard's Answer to Fake News: More Human Curation

    The news aggregator is focusing on human curation at a time when people distrust the news.
    April 24, 2018

    Flipboard Wants To Be The Go-To News Source For Tech Mavens

    From curation to presentation, the personalized magazine app is rethinking how it packages up the world of technology–with professionals in mind. In 2010, when Flipboard debuted, it called itself a “social magazine.” At the time, that meant that it pulled in content from your friends’ Twitter and Fa…
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