Company Growth (employees)
Flipboard was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, US
Key People at Flipboard
Mike McCue
CEO & Co-Founder
Flipboard Office Locations
Flipboard has offices in Palo Alto, New York and Beijing
Palo Alto, US (HQ)
735 Emerson St
Flipboard Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2010 |
Total Funding | $210.5 m |
Latest funding size | $50 m |
Time since last funding | about 2 years |
Investors | Index Ventures, Ashton Kutcher, The Chernin Group, Ronald Conway, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Comcast Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Peter Chernin, Alfred Lin, 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 $210.5 m
Flipboard Operating Metrics
| Feb, 2015 | Jun, 2015 | Feb, 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Monthly Active Subscribers | 40 m | 70 m | 100 m |
Source: github.com
Flipboard Median Salaries
Source: 24 public H-1B filings from Flipboard
Market Position of Flipboard
Competitors
Traffic Overview of Flipboard
Flipboard Online and Social Media Presence
Flipboard News and Updates
April 18, 2017
Videos are getting a bigger role on Flipboard
Flipboard is following the launch of its “smart magazines” by boosting the role of videos. It’s not that videos were totally absent from the news app before this, but they usually showed up as an accompaniment to articles — not exactly prominent placement when compared to the beautiful treatment th…
April 18, 2017
Flipboard doubles down on video with editorial packages and VAST standard
Flipboard is following Twitter, Facebook, and other services in the push for more video. The publishing platform provider has struck a deal with media partners to provide additional inventory for outlets to distribute and monetize their premium video content. To accomplish this, Flipboard has adopte…
February 24, 2017
Full transcript: Flipboard CEO Mike McCue on Recode Decode
February 08, 2017
Flipboard wants you to love the news – by giving you the news you love
Flipboard, the media-aggregation app, wants you to get lost in your reading about your passions.
The company on Wednesday released an overhauled redesign of how its digital magazines are presented, introducing more machine learning and editorial insight to show what stories are displayed. A new…
February 08, 2017
Flipboard revamps its approach personalized news with new “Smart Magazines”
Flipboard is releasing a big update today, which introduces “Smart Magazines” — a new way for people to find news stories and other content tied to their interests. CEO Mike McCue said the big goal behind this update was to answer the question, “How can we modernize the notion of magazines?” Like m…