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Personalised, curated news stories
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- Lifestyle
- Marketplace
- Publishing
- University South, Palo Alto, CA
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Company mission
To inform and inspire the world by connecting people to the best stories, recommended by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.
11% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Flipboard is a news-reading app that gathers news articles from around the web and organizes them into a curated magazine for its over 145 monthly users based on their interests, encompassing high-quality videos, podcasts, articles, and news in an intuitive format.
The company also has a suite of social features, enabling users to interact with each other and discuss articles with other users. This addition of features is a welcome addition as more people seek alternatives to platforms like Twitter.
The company depends on advertising revenue, a business model that has proven to be challenging. While it provides advertisers with an opportunity to market their products online in a larger magazine format, a vast majority of the world's advertising is still done offline.
Looking forward, Flipboard is focused on continued innovation of its platform and further development of new features.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance; flexible and generous "out of office time” for holidays, vacations, sick leave, relaxation and wellness, in addition to a mid-year and end of year break, totaling 10 days
- We also offer an employee assistance program, plus eligibility to participate in pension (CAN) or 401k (US) plans with an employer contribution
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2022
$25.1m
LATE VC
Jul 2015
$50m
SERIES D
Total funding: $235.6m
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Leadership
Mike McCue
(CEO)They started their career as a founder of MCubed Software, before 3 years at IBM and serving as CEO of Paper Software and Tellme Networks. They left their position as GM of Microsoft to found Flipboard in 2009.