Tag Archives: Evan Doll
Confirmed: Flipboard Raises $50 Million At A $200 Million Valuation
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue has confirmed that the company has raised $50 million at a $200 million valuation. Insight Venture Partners led this round of funding. “We’re obviously thrilled, because we think it confirms our focus that people want a beautifully designed way to interact with content and to share it,” stated McCue. “And there is a lot more to come–on a scale of one to 10, we’re just at a two or three.”
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Social Media Reading App Company Flipboard Raising Funding At $200 Million Valuation
Social media reading application company Flipboard is raising funding that would give them a $200 million valuation according to sources with AllThingsD. The valuation is subject to change. Flipboard was co-founded by Mike McCue and former Apple iPhone engineer Evan Doll. When Flipboard launched in January, they had raised $10.5 million in VC funding from Kleiner Perkins, Index Centures, Jack Dorsey, Dustin Moskovitz, Ron Conway, Ashton Kutcher, and Peter Chernin. Flipboard has zero revenue thus far. [AllThingsD]
Flipboard iPad App Now Has Google Reader and Flickr
Flipboard has updated their iPad application to support Google Reader and Flickr. Google Reader was one of the most demanded requests for Flipboard. Flipboard co-founder Evan Doll said that their application recently won the Apple editors choice for “iPad App of the Year.”
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